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Index-linked vs single-stock options: put-call ratio by population, June 2026

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 What Is the Put-Call Ratio? A Data Guide.

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Index-linked vs single-stock options: put-call ratio by population, June 2026 — 3 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
populationput_call_ratiocontracts_mmpct_of_volume
Broad-market ETFs (SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA)1.175476.332.2
Index options (SPX, VIX, NDX)1.096115.77.8
Single stocks and other ETFs0.588885.859.9
Rows × columns
3 × 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 Index-linked vs single-stock options: put-call ratio by population, June 2026, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
population text 3 distinct values
put_call_ratio number 0.588 to 1.175 ratio or rate
contracts_mm number 115.7 to 885.8 count
pct_of_volume number 7.8 to 59.9 percent

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 
WITH substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17) AS root
SELECT multiIf(root IN ('SPX', 'SPXW', 'XSP', 'NDX', 'NDXP', 'RUT', 'RUTW', 'VIX', 'VIXW', 'DJX', 'OEX', 'XEO'), 'Index options (SPX, VIX, NDX)',
               root IN ('SPY', 'QQQ', 'IWM', 'DIA'), 'Broad-market ETFs (SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA)',
               'Single stocks and other ETFs') AS population,
       round(sumIf(toFloat64(volume), substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 8, 1) = 'P')
             / sumIf(toFloat64(volume), substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 8, 1) = 'C'), 3) AS put_call_ratio,
       round(sum(toFloat64(volume)) / 1e6, 1) AS contracts_mm,
       round(100 * sum(toFloat64(volume)) / sum(sum(toFloat64(volume))) OVER (), 1) AS pct_of_volume
FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
WHERE window_start >= '2026-06-01 04:00:00'
  AND window_start < '2026-07-01 04:00:00'
GROUP BY population
ORDER BY put_call_ratio DESC

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