Apple option trades on June 17 2026: share of prints vs share of contracts, by trade size
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 2026-08-07, from Why Your Options Order Isn't Getting Filled.
| size_bucket | share_of_trades_pct | share_of_volume_pct |
|---|---|---|
| 1 contract | 48.48 | 7.83 |
| 2 to 5 | 31.02 | 16.39 |
| 6 to 20 | 15.5 | 26.95 |
| 21 to 100 | 4.56 | 32.15 |
| over 100 | 0.44 | 16.67 |
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- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
size_bucket |
text | 5 distinct values (1 contract, 2 to 5, 21 to 100…) | |
share_of_trades_pct |
number | 0.44 to 48.48 | percent |
share_of_volume_pct |
number | 7.83 to 32.15 | 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.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
(
SELECT count()
FROM global_markets.options_trades
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-06-17 00:00:00', 'UTC')
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-06-18 00:00:00', 'UTC')
) AS day_prints,
(
SELECT sum(size)
FROM global_markets.options_trades
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-06-17 00:00:00', 'UTC')
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-06-18 00:00:00', 'UTC')
) AS day_contracts
SELECT
multiIf(size = 1, '1 contract',
size <= 5, '2 to 5',
size <= 20, '6 to 20',
size <= 100, '21 to 100',
'over 100') AS size_bucket,
round(100 * count() / day_prints, 2) AS share_of_trades_pct,
round(100 * sum(size) / day_contracts, 2) AS share_of_volume_pct
FROM global_markets.options_trades
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-06-17 00:00:00', 'UTC')
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-06-18 00:00:00', 'UTC')
GROUP BY size_bucket
ORDER BY min(size)
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