What Is Implied Volatility? IV, Explained
ATM implied volatility across every actively traded underlying, July 15, 2026scalar ·
2026-08-13 · 1×5753
SPY at-the-money IV by time to expiry: the term structure (2026-07-13)ranking ·
2026-08-13 · 4×2
SPY put IV rises as strikes fall: the volatility skew (2026-07-13)ranking ·
2026-08-13 · 5×2
SPY at-the-money implied volatility, month by month (Jul 2025 – Jul 2026)series ·
2026-08-13 · 13×2
At-the-money implied volatility by stock (2026-07-13)ranking ·
2026-08-13 · 7×2
What Is Gamma Exposure (GEX)? Dealer Hedging
July 6, 2026: top roots by same-day-expiry options volumeranking ·
2026-08-13 · 8×3
Same-day SPY contracts by strike: the ten busiest, July 6, 2026ranking ·
2026-08-13 · 10×4
July 6, 2026: whole-tape options volume by days to expiryranking ·
2026-08-13 · 5×3
What Are Put Options?
One SPY $740 put vs the stock's distance from the strike (expired Jun 18 2026)series ·
2026-08-13 · 31×3
The same put at SPY's June peak vs its June troughseries ·
2026-08-13 · 2×6
The SPY put's delta stayed negative through its whole lifeseries ·
2026-08-13 · 31×2
Wash Sale Rule and Options: The 61-Day Window
How many trading sessions fit inside a 61 day wash sale windowseries ·
2026-08-13 · 30×4
One full 61 day wash sale window on the tape: AAPL, Dec 1 2025 through Jan 30 2026series ·
2026-08-13 · 42×3
Average call and put delta by strike distance, AAPL, 20 to 45 days to expiry, June 2026ranking ·
2026-08-13 · 5×4
Every December session and how far its wash sale window reaches into the new yearseries ·
2026-08-13 · 22×4
Ratio Spreads: Breakevens and Naked Risk
AAPL 25-session moves since January 2021, by sizeranking ·
2026-08-13 · 6×3
Heston Model and the Volatility Smile
How far at-the-money implied volatility itself travelled (Jan to Jun 2026)ranking ·
2026-08-12 · 6×4
Near-the-money implied volatility by time to expiry (Jan to Jun 2026)ranking ·
2026-08-12 · 6×3
SPY implied volatility by strike distance, 20 to 45 days to expiry (Jan to Jun 2026)ranking ·
2026-08-12 · 13×4
Put-side versus call-side implied volatility, 20 to 45 days (Jan to Jun 2026)ranking ·
2026-08-12 · 6×4
Daily at-the-money implied volatility, SPY and NVDA (Apr to Jun 2026)series ·
2026-08-12 · 62×3
Options Volume vs. Open Interest, Explained
Volume accumulates live: July 6, 2026 in half-hour buckets (ET), with a running totalseries ·
2026-08-12 · 14×3
Top 10 underlying roots by contracts traded, July 6, 2026table ·
2026-08-12 · 10×5
One day of the US options tape: Monday, July 6, 2026scalar ·
2026-08-12 · 1×860.6
July 6, 2026 volume by time to expiration: the tape is short-dated, the listed universe is nottable ·
2026-08-12 · 5×5
Ten sessions of one long-dated contract: the SPY $620 put expiring 2026-12-18series ·
2026-08-12 · 10×3
The ten busiest option contracts of July 6, 2026table ·
2026-08-12 · 10×5
Market Recap: Week of July 20, 2026
Next week on the calendar: closures, ex-dividends, splits, and the expiry pullscalar ·
2026-08-12 · 1×60
SPY median quoted spread and NBBO updates per session, regular hours, July 20-24series ·
2026-08-12 · 5×5
SPY by session: close, change, and share volume, July 20-24series ·
2026-08-12 · 5×4
Options contracts, same-day share, and call share by session, July 20-24series ·
2026-08-12 · 5×5
SEC filings by session and form type, July 20-24series ·
2026-08-12 · 5×5
Advancers and decliners per session, names with $5M+ traded, July 20-24series ·
2026-08-12 · 5×5
Top names by regular-hours dollar volume, full week July 20-24ranking ·
2026-08-12 · 8×3
Daily short-volume file coverage: tickers on file and short shares, July 20-24series ·
