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spy_iv

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 2026-09-22, from what-is-vxx-etn.

as of series 61×4read in context →
spy_iv — 61 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
monthmonth_labelspy_iv_pctwindow_high_pct
2021-09-01Sep 202114.727.9
2021-10-01Oct 202114.327.9
2021-11-01Nov 20211427.9
2021-12-01Dec 202116.127.9
2022-01-01Jan 202218.427.9
2022-02-01Feb 202221.627.9
2022-03-01Mar 202222.127.9
2022-04-01Apr 202219.527.9
2022-05-01May 202226.327.9
2022-06-01Jun 20222527.9
2022-07-01Jul 20222327.9
2022-08-01Aug 202219.827.9
2022-09-01Sep 202225.627.9
2022-10-01Oct 202227.927.9
2022-11-01Nov 20222327.9
2022-12-01Dec 202220.827.9
2023-01-01Jan 202319.327.9
2023-02-01Feb 202318.727.9
2023-03-01Mar 202319.927.9
2023-04-01Apr 202316.427.9
2023-05-01May 202315.727.9
2023-06-01Jun 202312.427.9
2023-07-01Jul 202312.627.9
2023-08-01Aug 202314.327.9
2023-09-01Sep 202313.827.9
2023-10-01Oct 202316.927.9
2023-11-01Nov 202313.227.9
2023-12-01Dec 20231227.9
2024-01-01Jan 202412.227.9
2024-02-01Feb 202412.227.9
2024-03-01Mar 202412.327.9
2024-04-01Apr 202414.527.9
2024-05-01May 202412.127.9
2024-06-01Jun 202411.927.9
2024-07-01Jul 202412.927.9
2024-08-01Aug 202415.427.9
2024-09-01Sep 202414.927.9
2024-10-01Oct 202416.327.9
2024-11-01Nov 202413.427.9
2024-12-01Dec 202412.327.9
2025-01-01Jan 202514.227.9
2025-02-01Feb 202513.727.9
2025-03-01Mar 202518.827.9
2025-04-01Apr 202525.927.9
2025-05-01May 202518.227.9
2025-06-01Jun 202515.727.9
2025-07-01Jul 202514.827.9
2025-08-01Aug 202513.527.9
2025-09-01Sep 202513.527.9
2025-10-01Oct 202515.327.9
2025-11-01Nov 202516.327.9
2025-12-01Dec 202513.327.9
2026-01-01Jan 202613.827.9
2026-02-01Feb 202616.227.9
2026-03-01Mar 202620.927.9
2026-04-01Apr 202616.927.9
2026-05-01May 202615.427.9
2026-06-01Jun 202615.427.9
2026-07-01Jul 202614.627.9
2026-08-01Aug 202613.127.9
2026-09-01Sep 202613.327.9
Rows × columns
61 × 4
Period covered
to
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
Strasmore terms · free, no signup
Formats
JSON · CSV · the SQL below

What each column holds

Column definitions for spy_iv, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
month date 2021-09-01 to 2026-09-01
month_label text 61 distinct values (Apr 2022, Apr 2023, Apr 2024…)
spy_iv_pct number 11.9 to 27.9 percent
window_high_pct number every row is 27.9 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.

Run it yourself

This is the exact query behind the result above. Change a ticker, a date or a column and run it against the warehouse — no account, no key. The no-signup tier is smaller than the one this page was computed on; a query that reaches past it comes back saying which plan runs it.

SELECT
    month,
    month_label,
    spy_iv_pct,
    round(max(spy_iv_pct) OVER (), 1) AS window_high_pct
FROM
(
    SELECT
        toStartOfMonth(date)                        AS month_start,
        toString(toStartOfMonth(date))              AS month,
        formatDateTime(toStartOfMonth(date), '%b %Y') AS month_label,
        round(100 * quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(implied_volatility), cityHash64(ticker)), 1) AS spy_iv_pct
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 20 AND 45
      AND toFloat64(underlying_close) > 0
      AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.05
      AND date >= toDate('2021-09-01')
    GROUP BY month_start, month, month_label
)
ORDER BY month_start
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