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Who owns Wednesday: roots by distinct Wednesday-dated expirations, July 6-9, 2026 tape

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.

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Who owns Wednesday: roots by distinct Wednesday-dated expirations, July 6-9, 2026 tape — 8 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
rootwednesday_expiry_datesnearestfurthestcontracts_k
SPXW92026-07-082027-06-303579
VIX92026-07-222027-03-172709
NDXP92026-07-082027-06-3082
SPY62026-07-082027-06-3010731
QQQ62026-07-082027-06-306617
IWM62026-07-082027-06-301099
TLT62026-07-082027-06-30356
SLV62026-07-082027-06-30248
Rows × columns
8 × 5
Period covered
to
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Who owns Wednesday: roots by distinct Wednesday-dated expirations, July 6-9, 2026 tape, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
root text 8 distinct values (IWM, NDXP, QQQ…)
wednesday_expiry_dates number 6 to 9
nearest date 2026-07-08 to 2026-07-22
furthest date 2027-03-17 to 2027-06-30
contracts_k number 82 to 10,731 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 root,
       uniqExact(expiry) AS wednesday_expiry_dates,
       toString(min(expiry)) AS nearest,
       toString(max(expiry)) AS furthest,
       round(sum(vol) / 1000, 0) AS contracts_k
FROM (
    SELECT substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17) AS root,
           toDateOrNull(concat('20', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6))) AS expiry,
           toFloat64(volume) AS vol
    FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
    WHERE window_start >= '2026-07-06 04:00:00'
      AND window_start < '2026-07-10 04:00:00'
)
WHERE expiry IS NOT NULL AND toDayOfWeek(expiry) = 3 AND expiry >= '2026-07-08' AND root != 'SPCX'
GROUP BY root
ORDER BY wednesday_expiry_dates DESC, contracts_k DESC, root
LIMIT 8

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