Underlying names with converged daily IV, by quarter
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 2026-08-15, from Where to Get Historical Implied Volatility Data.
| quarter | underlyings_covered |
|---|---|
| 2014-Q2 | 4054 |
| 2014-Q3 | 4197 |
| 2014-Q4 | 4226 |
| 2015-Q1 | 4216 |
| 2015-Q2 | 4227 |
| 2015-Q3 | 4269 |
| 2015-Q4 | 4338 |
| 2016-Q1 | 4359 |
| 2016-Q2 | 4364 |
| 2016-Q3 | 4319 |
| 2016-Q4 | 4310 |
| 2017-Q1 | 4272 |
| 2017-Q2 | 4269 |
| 2017-Q3 | 4248 |
| 2017-Q4 | 4253 |
| 2018-Q1 | 4289 |
| 2018-Q2 | 4319 |
| 2018-Q3 | 4300 |
| 2018-Q4 | 4271 |
| 2019-Q1 | 4232 |
| 2019-Q2 | 4218 |
| 2019-Q3 | 4225 |
| 2019-Q4 | 4215 |
| 2020-Q1 | 4222 |
| 2020-Q2 | 4225 |
| 2020-Q3 | 4280 |
| 2020-Q4 | 4417 |
| 2021-Q1 | 4702 |
| 2021-Q2 | 4993 |
| 2021-Q3 | 5386 |
| 2021-Q4 | 5511 |
| 2022-Q1 | 5628 |
| 2022-Q2 | 5731 |
| 2022-Q3 | 5777 |
| 2022-Q4 | 5729 |
| 2023-Q1 | 5663 |
| 2023-Q2 | 5612 |
| 2023-Q3 | 5511 |
| 2023-Q4 | 5479 |
| 2024-Q1 | 5444 |
| 2024-Q2 | 5369 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5396 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5413 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5417 |
| 2025-Q2 | 5460 |
| 2025-Q3 | 5548 |
| 2025-Q4 | 5668 |
| 2026-Q1 | 5729 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5799 |
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- 49 × 2
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
quarter |
text | 49 distinct values (2014-Q2, 2014-Q3, 2014-Q4…) | |
underlyings_covered |
number | 4,054 to 5,799 |
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
concat(toString(toYear(date)), '-Q', toString(toQuarter(date))) AS quarter,
uniqExact(underlying_symbol) AS underlyings_covered
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND underlying_symbol NOT IN ('SPCX')
AND date < '2026-07-01'
GROUP BY quarter
ORDER BY min(date)
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