settlement_ladder
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 2026-09-26, from vix-settlement-and-the-soq.
| settlement_date | weekday | settlement_label | strip_expiry_label | days_away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | Wed | Oct 21, 2026 | Nov 20, 2026 | 25 |
| 2026-11-18 | Wed | Nov 18, 2026 | Dec 18, 2026 | 53 |
| 2026-12-16 | Wed | Dec 16, 2026 | Jan 15, 2027 | 81 |
| 2027-01-20 | Wed | Jan 20, 2027 | Feb 19, 2027 | 116 |
| 2027-02-17 | Wed | Feb 17, 2027 | Mar 19, 2027 | 144 |
| 2027-03-17 | Wed | Mar 17, 2027 | Apr 16, 2027 | 172 |
| 2027-04-21 | Wed | Apr 21, 2027 | May 21, 2027 | 207 |
| 2027-05-19 | Wed | May 19, 2027 | Jun 18, 2027 | 235 |
| 2027-06-16 | Wed | Jun 16, 2027 | Jul 16, 2027 | 263 |
| 2027-07-21 | Wed | Jul 21, 2027 | Aug 20, 2027 | 298 |
| 2027-08-18 | Wed | Aug 18, 2027 | Sep 17, 2027 | 326 |
| 2027-09-15 | Wed | Sep 15, 2027 | Oct 15, 2027 | 354 |
- Rows × columns
- 12 × 5
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
settlement_date |
date | 2026-10-21 to 2027-09-15 | |
weekday |
text | 1 distinct value (Wed) | |
settlement_label |
text | 12 distinct values (Apr 21, 2027, Aug 18, 2027, Dec 16, 2026…) | |
strip_expiry_label |
text | 12 distinct values (Apr 16, 2027, Aug 20, 2027, Dec 18, 2026…) | |
days_away |
number | 25 to 354 |
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.
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SELECT
toString(settle_date) AS settlement_date,
formatDateTime(settle_date, '%a') AS weekday,
formatDateTime(settle_date, '%b %e, %Y') AS settlement_label,
formatDateTime(strip_expiry, '%b %e, %Y') AS strip_expiry_label,
dateDiff('day', today(), settle_date) AS days_away
FROM
(
SELECT
third_friday - 30 AS settle_date,
third_friday AS strip_expiry
FROM
(
SELECT
addMonths(toStartOfMonth(today()), n) AS month_start,
month_start + (((12 - toInt32(toDayOfWeek(month_start))) % 7) + 14) AS third_friday
FROM
(
SELECT arrayJoin(range(14)) AS n
)
)
)
WHERE settle_date >= today()
ORDER BY settle_date
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