SPY option volume by days to expiry, trailing six weeks
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 SPX vs SPY Options: Which One to Trade.
| days_to_expiry_bucket | contracts_traded_millions | share_of_volume_pct |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 days | 38.04 | 31.1 |
| 2 to 7 days | 41.91 | 34.2 |
| 8 to 30 days | 23.56 | 19.2 |
| 31 to 90 days | 12.74 | 10.4 |
| over 90 days | 6.22 | 5.1 |
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- 5 × 3
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
days_to_expiry_bucket |
text | 5 distinct values (0 to 1 days, 2 to 7 days, 31 to 90 days…) | |
contracts_traded_millions |
number | 6.22 to 41.91 | count |
share_of_volume_pct |
number | 5.1 to 34.2 | 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 , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
bucket AS days_to_expiry_bucket,
round(contracts / 1e6, 2) AS contracts_traded_millions,
round(100 * contracts / sum(contracts) OVER (), 1) AS share_of_volume_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
multiIf(days_to_expiry <= 1, '0 to 1 days',
days_to_expiry <= 7, '2 to 7 days',
days_to_expiry <= 30, '8 to 30 days',
days_to_expiry <= 90, '31 to 90 days',
'over 90 days') AS bucket,
min(days_to_expiry) AS bucket_floor,
sum(volume) AS contracts
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND date >= today() - 45
AND volume > 0
GROUP BY bucket
)
ORDER BY bucket_floor
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