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Near the money implied volatility by expiry band, three names

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Near the money implied volatility by expiry band, three names — 6 rows by 4 columns, computed 2026-08-22 from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
dte_band	aapl_iv_pct	spy_iv_pct	ko_iv_pct
1-10 DTE	34.5	16.2	24.7
11-25 DTE	28.4	13.5	20.4
26-45 DTE	26.8	14.3	19.7
46-90 DTE	26.9	14.8	20
91-180 DTE	27.7	16.1	20.5
181+ DTE	28.5	17.8	20.4

the exact SQL behind every number

SELECT
    multiIf(days_to_expiry <= 10,  '1-10 DTE',
            days_to_expiry <= 25,  '11-25 DTE',
            days_to_expiry <= 45,  '26-45 DTE',
            days_to_expiry <= 90,  '46-90 DTE',
            days_to_expiry <= 180, '91-180 DTE',
                                   '181+ DTE')                            AS dte_band,
    round(avgIf(implied_volatility, underlying_symbol = 'AAPL') * 100, 1)  AS aapl_iv_pct,
    round(avgIf(implied_volatility, underlying_symbol = 'SPY')  * 100, 1)  AS spy_iv_pct,
    round(avgIf(implied_volatility, underlying_symbol = 'KO')   * 100, 1)  AS ko_iv_pct
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol IN ('AAPL', 'SPY', 'KO')
  AND date >= today() - 30
  AND date <= today() - 2
  AND iv_converged = 1
  AND volume > 0
  AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 1 AND 400
  AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.05
GROUP BY dte_band
HAVING countIf(underlying_symbol = 'AAPL') > 0
   AND countIf(underlying_symbol = 'SPY')  > 0
   AND countIf(underlying_symbol = 'KO')   > 0
ORDER BY min(days_to_expiry)

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