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When Short Options Get Assigned Early
Time value left in AAPL contracts by depth in the moneytable · 2026-08-22 · 5×5 AAPL calls 1 to 5 percent in the money, by days left to expiryranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Latest cash dividend per share, and what it is worth against the stockseries · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower. Put versus call implied volatility, near the money, 20 to 45 days outranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first.
Trading Options Inside an IRA: How It Works
Near the money put premium as a percent of the cash it locks upranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. Next declared ex dividend dates and the cash at stake per contractseries · 2026-08-22 · 2×4Preview: a 2-point series, ending higher. What one fully collateralized contract ties up, by underlyingranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Average call delta by strike versus spot, one week or less to expirationranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first.
Cash Settled vs Physical Delivery Options
SPY: widest open print to close print gaps on monthly expiration Fridays since 2021ranking · 2026-08-22 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, smallest first. How close SPY closes to a whole dollar strike, expiration Fridays vs every other sessionranking · 2026-08-22 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, smallest first. Dividend owed per assigned contract, recent ex dividend datesseries · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower. What 100 shares per contract is worth, six household namesseries · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower.
Broker Exercise Cut-Off Times Explained
Monthly expirations where the post close print crossed a whole dollarranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. How close expiring AAPL contracts finish to the strikeranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. NVDA on July 17, 2026: the close and the post close windowtable · 2026-08-22 · 30×3 Average move between the 4:00 p.m. close and 5:30 p.m. ETranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
What Time Do Options Stop Trading?
Share of late session option volume printed after 4:00 p.m. ET, July 15, 2026ranking · 2026-08-16 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. Last SPY and SPX option print, minutes past the 4:00 p.m. equity closeseries · 2026-08-16 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, roughly flat. Last SPY option print on each 1:00 p.m. ET early close since July 2024ranking · 2026-08-16 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. SPY and SPX option volume by the minute, 15:45 to 16:25 ETseries · 2026-08-16 · 41×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
Ratio Spreads: Breakevens and Naked Risk
AAPL 25-session moves since January 2021, by sizeranking · 2026-08-13 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Pin Risk at Options Expiration Explained
How far the Friday close lands from the nearest whole dollarranking · 2026-08-09 · 10×3Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first. AAPL's final half hour on its tightest monthly expiration close since 2025series · 2026-08-09 · 30×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
How to Roll an Option Position: Up and Out
Moving the strike up costs premium: AAPL calls 30 to 45 days outranking · 2026-08-07 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. What extra time is worth: at-the-money AAPL call premium by days to expiryranking · 2026-08-07 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Time value left in an in-the-money KO call as expiry approachesranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. 2026 cash dividends per share at eight widely held payersranking · 2026-08-07 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first.
How to Calculate Covered Call Returns
Median implied volatility on near-the-money AAPL calls, by monthseries · 2026-08-05 · 24×2Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Median implied volatility on 20 to 45 day near-the-money calls, July 2026ranking · 2026-08-05 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. AAPL call delta by strike distance, 20 to 45 days to expiry, July 2026ranking · 2026-08-05 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. AAPL by month: the stock's move against the same move capped at 5%series · 2026-08-05 · 24×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat.
What Happens If an Option Expires In the Money
Friday close to Monday's first minute: absolute overnight move, 2023 to July 2026ranking · 2026-08-04 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. How close Friday closes land to a whole-dollar strike: seven names, 2023 to July 2026ranking · 2026-08-04 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. Absolute move over the final 30 minutes of Friday sessions, 2023 to July 2026ranking · 2026-08-04 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Cash behind one contract: 100 shares at each name's close in the last week of July 2026ranking · 2026-08-04 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first.
How Risky Is Options Trading? The Mechanics
Weekend gaps: prior close to next open, six widely held names, August 2024 to July 2026table · 2026-08-01 · 6×5 One AAPL call through its final month: closing premium split into intrinsic value and time valueseries · 2026-08-01 · 23×5Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Same AAPL call, same window: session moves for the contract and for the stockseries · 2026-08-01 · 23×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. AAPL contracts trading on their own expiration day: share finishing out of the money, six monthly cyclesranking · 2026-08-01 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first.
Time value left in AAPL contracts by depth in the money

Time value left in AAPL contracts by depth in the money

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Time value left in AAPL contracts by depth in the money — 5 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
itm_depthcall_avg_vegaput_avg_vegacall_contractsput_contracts
under 1%0.2070.208692650
1 to 3%0.1850.19112211146
3 to 5%0.1530.162965868
5 to 10%0.1160.131603889
over 10%0.0710.1012407321
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    depth_bucket                            AS itm_depth,
    round(avgIf(vega_f, side = 'call'), 3)  AS call_avg_vega,
    round(avgIf(vega_f, side = 'put'), 3)   AS put_avg_vega,
    countIf(side = 'call')                  AS call_contracts,
    countIf(side = 'put')                   AS put_contracts
FROM
(
    SELECT
        if(delta > 0, 'call', 'put') AS side,
        toFloat64(vega)              AS vega_f,
        if(delta > 0,
           toFloat64(underlying_close) / toFloat64(strike_price) - 1,
           toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) AS depth,
        multiIf(depth < 0.01, 'under 1%',
                depth < 0.03, '1 to 3%',
                depth < 0.05, '3 to 5%',
                depth < 0.10, '5 to 10%',
                              'over 10%') AS depth_bucket
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
      AND date >= today() - 120
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 3 AND 30
      AND toFloat64(underlying_close) > 0
      AND toFloat64(strike_price) > 0
      AND toFloat64(delta) != 0
      AND depth > 0
)
GROUP BY depth_bucket
HAVING countIf(side = 'call') > 0 AND countIf(side = 'put') > 0
ORDER BY min(depth)
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