Call and put implied volatility at matched AAPL strikes, Sep 18 2026 expiry
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 2026-08-05, from Put-Call Parity Explained, With Real Numbers.
| strike | call_iv_pct | put_iv_pct | iv_gap_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | 30.5 | 29.3 | 1.2 |
| 260 | 28.2 | 28.8 | -0.6 |
| 265 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 0.3 |
| 270 | 28.4 | 27.4 | 0.9 |
| 275 | 27.8 | 26.6 | 1.2 |
| 280 | 26.5 | 26.3 | 0.3 |
| 285 | 26 | 25.7 | 0.3 |
| 290 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 0.1 |
| 295 | 24.8 | 24.9 | -0.1 |
| 300 | 25.2 | 24.5 | 0.7 |
| 305 | 24.9 | 23.6 | 1.3 |
| 310 | 24.8 | 23.9 | 0.9 |
| 315 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 0.2 |
| 320 | 24.4 | 23.5 | 1 |
| 335 | 24.2 | 23.8 | 0.4 |
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- 15 × 4
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- Completeness
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
strike |
number | 255 to 335 | US dollars |
call_iv_pct |
number | 24.2 to 30.5 | percent |
put_iv_pct |
number | 23.5 to 29.3 | percent |
iv_gap_pct |
number | -0.6 to 1.3 | 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
strike,
round(100 * call_iv, 1) AS call_iv_pct,
round(100 * put_iv, 1) AS put_iv_pct,
round(100 * (call_iv - put_iv), 1) AS iv_gap_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
round(toFloat64(strike_price), 2) AS strike,
maxIf(toFloat64(implied_volatility), leg = 'C') AS call_iv,
maxIf(toFloat64(implied_volatility), leg = 'P') AS put_iv
FROM
(
SELECT
strike_price,
implied_volatility,
upper(substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 8, 1)) AS leg
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
AND date = '2026-06-16'
AND expiration_date = '2026-09-18'
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.15
AND toUInt32(toFloat64(strike_price)) % 5 = 0
)
GROUP BY strike
HAVING countIf(leg = 'C') > 0
AND countIf(leg = 'P') > 0
)
ORDER BY strike
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