2026-08-12 · 5×4
Session verification: sessions, bars, holiday rows, up and down closes, next closurescalar ·
2026-08-12 · 1×95
The week's corporate calendar: dividends, splits, listings, newsscalar ·
2026-08-12 · 1×917,144
SPY's week in trailing-year context (open-to-close weekly returns)scalar ·
2026-08-12 · 1×5-1.1
SPY / QQQ / DIA / IWM: week of July 20 vs the July 17 close, with the prior week's changetable ·
2026-08-12 · 4×5
Sector ETFs, full-week change: July 24 close vs July 17 closeranking ·
2026-08-12 · 11×3
Treasury curve by session, July 17 print through July 24series ·
2026-08-12 · 6×6
Weekly movers: ten biggest gainers and decliners, regular-hours closes, $5M+ traded, splits excludedtable ·
2026-08-12 · 20×6
Weekly breadth: July 24 regular close vs July 17 regular close, names with $5M+ traded during the weekscalar ·
2026-08-12 · 1×62,437
How Buffer ETFs Work: Caps and Resets
A 15% cap and 9% buffer, seen from three entry pointsranking ·
2026-08-12 · 21×4
SPY calendar-year price return against a 15% cap and 9% bufferranking ·
2026-08-12 · 12×3
Remaining buffer and remaining cap by entry pointranking ·
2026-08-12 · 11×3
Compounding the index against the buffered payoff, net of a 0.79% feeranking ·
2026-08-12 · 12×3
What Is the Put-Call Ratio? A Data Guide
A decade of SPY put-call ratios: median, low and high of the daily reading by yeartable ·
2026-08-11 · 12×5
Put-call ratio by underlying: five of the most active names, June 2026ranking ·
2026-08-11 · 5×3
Market-wide put-call ratio by day: every listed US option, June 1 through July 10, 2026series ·
2026-08-11 · 28×4
The June 2026 put-call range: median, high and low of the daily market-wide ratioscalar ·
2026-08-11 · 1×50.793
Index-linked vs single-stock options: put-call ratio by population, June 2026ranking ·
2026-08-11 · 3×4
Put-call ratio by days to expiration: every listed US option, June 2026ranking ·
2026-08-11 · 5×4
What Is 0DTE? Zero Days to Expiry Options
July 6, 2026: top roots by same-day-expiry options volumeranking ·
2026-08-11 · 8×3
The receipt: July 6, 2026 session completeness and OCC parse coveragescalar ·
2026-08-11 · 1×6390
June 2026: whole-month options volume and its same-day-expiry sharescalar ·
2026-08-11 · 1×41,477.9
How July 6's same-day SPY contracts finished: out of the money vs. in the moneytable ·
2026-08-11 · 2×5
July 6, 2026: whole-tape options volume by days to expiryranking ·
2026-08-11 · 5×3
One 0DTE contract, all day: SPY's busiest same-day call and put, July 6, 2026series ·
2026-08-11 · 14×4
July 6, 2026: SPY's two busiest same-day contractsranking ·
2026-08-11 · 2×3
DTE Meaning in Options: Days to Expiration
DTE menus compared: expirations traded and 0DTE share by underlying, July 8, 2026table ·
2026-08-11 · 6×6
0DTE's rise: same-day share of SPY option volume, June 8-12 of each yearranking ·
2026-08-11 · 7×4
The front of the curve: share of July 8, 2026 volume within a week of expiryscalar ·
2026-08-11 · 1×361.8
Options volume by days to expiration: every US option traded July 8, 2026ranking ·
2026-08-11 · 6×3
DTE, worked on real contracts: SPY's most-traded option in each DTE band, July 8, 2026table ·
2026-08-11 · 6×5
The price of time: at-the-money SPY call price by DTE, midday July 8, 2026series ·
2026-08-11 · 11×3
When Do Options Expire? Friday 4 PM ET & Daily
Who owns Wednesday: roots by distinct Wednesday-dated expirations, July 6-9, 2026 tapetable ·
2026-08-10 · 8×5
SPY options volume by June 2026 expiration date: a new expiry every sessionseries ·
2026-08-10 · 21×2
NVDA options volume by June 2026 expiration date: top six expiriesseries ·
2026-08-10 · 6×2
