The market's Brier score across expiry horizons, SPY
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 2026-08-13, from Brier Score: How to Grade a Forecast.
| horizon | market_brier | coin_flip_brier | sample_size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 7 days | 0.1084 | 0.25 | 151673 |
| 8 to 14 days | 0.1269 | 0.25 | 160991 |
| 15 to 30 days | 0.1264 | 0.25 | 152490 |
| 31 to 60 days | 0.1471 | 0.25 | 201080 |
| 61 to 120 days | 0.1337 | 0.25 | 182387 |
| 121 to 250 days | 0.1218 | 0.25 | 157962 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 4
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
horizon |
text | 6 distinct values | |
market_brier |
number | 0.1084 to 0.1471 | |
coin_flip_brier |
number | every row is 0.25 | |
sample_size |
number | 151,673 to 201,080 |
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
WITH settle AS
(
SELECT
date AS settle_date,
any(toFloat64(underlying_close)) AS settle_px
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND date >= '2025-01-01'
AND date < '2026-08-01'
GROUP BY date
),
scored AS
(
SELECT
multiIf(g.days_to_expiry <= 7, 1,
g.days_to_expiry <= 14, 2,
g.days_to_expiry <= 30, 3,
g.days_to_expiry <= 60, 4,
g.days_to_expiry <= 120, 5,
6) AS horizon_rank,
abs(toFloat64(g.delta)) AS stated,
startsWith(lower(toString(g.option_type)), 'c') AS is_call,
if(is_call,
s.settle_px > toFloat64(g.strike_price),
s.settle_px < toFloat64(g.strike_price)) AS finished_itm
FROM global_markets.options_greeks AS g
INNER JOIN settle AS s ON s.settle_date = g.expiration_date
WHERE g.underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND g.date >= '2025-01-01'
AND g.date < '2026-06-01'
AND g.expiration_date <= '2026-07-31'
AND g.days_to_expiry BETWEEN 1 AND 250
AND g.iv_converged = 1
AND g.volume > 0
AND abs(g.delta) > 0.02
AND abs(g.delta) < 0.98
)
SELECT
multiIf(horizon_rank = 1, '1 to 7 days',
horizon_rank = 2, '8 to 14 days',
horizon_rank = 3, '15 to 30 days',
horizon_rank = 4, '31 to 60 days',
horizon_rank = 5, '61 to 120 days',
'121 to 250 days') AS horizon,
round(avg((stated - finished_itm) * (stated - finished_itm)), 4) AS market_brier,
round(avg((0.5 - finished_itm) * (0.5 - finished_itm)), 4) AS coin_flip_brier,
count() AS sample_size
FROM scored
GROUP BY horizon_rank
ORDER BY horizon_rank
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