Time value left in AAPL contracts by depth in the money
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.
| itm_depth | call_avg_vega | put_avg_vega | call_contracts | put_contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1% | 0.207 | 0.208 | 692 | 650 |
| 1 to 3% | 0.185 | 0.191 | 1221 | 1146 |
| 3 to 5% | 0.153 | 0.162 | 965 | 868 |
| 5 to 10% | 0.116 | 0.13 | 1603 | 889 |
| over 10% | 0.071 | 0.101 | 2407 | 321 |
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
itm_depth |
text | 5 distinct values (1 to 3%, 3 to 5%, 5 to 10%…) | |
call_avg_vega |
number | 0.071 to 0.207 | |
put_avg_vega |
number | 0.101 to 0.208 | |
call_contracts |
number | 692 to 2,407 | count |
put_contracts |
number | 321 to 1,146 | 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
depth_bucket AS itm_depth,
round(avgIf(vega_f, side = 'call'), 3) AS call_avg_vega,
round(avgIf(vega_f, side = 'put'), 3) AS put_avg_vega,
countIf(side = 'call') AS call_contracts,
countIf(side = 'put') AS put_contracts
FROM
(
SELECT
if(delta > 0, 'call', 'put') AS side,
toFloat64(vega) AS vega_f,
if(delta > 0,
toFloat64(underlying_close) / toFloat64(strike_price) - 1,
toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) AS depth,
multiIf(depth < 0.01, 'under 1%',
depth < 0.03, '1 to 3%',
depth < 0.05, '3 to 5%',
depth < 0.10, '5 to 10%',
'over 10%') AS depth_bucket
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
AND date >= today() - 120
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 3 AND 30
AND toFloat64(underlying_close) > 0
AND toFloat64(strike_price) > 0
AND toFloat64(delta) != 0
AND depth > 0
)
GROUP BY depth_bucket
HAVING countIf(side = 'call') > 0 AND countIf(side = 'put') > 0
ORDER BY min(depth)
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