The July 2026 holiday move: SPY volume in contracts expiring Thursday July 2 vs Friday July 3scalar ·
2026-08-10 · 1×212.84
The rest of 2026, measured: each month's busiest forward expiration date, July 6-9 tapeseries ·
2026-08-10 · 6×5
June 2026 SPY options volume by days-to-expiry at the time of the tradeseries ·
2026-08-10 · 4×3
Options volume by expiration weekday: all US options traded June 1 - July 9, 2026series ·
2026-08-10 · 5×5
The daily-expiration club: every root with an expiry on all 21 June 2026 sessionsranking ·
2026-08-10 · 11×3
What Is Triple Witching? Volume & Volatility
Witching Thursday vs. the two ordinary Fridays before it: US option contracts traded, and the same-day-expiring shareseries ·
2026-08-10 · 3×4
SPY on witching sessions vs. the same month's other sessions: intraday range and net move (% of the open)series ·
2026-08-10 · 8×5
Every quarterly witching session since September 2024: market-wide share volume vs. the month's other sessionsseries ·
2026-08-10 · 8×5
SPY's expiring June 18, 2026 series: contracts traded by strike, and each strike's distance from the closing priceranking ·
2026-08-10 · 12×4
Contract volume by expiration date: all US options traded June 1-18, 2026, top eight expiriesranking ·
2026-08-10 · 8×2
The closing-cross window (3:59-4:00 p.m. ET): dollar volume on witching day vs. a typical June 2026 sessionscalar ·
2026-08-10 · 1×556.1
Pin Risk at Options Expiration Explained
How far the Friday close lands from the nearest whole dollarranking ·
2026-08-09 · 10×3
AAPL's final half hour on its tightest monthly expiration close since 2025series ·
2026-08-09 · 30×5
How Options Adjust After Mergers & Spinoffs
One deliverable, two companies: GE and GE HealthCare after the spinseries ·
2026-08-09 · 61×5
Near-the-money implied volatility into a cash close (ATVI, 2023)series ·
2026-08-09 · 83×4
A target stock pinning to its cash deal price (ATVI, 2023)series ·
2026-08-09 · 83×4
Why Your Options Order Isn't Getting Filled
Apple option trades on June 17 2026: share of prints vs share of contracts, by trade sizeranking ·
2026-08-07 · 5×3
Apple option activity by strike distance, 20 to 45 days to expiry, May and June 2026ranking ·
2026-08-07 · 5×3
Median quoted spread on Apple options by contract price, 30 second window on June 17 2026ranking ·
2026-08-07 · 5×3
Apple options quote updates, second by second, 2:00 p.m. ET on June 17 2026series ·
2026-08-07 · 30×3
What Is Option Rho? The Interest Rate Greek
Weekly average rho: SPY January 2027 calls against a rolling front-month seriesseries ·
2026-08-07 · 52×3
Average SPY option rho by time to expiration, indexed to the front monthranking ·
2026-08-07 · 6×4
Average rho on long-dated SPY options, by strike against the share priceranking ·
2026-08-07 · 7×4
Start-to-end change in Treasury yields by calendar year, in basis pointsranking ·
2026-08-07 · 13×3
Probability of Touch vs Probability ITM
SPY through July 2024 against a level 2% above the July 1 closeseries ·
2026-08-07 · 28×6
SPY: touched versus finished above, 21-session forward windows since 2011table ·
2026-08-07 · 4×5
SPY option delta buckets, with the doubling rule applied (Jan to Jun 2026)ranking ·
2026-08-07 · 9×4
Iron Condor vs Iron Butterfly: Break-Evens
Vega across the SPY ladder, indexed to the at-the-money strike, May 2026ranking ·
2026-08-07 · 13×3
What a 30-day SPY option cost at each distance from spot, May 2026 averagesranking ·
2026-08-07 · 13×3
At-the-money implied volatility and the 30-day expected move it prices, May 2026ranking ·
2026-08-07 · 6×3
Strikes that actually traded per session, 20 to 45 days out, May 2026series ·
