Vega and vomma across strikes, one SPY expiry
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 2026-10-05, from What Is Vomma? The Convexity of Vega.
| moneyness | vega_pct_of_peak | vomma_pct_of_peak | vega_growth_pct_per_vol_pt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10%+ below spot | 12.9 | 24.8 | 12.88 |
| 5-10% below | 49 | 60.4 | 7.63 |
| 2-5% below | 76.1 | 44.4 | 3.62 |
| within 2% of spot | 100 | 9.3 | 0.58 |
| 2-5% above | 74.4 | 71.3 | 6.55 |
| 5-10% above | 28.1 | 100 | 25.42 |
| 10%+ above spot | 4.6 | 34.2 | 46.63 |
- Rows × columns
- 7 × 4
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
moneyness |
text | 7 distinct values | |
vega_pct_of_peak |
number | 4.6 to 100 | percent |
vomma_pct_of_peak |
number | 9.3 to 100 | percent |
vega_growth_pct_per_vol_pt |
number | 0.58 to 46.63 | 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.
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WITH
(
SELECT max(date)
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
) AS snap_date,
(
SELECT argMin(expiration_date, abs(toInt32(days_to_expiry) - 35))
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND date = snap_date
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 20 AND 60
) AS expiry
SELECT
strike_band AS moneyness,
round(100 * avg_vega / max(avg_vega) OVER (), 1) AS vega_pct_of_peak,
round(100 * avg_vomma / max(abs(avg_vomma)) OVER (), 1) AS vomma_pct_of_peak,
round(avg_growth, 2) AS vega_growth_pct_per_vol_pt
FROM
(
SELECT
multiIf(k < -0.10, '10%+ below spot',
k < -0.05, '5-10% below',
k < -0.02, '2-5% below',
k <= 0.02, 'within 2% of spot',
k <= 0.05, '2-5% above',
k <= 0.10, '5-10% above',
'10%+ above spot') AS strike_band,
multiIf(k < -0.10, 1, k < -0.05, 2, k < -0.02, 3,
k <= 0.02, 4, k <= 0.05, 5, k <= 0.10, 6, 7) AS band_sort,
avg(vega) AS avg_vega,
avg(vega * d1 * d2 / sigma) AS avg_vomma,
avg(d1 * d2 / sigma) AS avg_growth
FROM
(
SELECT
k,
sigma,
vega,
d1,
d1 - sigma * sqrt(t_years) AS d2
FROM
(
SELECT
k,
sigma,
vega,
t_years,
(log(spot / strike) + (rate + sigma * sigma / 2) * t_years)
/ (sigma * sqrt(t_years)) AS d1
FROM
(
SELECT
toFloat64(underlying_close) AS spot,
toFloat64(strike_price) AS strike,
toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1 AS k,
toFloat64(implied_volatility) AS sigma,
toFloat64(vega) AS vega,
days_to_expiry / 365.0 AS t_years,
if(toFloat64(risk_free_rate) > 1,
toFloat64(risk_free_rate) / 100,
toFloat64(risk_free_rate)) AS rate
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND date = snap_date
AND expiration_date = expiry
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND vega > 0
AND days_to_expiry >= 7
AND implied_volatility BETWEEN 0.02 AND 3.0
)
)
)
GROUP BY strike_band, band_sort
)
ORDER BY band_sort
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