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Average SPY option rho by time to expiration, indexed to the front month

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 2026-08-07, from What Is Option Rho? The Interest Rate Greek.

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Average SPY option rho by time to expiration, indexed to the front month — 6 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
dte_bucketcall_rho_ratioput_rho_ratiocontract_count
21-45d1120031
46-90d2.122.0513449
91-180d4.324.019212
181-365d8.397.75532
366-545d14.7713.331639
546-760d20.2618.121595
Rows × columns
6 × 4
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Average SPY option rho by time to expiration, indexed to the front month, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
dte_bucket text 6 distinct values (181-365d, 21-45d, 366-545d…)
call_rho_ratio number 1 to 20.26 ratio or rate
put_rho_ratio number 1 to 18.12 ratio or rate
contract_count number 1,595 to 20,031 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
    b.dte_bucket                                AS dte_bucket,
    round(b.call_rho / f.front_call_rho, 2)     AS call_rho_ratio,
    round(b.put_rho  / f.front_put_rho,  2)     AS put_rho_ratio,
    b.contract_count                            AS contract_count
FROM
(
    SELECT
        multiIf(days_to_expiry <=  45, '21-45d',
                days_to_expiry <=  90, '46-90d',
                days_to_expiry <= 180, '91-180d',
                days_to_expiry <= 365, '181-365d',
                days_to_expiry <= 545, '366-545d',
                                       '546-760d')                     AS dte_bucket,
        min(days_to_expiry)                                            AS sort_key,
        avgIf(rho, startsWith(lower(toString(option_type)), 'c'))      AS call_rho,
        avgIf(rho, startsWith(lower(toString(option_type)), 'p'))      AS put_rho,
        count()                                                        AS contract_count
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
      AND date >= '2026-05-01'
      AND date <  '2026-08-01'
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 21 AND 760
      AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.03
    GROUP BY dte_bucket
    HAVING countIf(startsWith(lower(toString(option_type)), 'c')) > 0
       AND countIf(startsWith(lower(toString(option_type)), 'p')) > 0
) AS b
CROSS JOIN
(
    SELECT
        avgIf(rho, startsWith(lower(toString(option_type)), 'c')) AS front_call_rho,
        avgIf(rho, startsWith(lower(toString(option_type)), 'p')) AS front_put_rho
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
      AND date >= '2026-05-01'
      AND date <  '2026-08-01'
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 21 AND 45
      AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.03
) AS f
ORDER BY b.sort_key

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