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where-to-find-options-trade-data
venue_sharetable · 2026-09-18 · 18×5 session_clockseries · 2026-09-18 · 14×5Preview: a 14-point series, ending higher. largest_printstable · 2026-09-18 · 10×7 iv_skewtable · 2026-09-18 · 29×4
what-is-the-cme-cvol-index
spy_term_structureranking · 2026-09-18 · 7×2Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. spy_strike_weightsranking · 2026-09-18 · 11×4Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first.
what-are-tokenized-stocks
volume_by_segmentranking · 2026-09-18 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. off_hours_shareranking · 2026-09-18 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. aapl_dividendsseries · 2026-09-18 · 11×7Preview: a 11-point series, ending lower.
upcoming-ipo-lockup-expirations
prospectus_receiptstable · 2026-09-18 · 50×4 price_vs_offertable · 2026-09-18 · 51×5 lockup_pipelineseries · 2026-09-18 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, ending lower. lockup_calendartable · 2026-09-18 · 57×8 early_release_watchtable · 2026-09-18 · 25×6
upcoming-dividend-payment-dates
sector_gaptable · 2026-09-18 · 7×5 pay_daysseries · 2026-09-18 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. pay_calendartable · 2026-09-18 · 30×8 gap_bucketsranking · 2026-09-18 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
the-september-effect
worst_septembersranking · 2026-09-18 · 3×2Preview: 3 ranked values, smallest first. septembers_by_yearranking · 2026-09-18 · 22×2Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. monthlytable · 2026-09-18 · 12×6 decadesranking · 2026-09-18 · 3×4Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first.
stock-split-candidates
stubborntable · 2026-09-18 · 12×5 split_historytable · 2026-09-18 · 16×6 candidatestable · 2026-09-18 · 15×8 aapl_traceseries · 2026-09-18 · 84×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. aapl_splitstable · 2026-09-18 · 3×5
nasdaq-opening-cross-explained
open_minute_shareranking · 2026-09-18 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. open_conditionsranking · 2026-09-18 · 14×3Preview: 14 ranked values, smallest first. aapl_open_minute_traceseries · 2026-09-18 · 21×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher.
market-wide-circuit-breakers-explained
trigger_levelstable · 2026-09-18 · 3×7 march_2020_sessionsseries · 2026-09-18 · 22×6Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. halt_daysseries · 2026-09-18 · 4×8Preview: a 4-point series, ending lower. daily_recalcseries · 2026-09-18 · 15×5Preview: a 15-point series, ending lower.
how-much-money-do-you-need-to-trade-options
spread_ladderranking · 2026-09-18 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. put_traceseries · 2026-09-18 · 31×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. put_laddertable · 2026-09-18 · 8×5 call_laddertable · 2026-09-18 · 8×5
how-long-can-a-stock-trade-under-1-dollar
sub_dollar_trendseries · 2026-09-18 · 105×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. streaksranking · 2026-09-18 · 4×3Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. reverse_splits_monthlyseries · 2026-09-18 · 12×3Preview: a 12-point series, roughly flat. price_bucketsranking · 2026-09-18 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first.
free-stock-data-api-in-python
avg_volume_by_tickerseries · 2026-09-18 · 4×4Preview: a 4-point series, ending lower. aapl_volume_traceseries · 2026-09-18 · 34×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
are-0dte-options-high-risk
strike_gammaranking · 2026-09-18 · 9×3Preview: 9 ranked values, largest first. premium_laddertable · 2026-09-18 · 5×5 greeks_ladderseries · 2026-09-18 · 5×5Preview: a 5-point series, ending lower. expiry_outcomesranking · 2026-09-18 · 5×2Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. expiry_dayseries · 2026-09-18 · 21×6Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
when-do-vix-options-expire
wednesday_expiriesranking · 2026-09-17 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first.
what-is-the-3m10y-spread
recentseries · 2026-09-17 · 60×6Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. monthlyseries · 2026-09-17 · 241×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. inversionsseries · 2026-09-17 · 9×6Preview: a 9-point series, roughly flat. front_endseries · 2026-09-17 · 42×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. episodes_comparedtable · 2026-09-17 · 3×9
what-does-cross-mean-in-trading
quote_statesranking · 2026-09-17 · 3×4Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first. cross_minutesseries · 2026-09-17 · 7×4Preview: a 7-point series, roughly flat. cross_codestable · 2026-09-17 · 13×5
Weekly Market Recap: The Week in Numbers
Where the volume went: most dollars traded over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. The eleven S&P 500 sectors over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 11×2Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first. Biggest stock losers over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. The major index ETFs over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Biggest stock gainers over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. Daily market breadth: advancers vs decliners each session (names trading $500M+)series · 2026-09-17 · 5×3Preview: a 5-point series, roughly flat.
Upcoming Stock Splits Calendar
Upcoming US stock splits: announced, with a future effective datetable · 2026-09-17 · 30×5 Announced upcoming splits by directionranking · 2026-09-17 · 2×2Preview: 2 ranked values, largest first. Announced stock splits by effective month: forward vs reverseseries · 2026-09-17 · 4×4Preview: a 4-point series, ending lower.
