AAPL calls 1 to 5 percent in the money, by days left to 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 2026-08-22, from When Short Options Get Assigned Early.
| dte_bucket | avg_vega | avg_delta | contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| under 2 days | 0.037 | 0.831 | 82 |
| 2 to 3 days | 0.062 | 0.814 | 236 |
| 4 to 7 days | 0.108 | 0.775 | 547 |
| 8 to 14 days | 0.167 | 0.734 | 887 |
| 15 to 30 days | 0.249 | 0.699 | 639 |
| 31 to 60 days | 0.37 | 0.664 | 493 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
dte_bucket |
text | 6 distinct values | |
avg_vega |
number | 0.037 to 0.37 | |
avg_delta |
number | 0.664 to 0.831 | |
contracts |
number | 82 to 887 | 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
dte_bucket,
round(avg(vega_f), 3) AS avg_vega,
round(avg(delta_f), 3) AS avg_delta,
count() AS contracts
FROM
(
SELECT
toFloat64(vega) AS vega_f,
toFloat64(delta) AS delta_f,
days_to_expiry,
multiIf(days_to_expiry <= 1, 'under 2 days',
days_to_expiry <= 3, '2 to 3 days',
days_to_expiry <= 7, '4 to 7 days',
days_to_expiry <= 14, '8 to 14 days',
days_to_expiry <= 30, '15 to 30 days',
'31 to 60 days') AS dte_bucket
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
AND date >= today() - 120
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND delta > 0
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 0 AND 60
AND toFloat64(underlying_close) / toFloat64(strike_price) - 1 BETWEEN 0.01 AND 0.05
)
GROUP BY dte_bucket
ORDER BY min(days_to_expiry)
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