Top 10 underlying roots by contracts traded, July 6, 2026

Name: Top 10 underlying roots by contracts traded, July 6, 2026
Creator: Strasmore
Published: 2026-08-12
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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.

as of 2026-08-12 table 10×5read in context →

Top 10 underlying roots by contracts traded, July 6, 2026 — 10 rows by 5 columns, computed 2026-08-12 from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
underlying_root	contracts_m	pct_of_tape	distinct_contracts	same_day_expiry_pct
SPY	12.1	20	5747	70.2
QQQ	6.88	11.3	4661	72.4
TSLA	4.29	7.1	3266	65.4
SPXW	3.65	6	7407	73.2
NVDA	2.27	3.8	1984	49.3
AAPL	1.58	2.6	1706	56.9
IWM	1.35	2.2	1749	60.1
AMZN	0.79	1.3	1404	38.4
META	0.66	1.1	2730	55.1
VIX	0.65	1.1	405	0

Rows × columns: 10 × 5
Computed: 2026-08-12
Completeness: No missing values
Source: US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence: Strasmore terms · free, no signup
Formats: JSON · CSV · the SQL below

What each column holds

Column definitions for Top 10 underlying roots by contracts traded, July 6, 2026, derived from the stored result.
Column	Type	Range	Notes
`underlying_root`	text	10 distinct values (AAPL, AMZN, IWM…)
`contracts_m`	number	0.65 to 12.1	count
`pct_of_tape`	number	1.1 to 20	percent
`distinct_contracts`	number	405 to 7,407	count
`same_day_expiry_pct`	number	0 to 73.2	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 2026-08-12, and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number

SELECT
    substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17) AS underlying_root,
    round(sum(volume) / 1e6, 2) AS contracts_m,
    round(100 * toFloat64(sum(volume)) / (SELECT toFloat64(sum(volume)) FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs WHERE window_start >= '2026-07-06 00:00:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-07 00:00:00'), 1) AS pct_of_tape,
    uniqExact(ticker) AS distinct_contracts,
    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'
  AND match(substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17), '^[A-Z]+$')
  AND substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17) NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY underlying_root
ORDER BY sum(volume) DESC, underlying_root ASC
LIMIT 10

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