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Near-the-money implied volatility by time to expiry (Jan to Jun 2026)

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 Heston Model and the Volatility Smile.

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Near-the-money implied volatility by time to expiry (Jan to Jun 2026) — 6 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
tenorspy_iv_pctnvda_iv_pct
1 to 7 days17.0541.22
8 to 21 days16.0640.82
22 to 45 days16.4741.46
46 to 90 days16.5541.8
91 to 180 days17.4744.07
181 to 365 days18.7744.94
Rows × columns
6 × 3
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Near-the-money implied volatility by time to expiry (Jan to Jun 2026), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
tenor text 6 distinct values
spy_iv_pct number 16.06 to 18.77 percent
nvda_iv_pct number 40.82 to 44.94 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
    tenor,
    round(avgIf(implied_volatility, underlying_symbol = 'SPY') * 100, 2)  AS spy_iv_pct,
    round(avgIf(implied_volatility, underlying_symbol = 'NVDA') * 100, 2) AS nvda_iv_pct
FROM
(
    SELECT
        implied_volatility,
        underlying_symbol,
        days_to_expiry,
        multiIf(
            days_to_expiry <= 7,   '1 to 7 days',
            days_to_expiry <= 21,  '8 to 21 days',
            days_to_expiry <= 45,  '22 to 45 days',
            days_to_expiry <= 90,  '46 to 90 days',
            days_to_expiry <= 180, '91 to 180 days',
                                   '181 to 365 days') AS tenor
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol IN ('SPY', 'NVDA')
      AND date BETWEEN '2026-01-02' AND '2026-06-30'
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 1 AND 365
      AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) <= 0.02
)
GROUP BY tenor
HAVING countIf(underlying_symbol = 'SPY') > 0
   AND countIf(underlying_symbol = 'NVDA') > 0
ORDER BY min(days_to_expiry)

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