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QQQ ATM implied volatility by time to expiration: latest session

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 2026-08-22, from QQQ Implied Volatility: IV Now & Its History.

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QQQ ATM implied volatility by time to expiration: latest session — 4 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
expiry_bucketatm_iv_pctcontracts
Under 2 weeks191003
2-6 weeks19.2652
6 weeks - 4 months21.5210
Beyond 4 months24.3271
Rows × columns
4 × 3
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for QQQ ATM implied volatility by time to expiration: latest session, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
expiry_bucket text 4 distinct values
atm_iv_pct number 19 to 24.3 percent
contracts number 210 to 1,003 count

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 multiIf(days_to_expiry <= 14, 'Under 2 weeks', days_to_expiry <= 45, '2-6 weeks',
               days_to_expiry <= 120, '6 weeks - 4 months', 'Beyond 4 months') AS expiry_bucket,
       round(100 * quantileExact(0.5)(implied_volatility), 1) AS atm_iv_pct,
       count() AS contracts
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'QQQ'
  AND date = (SELECT max(date) FROM global_markets.options_greeks)
  AND iv_converged AND implied_volatility BETWEEN 0.02 AND 5
  AND abs(strike_price / underlying_close - 1) <= 0.05
GROUP BY expiry_bucket
HAVING count() >= 5
ORDER BY min(days_to_expiry)

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