June 2026 SPY options volume by days-to-expiry at the time of the trade
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 2026-08-10, from When Do Options Expire? Friday 4 PM ET & Daily.
| dte_bucket | contracts_mm | pct_of_month |
|---|---|---|
| 0 days (expiry day) | 182.9 | 69.5 |
| 1 day left | 24.6 | 9.3 |
| 2-5 days left | 20.9 | 7.9 |
| 6+ days left | 34.9 | 13.2 |
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- 4 × 3
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- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
dte_bucket |
text | 4 distinct values | |
contracts_mm |
number | 20.9 to 182.9 | count |
pct_of_month |
number | 7.9 to 69.5 | 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
SELECT dte_bucket,
round(sum(vol) / 1e6, 1) AS contracts_mm,
round(100.0 * sum(vol) / (sum(sum(vol)) OVER ()), 1) AS pct_of_month
FROM (
SELECT multiIf(dte = 0, '0 days (expiry day)', dte = 1, '1 day left', dte <= 5, '2-5 days left', '6+ days left') AS dte_bucket,
dte, vol
FROM (
SELECT dateDiff('day', toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')),
toDateOrNull(concat('20', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6)))) AS dte,
toFloat64(volume) AS vol
FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
WHERE window_start >= '2026-06-01 04:00:00'
AND window_start < '2026-07-01 04:00:00'
AND ticker LIKE 'O:SPY2%'
)
WHERE dte >= 0
)
GROUP BY dte_bucket
ORDER BY min(dte)
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