SPY call gamma peaks at the money (~30 days out, 2026-07-13)
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 2026-07-15, from What Is Option Gamma? Delta's Accelerator.
| moneyness | avg_gamma |
|---|---|
| deep ITM | 0.0034 |
| ITM | 0.008 |
| ATM | 0.0117 |
| OTM | 0.0114 |
| deep OTM | 0.0034 |
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
moneyness |
text | 5 distinct values (ATM, ITM, OTM…) | |
avg_gamma |
number | 0.0034 to 0.0117 |
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 multiIf((strike_price/underlying_close-1)<-0.04,'deep ITM',
(strike_price/underlying_close-1)<-0.015,'ITM',
(strike_price/underlying_close-1)<0.015,'ATM',
(strike_price/underlying_close-1)<0.04,'OTM','deep OTM') AS moneyness,
round(avg(gamma), 4) AS avg_gamma
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE date = '2026-07-13' AND underlying_symbol = 'SPY' AND option_type = 'C'
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 25 AND 40
GROUP BY moneyness ORDER BY avg(strike_price/underlying_close)
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