Underlyings with options expiring Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026, ranked by contracts traded
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 2026-09-17, from When Do VIX Options Expire? The Wednesday Rule.
| underlying | series_traded | volume_thousands |
|---|---|---|
| SPY | 264 | 2022 |
| TSLA | 198 | 1943.9 |
| NVDA | 113 | 1831.8 |
| AAPL | 97 | 1635.6 |
| QQQ | 225 | 1250.1 |
| MU | 256 | 651.2 |
| AMZN | 92 | 533.7 |
| META | 206 | 444.3 |
| IBIT | 109 | 276.6 |
| INTC | 112 | 274.8 |
| TLT | 55 | 216.8 |
| MSFT | 147 | 196.1 |
- Rows × columns
- 12 × 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
underlying |
text | 12 distinct values (AAPL, AMZN, IBIT…) | |
series_traded |
number | 55 to 264 | |
volume_thousands |
number | 196.1 to 2,022 | 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.
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SELECT
underlying_symbol AS underlying,
uniqExact(ticker) AS series_traded,
round(toFloat64(sum(volume)) / 1000, 1) AS volume_thousands
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE toDate(expiration_date) = toDate('2026-09-02')
AND volume > 0
AND date BETWEEN toDate('2026-08-19') AND toDate('2026-09-02')
AND underlying_symbol NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY underlying_symbol
ORDER BY volume_thousands DESC
LIMIT 12
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