Unusual Volume Stocks This Week, Measured
How the whole qualifying universe traded this week, bucketed by relative volumeranking · 2026-09-17 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. Persistence check: the eight leaders' daily relative volume across the five sessionstable · 2026-09-17 · 8×5 Highest relative volume this week: trailing 5 sessions vs. the prior 40, for names trading $500M+ in the weekseries · 2026-09-17 · 8×6Preview: a 8-point series, roughly flat. The board leader, day by day: daily relative volume and open-to-close change (last 15 sessions)series · 2026-09-17 · 15×5Preview: a 15-point series, roughly flat. Wild multiples the dollar floor removes: highest relative volume among names trading under $500M this weekseries · 2026-09-17 · 6×5Preview: a 6-point series, ending higher.
Unusual Options Activity: Last Session
Market-wide options volume by session, with monthly expirations labelledseries · 2026-09-17 · 25×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Calls or puts: the board's call and put contract volume on the same sessiontable · 2026-09-17 · 10×5 What follows a heavy options session: next-session absolute move vs. the same names on an ordinary daytable · 2026-09-17 · 5×6 What the session's contracts were made of: options volume by days to expiryranking · 2026-09-17 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Unusual options activity: last completed session vs. each underlying's own 20-session averagetable · 2026-09-17 · 10×8
twap-vs-vwap-vs-pov-orders
volume_curveseries · 2026-09-17 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat. open_vs_lunchtable · 2026-09-17 · 5×6 lunch_povseries · 2026-09-17 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher. curve_dispersionseries · 2026-09-17 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher.
the-7-5-3-1-rule-mutual-funds
worst_windowstable · 2026-09-17 · 8×6 step_uptable · 2026-09-17 · 10×5 rolling_7yseries · 2026-09-17 · 193×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. return_bucketsranking · 2026-09-17 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first.
the-390-rule-in-options-trading
spy_trade_sizesranking · 2026-09-17 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. spy_option_paceseries · 2026-09-17 · 14×3Preview: a 14-point series, ending lower. session_shapeseries · 2026-09-17 · 16×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. one_lot_shareranking · 2026-09-17 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Short Squeeze Candidates This Week
Squeeze-shaped mechanics: crowded shorts among liquid names, with a rising priceranking · 2026-09-17 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. The screened names ranked by short interest against shares outstanding (not float)table · 2026-09-17 · 10×5 Every past screened name, by what it did over the next 30 daysranking · 2026-09-17 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. From the whole settlement file down to the screened list, one rule at a timeranking · 2026-09-17 · 4×2Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Every input behind this screen, and how many days old it isseries · 2026-09-17 · 3×3Preview: a 3-point series, ending lower. Liquid names at 5+ and 10+ days to cover, settlement by settlementseries · 2026-09-17 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher.
santa-claus-rally
worst_windowstable · 2026-09-17 · 5×5 window_vs_decembertable · 2026-09-17 · 3×8 window_volumeranking · 2026-09-17 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. santa_windowstable · 2026-09-17 · 23×5 folklore_testtable · 2026-09-17 · 2×6
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Median theta and implied volatility by days to expiry: near-the-money SPY contracts, H1 2026

Median theta and implied volatility by days to expiry: near-the-money SPY contracts, H1 2026

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Median theta and implied volatility by days to expiry: near-the-money SPY contracts, H1 2026 — 60 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
dtemedian_theta_usdmedian_iv_pctcontract_count
10.89818.44658
20.70417.63661
30.555163534
40.43114.53504
50.39114.23771
60.38414.75183
70.3714.96370
80.35715.15104
90.34615.33723
100.324153583
110.30614.63509
120.29314.53512
130.28914.84220
140.28114.92808
150.28715.41571
160.27115.51423
170.27115.71489
180.26815.91214
190.30519.9109
200.26917.6327
210.25115.61476
220.24515.81534
230.24115.71430
240.23115.91420
250.23315.71257
260.23314.7109
270.23715.8280
280.21515.41435
290.21815.61520
300.214161385
310.20915.81461
320.20715.51184
330.17614108
340.20215.1311
350.19815.51431
360.19815.71434
370.194161358
380.194161362
390.18915.41195
400.17915.5105
410.19315.5309
420.18515.91370
430.18415.81247
440.17616.6851
450.17715.7812
460.17415.5782
470.16415.891
480.18516.2245
490.1715.5858
500.17215.8790
510.16916.1460
520.16815.6520
530.16315.7464
540.14516.1103
550.17416.4170
560.15715.7522
570.1615.9540
580.15916.6435
590.16516.9389
600.16815.8376
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT days_to_expiry AS dte,
       round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(abs(theta)), cityHash64(ticker)), 3) AS median_theta_usd,
       round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(implied_volatility) * 100, cityHash64(ticker)), 1) AS median_iv_pct,
       count() AS contract_count
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
  AND date >= toDate('2026-01-02')
  AND date <= toDate('2026-06-30')
  AND iv_converged = 1
  AND volume > 0
  AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 1 AND 60
  AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.02
GROUP BY dte
HAVING count() >= 30
ORDER BY dte
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