What follows a heavy options session: next-session absolute move vs. the same names on an ordinary day
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 2026-08-25, from Unusual Options Activity: Last Session.
| rvol_bucket | event_count | median_next_move_pct | median_typical_move_pct | gap_pp | median_next_signed_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5x or more | 593 | 2.51 | 1.96 | 0.55 | -0.29 |
| 3x to 5x | 1193 | 2.35 | 2.15 | 0.2 | -0.24 |
| 2x to 3x | 1793 | 2.29 | 2.2 | 0.09 | -0.26 |
| 1x to 2x | 8175 | 2 | 2.21 | -0.21 | -0.03 |
| below 1x | 11135 | 1.88 | 2.08 | -0.19 | 0 |
- Rows × columns
- 5 × 6
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
rvol_bucket |
text | 5 distinct values (1x to 2x, 2x to 3x, 3x to 5x…) | |
event_count |
number | 593 to 11,135 | count |
median_next_move_pct |
number | 1.88 to 2.51 | percent |
median_typical_move_pct |
number | 1.96 to 2.21 | percent |
gap_pp |
number | -0.21 to 0.55 | |
median_next_signed_pct |
number | -0.29 to 0 | 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
WITH daily AS (
SELECT underlying_symbol AS sym,
date AS d,
sum(volume) AS vol,
max(underlying_close) AS px
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE date >= today() - 200
AND underlying_close > 0
AND underlying_symbol NOT IN ('SPCX')
AND underlying_symbol NOT IN ('KORU','SOXL','SOXS','TQQQ','SQQQ','NVDL','NVDS','NVD','TSLL','TSLQ','TSLZ','SPXL','SPXS','UPRO','SPXU','LABU','LABD','FAS','FAZ','TNA','TZA','YINN','YANG','UDOW','SDOW','BOIL','KOLD','UCO','SCO','USD','SSO','SDS','QLD','QID','ERX','ERY','DRN','DRV','CURE','SOXY','MUU','SNXX','UVXY','SVXY','UVIX','SVIX','BULZ','WEBL','WEBS','DPST','DRIP','GUSH','AGQ','ZSL','BITX','ETHU','MSTX','MSTU','CONL','DUST','JNUG','JDST','NUGT')
AND underlying_symbol NOT IN (SELECT ticker FROM global_markets.stocks_splits
WHERE execution_date BETWEEN today() - 230 AND today())
GROUP BY sym, d
),
seq AS (
SELECT sym, d, vol, px,
avg(vol) OVER (PARTITION BY sym ORDER BY d ROWS BETWEEN 20 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING) AS base,
count() OVER (PARTITION BY sym ORDER BY d ROWS BETWEEN 20 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING) AS base_n,
any(px) OVER (PARTITION BY sym ORDER BY d ROWS BETWEEN 1 FOLLOWING AND 1 FOLLOWING) AS next_px,
any(px) OVER (PARTITION BY sym ORDER BY d ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING) AS prev_px
FROM daily
),
moves AS (
SELECT sym, vol, base, base_n,
if(next_px > 0, 100 * abs(next_px / px - 1), -1) AS next_abs,
if(next_px > 0, 100 * (next_px / px - 1), -999) AS next_signed,
if(prev_px > 0, 100 * abs(px / prev_px - 1), -1) AS own_abs
FROM seq
),
typical AS (
SELECT sym, quantileExact(0.5)(own_abs) AS typ
FROM moves
WHERE own_abs >= 0
GROUP BY sym
)
SELECT arrayElement(['5x or more', '3x to 5x', '2x to 3x', '1x to 2x', 'below 1x'], bk) AS rvol_bucket,
count() AS event_count,
round(quantileExact(0.5)(next_abs), 2) AS median_next_move_pct,
round(quantileExact(0.5)(typ), 2) AS median_typical_move_pct,
round(quantileExact(0.5)(next_abs) - quantileExact(0.5)(typ), 2) AS gap_pp,
round(quantileExact(0.5)(next_signed), 2) AS median_next_signed_pct
FROM (
SELECT m.sym AS sym,
multiIf(m.vol / m.base >= 5, 1, m.vol / m.base >= 3, 2, m.vol / m.base >= 2, 3,
m.vol / m.base >= 1, 4, 5) AS bk,
m.next_abs AS next_abs,
m.next_signed AS next_signed,
t.typ AS typ
FROM moves m INNER JOIN typical t ON m.sym = t.sym
WHERE m.base_n = 20 AND m.base >= 5000 AND m.vol >= 25000 AND m.next_abs >= 0
)
GROUP BY bk
ORDER BY bk ASC
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