third_friday_gaps
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 2026-09-23, from when-do-spx-options-stop-trading.
| expiration_date | expiration_label | overnight_gap_pct | abs_gap_pct | avg_abs_gap_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-17 | Oct 17, 2025 | -0.17 | 0.17 | 0.44 |
| 2025-11-21 | Nov 21, 2025 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.44 |
| 2025-12-19 | Dec 19, 2025 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.44 |
| 2026-01-16 | Jan 16, 2026 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.44 |
| 2026-02-20 | Feb 20, 2026 | -0.32 | 0.32 | 0.44 |
| 2026-03-20 | Mar 20, 2026 | -0.5 | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| 2026-04-17 | Apr 17, 2026 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.44 |
| 2026-05-15 | May 15, 2026 | -0.85 | 0.85 | 0.44 |
| 2026-07-17 | Jul 17, 2026 | -1.15 | 1.15 | 0.44 |
| 2026-08-21 | Aug 21, 2026 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.44 |
| 2026-09-18 | Sep 18, 2026 | -0.17 | 0.17 | 0.44 |
- Rows × columns
- 11 × 5
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
expiration_date |
date | 2025-10-17 to 2026-09-18 | |
expiration_label |
text | 11 distinct values (Apr 17, 2026, Aug 21, 2026, Dec 19, 2025…) | |
overnight_gap_pct |
number | -1.15 to 0.64 | percent |
abs_gap_pct |
number | 0.02 to 1.15 | percent |
avg_abs_gap_pct |
number | every row is 0.44 | 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.
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SELECT
toString(d) AS expiration_date,
formatDateTime(d, '%b %e, %Y') AS expiration_label,
round(gap_pct, 2) AS overnight_gap_pct,
round(abs(gap_pct), 2) AS abs_gap_pct,
round(avg(abs(gap_pct)) OVER (), 2) AS avg_abs_gap_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
d,
100 * (toFloat64(open_px) - toFloat64(prev_close)) / toFloat64(prev_close) AS gap_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
date AS d,
open AS open_px,
lagInFrame(close) OVER (ORDER BY date ASC) AS prev_close
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND date >= '2025-10-01'
AND date <= today() - 2
)
WHERE toDayOfWeek(d) = 5
AND toDayOfMonth(d) BETWEEN 15 AND 21
)
ORDER BY expiration_date
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