SPY's expiration on every trading day: each near-term SPY expiry date, its weekday and volume
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 Which Stocks Have Daily Options?.
| expiry_date | expiry_label | weekday | contracts_mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | Aug 19 | Wednesday | 7.81 |
| 2026-08-20 | Aug 20 | Thursday | 1.53 |
| 2026-08-21 | Aug 21 | Friday | 2.19 |
| 2026-08-24 | Aug 24 | Monday | 0.35 |
| 2026-08-25 | Aug 25 | Tuesday | 0.18 |
| 2026-08-26 | Aug 26 | Wednesday | 0.14 |
| 2026-08-27 | Aug 27 | Thursday | 0.07 |
| 2026-08-28 | Aug 28 | Friday | 0.37 |
| 2026-08-31 | Aug 31 | Monday | 0.43 |
| 2026-09-01 | Sep 1 | Tuesday | 0.01 |
| 2026-09-02 | Sep 2 | Wednesday | 0.01 |
- Rows × columns
- 11 × 4
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
expiry_date |
date | 2026-08-19 to 2026-09-02 | |
expiry_label |
text | 11 distinct values (Aug 19, Aug 20, Aug 21…) | |
weekday |
date | Friday to Wednesday | |
contracts_mm |
number | 0.01 to 7.81 | 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 toString(expiry) AS expiry_date,
formatDateTime(expiry, '%b %e') AS expiry_label,
dateName('weekday', expiry) AS weekday,
round(sum(vol) / 1e6, 2) AS contracts_mm
FROM (
SELECT toDateOrNull(concat('20', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6))) AS expiry,
toFloat64(volume) AS vol
FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
WHERE window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 8 DAY
AND ticker LIKE 'O:SPY2%'
)
WHERE expiry >= today() - 3 AND expiry <= today() + INTERVAL 12 DAY
GROUP BY expiry
ORDER BY expiry
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