{"slug":"what-does-dte-mean-in-options","qid":"underlying_menu","label":"DTE menus compared: expirations traded and 0DTE share by underlying, July 8, 2026","post_title":"DTE Meaning in Options: Days to Expiration","post_url":"/blog/what-does-dte-mean-in-options#q-underlying_menu","columns":["underlying","expiries_traded","shortest_dte","longest_dte","pct_0dte","contracts_mm"],"rows":[{"underlying":"SPY","expiries_traded":35,"shortest_dte":0,"longest_dte":891,"pct_0dte":70.1,"contracts_mm":11.96},{"underlying":"QQQ","expiries_traded":33,"shortest_dte":0,"longest_dte":891,"pct_0dte":71.5,"contracts_mm":7.35},{"underlying":"TSLA","expiries_traded":23,"shortest_dte":0,"longest_dte":891,"pct_0dte":62,"contracts_mm":2.62},{"underlying":"IWM","expiries_traded":33,"shortest_dte":0,"longest_dte":891,"pct_0dte":46.6,"contracts_mm":1.89},{"underlying":"AAPL","expiries_traded":25,"shortest_dte":0,"longest_dte":891,"pct_0dte":61.8,"contracts_mm":1.51},{"underlying":"KO","expiries_traded":16,"shortest_dte":2,"longest_dte":562,"pct_0dte":0,"contracts_mm":0.04}],"shape":"table","sql":"SELECT underlying,\n       uniqExact(expiry) AS expiries_traded,\n       min(dte) AS shortest_dte,\n       max(dte) AS longest_dte,\n       round(100.0 * sumIf(vol, dte = 0) / sum(vol), 1) AS pct_0dte,\n       round(sum(vol) / 1e6, 2) AS contracts_mm\nFROM (\n    SELECT splitByChar(':', ticker)[2] AS raw,\n           substring(raw, 1, length(raw) - 15) AS underlying,\n           toFloat64(volume) AS vol,\n           toDateOrNull(concat('20', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6))) AS expiry,\n           dateDiff('day', toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')), expiry) AS dte\n    FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs\n    WHERE (ticker LIKE 'O:SPY2%' OR ticker LIKE 'O:QQQ2%' OR ticker LIKE 'O:IWM2%'\n           OR ticker LIKE 'O:AAPL2%' OR ticker LIKE 'O:TSLA2%' OR ticker LIKE 'O:KO2%')\n      AND window_start >= '2026-07-08 04:00:00'\n      AND window_start < '2026-07-09 04:00:00'\n)\nWHERE dte >= 0\nGROUP BY underlying\nORDER BY contracts_mm DESC","computed_at":"2026-08-11T14:10:57.009696+00:00","elapsed":0.003130901}