One day of the US options tape: Monday, July 6, 2026
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-12, from Options Volume vs. Open Interest, Explained.
contracts m
60.6
trades m
10.5
distinct contracts
340,203
distinct roots
4,654
call contracts m
35.5
put contracts m
25.1
put call ratio
0.71
same day expiry pct
38.8
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- No missing values
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
contracts_m |
number | every row is 60.6 | count |
trades_m |
number | every row is 10.5 | count |
distinct_contracts |
number | every row is 340,203 | count |
distinct_roots |
number | every row is 4,654 | |
call_contracts_m |
number | every row is 35.5 | count |
put_contracts_m |
number | every row is 25.1 | count |
put_call_ratio |
number | every row is 0.71 | ratio or rate |
same_day_expiry_pct |
number | every row is 38.8 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
round(sum(volume) / 1e6, 1) AS contracts_m,
round(sum(transactions) / 1e6, 1) AS trades_m,
uniqExact(ticker) AS distinct_contracts,
uniqExact(substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17)) AS distinct_roots,
round(sumIf(volume, substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 8, 1) = 'C') / 1e6, 1) AS call_contracts_m,
round(sumIf(volume, substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 8, 1) = 'P') / 1e6, 1) AS put_contracts_m,
round(toFloat64(sumIf(volume, substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 8, 1) = 'P')) / toFloat64(sumIf(volume, substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 8, 1) = 'C')), 2) AS put_call_ratio,
round(100 * toFloat64(sumIf(volume, substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6) = '260706')) / toFloat64(sum(volume)), 1) AS same_day_expiry_pct
FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
WHERE window_start >= '2026-07-06 00:00:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-07 00:00:00'
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