2026-08-07 · 6×3
Market-wide options volume by session, with monthly expirations labelled
Market-wide options volume by session, with monthly expirations labelled
| session | contracts_m | session_type | monthly_expiry_m | session_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16 | 70.7 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260716 |
| Jul 17 | 76.8 | monthly expiration | 76.8 | 20260717 |
| Jul 20 | 63.5 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260720 |
| Jul 21 | 56.8 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260721 |
| Jul 22 | 55.4 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260722 |
| Jul 23 | 65.4 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260723 |
| Jul 24 | 70.7 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260724 |
| Jul 27 | 64.3 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260727 |
| Jul 28 | 58.7 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260728 |
| Jul 29 | 66.3 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260729 |
| Jul 30 | 66.3 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260730 |
| Jul 31 | 75.5 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260731 |
| Aug 3 | 72.7 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260803 |
| Aug 4 | 78.9 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260804 |
| Aug 5 | 69.5 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260805 |
| Aug 6 | 63.2 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260806 |
| Aug 7 | 73.2 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260807 |
| Aug 10 | 61.4 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260810 |
| Aug 11 | 54.6 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260811 |
| Aug 12 | 55.4 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260812 |
| Aug 13 | 66.6 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260813 |
| Aug 14 | 66 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260814 |
| Aug 17 | 60.9 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260817 |
| Aug 18 | 56.9 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260818 |
| Aug 19 | 67.2 | ordinary | 76.8 | 20260819 |
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH tape AS (
SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
sum(toFloat64(volume)) AS vol
FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
WHERE window_start >= toDateTime(today() - 45, 'America/New_York')
GROUP BY d
),
ranked AS (
SELECT d, vol, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY d DESC) AS raw_rn
FROM tape
),
cal AS (
SELECT d, vol, rn, sum(if(rn BETWEEN 2 AND 21, 1, 0)) OVER () AS baseline_sessions
FROM (
SELECT d, vol, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY d DESC) AS rn
FROM ranked
WHERE vol >= 0.75 * (SELECT quantileExact(0.5)(vol) FROM ranked WHERE raw_rn > 1)
)
),
w AS (
SELECT d, vol,
toStartOfMonth(d) + toIntervalDay(((5 - toDayOfWeek(toStartOfMonth(d)) + 7) % 7) + 14) AS third_friday
FROM cal
WHERE rn <= 25
),
marked AS (
SELECT d, vol,
(d = max(if(d <= third_friday, d, toDate('1970-01-01'))) OVER (PARTITION BY toStartOfMonth(d)))
AND (third_friday <= max(d) OVER ()) AS is_expiry
FROM w
),
latest AS (
SELECT d, vol, is_expiry,
max(if(is_expiry, d, toDate('1970-01-01'))) OVER () AS last_expiry_d
FROM marked
)
SELECT formatDateTime(d, '%b %e') AS session,
round(vol / 1e6, 1) AS contracts_m,
multiIf(is_expiry, 'monthly expiration', 'ordinary') AS session_type,
round(max(if(d = last_expiry_d, vol, 0)) OVER () / 1e6, 1) AS monthly_expiry_m,
toYYYYMMDD(d) AS session_id
FROM latest
ORDER BY d ASC
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