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Option Expiration Cycles Explained
Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing themranking · 2026-08-26 · 14×3Preview: 14 ranked values, largest first. Monthly expirations beyond 300 days out, by underlyings listing themranking · 2026-08-26 · 14×2Preview: 14 ranked values, largest first. Listed expiration dates, one broad lineup against a thinner chainranking · 2026-08-26 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Every expiration listed on the AAPL chain, with contracts on each dateseries · 2026-08-26 · 23×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
Which Stocks Have Daily Options?
Monday, Wednesday, Friday expirations: distinct option roots carrying an expiry on each weekdayseries · 2026-08-22 · 5×3Preview: a 5-point series, ending higher. Daily options vs weekly options: upcoming expiration dates for six household tickersranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. SPY's expiration on every trading day: each near-term SPY expiry date, its weekday and volumeseries · 2026-08-22 · 11×4Preview: a 11-point series, ending lower. Which tickers carry the most upcoming expirations: option roots by distinct expiration dates in the next six weeksranking · 2026-08-22 · 20×3Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first.
Quadruple Witching vs Triple Witching
SPY volume on quarterly expiration Fridays, against the average ordinary Fridayseries · 2026-08-22 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher. Share of SPY regular hours volume by half hour: expiration Friday vs the Friday afterseries · 2026-08-22 · 14×3Preview: a 14-point series, ending lower. Average absolute open to close move on SPY Fridays, expiration vs ordinary, by yearranking · 2026-08-22 · 10×4Preview: 10 ranked values, smallest first. Percent of regular hours volume printed in the 4:00 p.m. minute, six large listingsranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Options Expiration Calendar 2026: All 12 Dates
Every Friday of 2026 through July, shortest session firstseries · 2026-08-22 · 31×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Every 2026 monthly options expiration dateseries · 2026-08-22 · 12×6Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. Was the April expiration Friday a trading day?ranking · 2026-08-22 · 11×4Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first. AAPL contracts traded into each 2026 expiration date, H1series · 2026-08-22 · 68×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
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.
Does Theta Decay Over the Weekend?
Model decay per calendar step into the July 17, 2026 expiration (hypothetical at-the-money option)series · 2026-08-18 · 18×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Calendar days from each weekday's session to the next SPY sessionseries · 2026-08-18 · 5×3Preview: a 5-point series, ending higher. Average near-the-money SPY implied volatility by weekday, first half of 2026ranking · 2026-08-18 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. Average at-the-money SPY option premium by days to expiry, first half of 2026ranking · 2026-08-18 · 7×2Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest 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.
When Is SQ Day for Nikkei 225 Options?
Opening prints against the previous close: settlement Friday vs an ordinary Fridayranking · 2026-08-16 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Share of SPY session volume printed in the opening minute, third Friday vs other Fridaysseries · 2026-08-16 · 11×4Preview: a 11-point series, ending higher. SPY volume by ET clock minute around the open, 13 March vs 20 March 2026series · 2026-08-16 · 46×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher.
Triple Witching 2026 Dates and Volume Data
SPY on witching sessions vs. the same month's other sessions: intraday range and net move (% of the open)series · 2026-08-14 · 8×4Preview: a 8-point series, roughly flat. Every quarterly witching session since September 2024: market-wide regular-hours dollar volume vs. the month's other sessionsseries · 2026-08-14 · 8×4Preview: a 8-point series, ending lower. Dollar volume by half hour: witching Thursday (Jun 18, 2026) vs. the ordinary Friday before it (Jun 12)series · 2026-08-14 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat.
What Is 0DTE? Zero Days to Expiry Options
July 6, 2026: top roots by same-day-expiry options volumeranking · 2026-08-11 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. 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 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. One 0DTE contract, all day: SPY's busiest same-day call and put, July 6, 2026series · 2026-08-11 · 14×4Preview: a 14-point series, ending higher. July 6, 2026: SPY's two busiest same-day contractsranking · 2026-08-11 · 2×3Preview: 2 ranked values, largest first.
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 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. 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 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. 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 · 11×3Preview: a 11-point series, ending lower.
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 · 21×2Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. NVDA options volume by June 2026 expiration date: top six expiriesseries · 2026-08-10 · 6×2Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower. 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 · 6×5Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower. June 2026 SPY options volume by days-to-expiry at the time of the tradeseries · 2026-08-10 · 4×3Preview: a 4-point series, ending lower. Options volume by expiration weekday: all US options traded June 1 - July 9, 2026series · 2026-08-10 · 5×5Preview: a 5-point series, ending higher. The daily-expiration club: every root with an expiry on all 21 June 2026 sessionsranking · 2026-08-10 · 11×3Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first.
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 · 3×4Preview: a 3-point series, ending higher. SPY on witching sessions vs. the same month's other sessions: intraday range and net move (% of the open)series · 2026-08-10 · 8×5Preview: a 8-point series, ending higher. Every quarterly witching session since September 2024: market-wide share volume vs. the month's other sessionsseries · 2026-08-10 · 8×5Preview: a 8-point series, roughly flat. SPY's expiring June 18, 2026 series: contracts traded by strike, and each strike's distance from the closing priceranking · 2026-08-10 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. Contract volume by expiration date: all US options traded June 1-18, 2026, top eight expiriesranking · 2026-08-10 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. 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 · 10×3Preview: 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.
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.
AM vs PM Settled Index Options Explained
The same hypothetical on every session: expiration mornings against the rest of the tapetable · 2026-08-03 · 3×5 The prices behind the arithmetic: Thursday's close, the strike, Friday's open and closeseries · 2026-08-03 · 29×6Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. One at-the-money call settled two ways: the ten widest splits since January 2024table · 2026-08-03 · 10×5 Every monthly expiration since January 2024: the overnight gap, then the session that followedseries · 2026-08-03 · 29×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
What Is Max Pain in Options? The Real Math
SPY contracts traded by strike, July 17 2026 expiryranking · 2026-07-31 · 22×3Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. Minimising strike vs settlement close: SPY monthly expirations, Feb to Jul 2026table · 2026-07-31 · 6×5 The six lowest-payout candidate strikes, SPY July 17 2026 expiryranking · 2026-07-31 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Total payout to option holders at each candidate settlement price, SPY July 17 2026table · 2026-07-31 · 36×2
Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing them

Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing them

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Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing them — 14 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
expiry_month_startmonth_labelunderlyings_listing
2026-08-01Aug 20263735
2026-09-01Sep 20263689
2026-10-01Oct 20261564
2026-11-01Nov 20261392
2026-12-01Dec 20261960
2027-01-01Jan 20272245
2027-02-01Feb 2027913
2027-03-01Mar 20271462
2027-04-01Apr 202750
2027-05-01May 202772
2027-07-01Jul 202726
2027-08-01Aug 202742
2027-09-01Sep 2027318
2027-10-01Oct 202711
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
(
    SELECT max(date)
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE date >= today() - 10
) AS chain_date
SELECT
    toString(toStartOfMonth(expiration_date))                AS expiry_month_start,
    formatDateTime(toStartOfMonth(expiration_date), '%b %Y') AS month_label,
    countDistinct(underlying_symbol)                         AS underlyings_listing
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE date = chain_date
  AND expiration_date >= chain_date
  AND days_to_expiry <= 430
  AND toDayOfWeek(expiration_date) = 5
  AND toDayOfMonth(expiration_date) BETWEEN 15 AND 21
  AND underlying_symbol NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY toStartOfMonth(expiration_date)
ORDER BY toStartOfMonth(expiration_date)
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