0DTE's rise: same-day share of SPY option volume, June 8-12 of each year
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 2026-08-11, from DTE Meaning in Options: Days to Expiration.
| year | pct_0dte | pct_week_or_less | spy_contracts_mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 20.2 | 61.7 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 18.6 | 68.3 | 12.7 |
| 2022 | 30.3 | 76.2 | 21.6 |
| 2023 | 44.2 | 80.7 | 22.7 |
| 2024 | 50.1 | 79.7 | 19.6 |
| 2025 | 60 | 85.7 | 30.4 |
| 2026 | 69.5 | 89.9 | 71.9 |
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
year |
number | 2,020 to 2,026 | |
pct_0dte |
number | 18.6 to 69.5 | percent |
pct_week_or_less |
number | 61.7 to 89.9 | percent |
spy_contracts_mm |
number | 12.7 to 71.9 | count |
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 year,
round(100.0 * sumIf(vol, dte = 0) / sum(vol), 1) AS pct_0dte,
round(100.0 * sumIf(vol, dte <= 7) / sum(vol), 1) AS pct_week_or_less,
round(sum(vol) / 1e6, 1) AS spy_contracts_mm
FROM (
SELECT toYear(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS year,
toFloat64(volume) AS vol,
dateDiff('day',
toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')),
toDateOrNull(concat('20', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6)))) AS dte
FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker LIKE 'O:SPY2%'
AND toMonth(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) = 6
AND toDayOfMonth(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) BETWEEN 8 AND 12
AND toYear(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= 2020
)
WHERE dte >= 0
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY year
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