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Options Trade Example: Start to Finish
AAPL's close against the strike and the breakeven, February 20 to March 20, 2026series · 2026-10-07 · 21×5Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. The daily mark on one AAPL March 2026 call: premium, intrinsic value, time valueseries · 2026-10-07 · 20×6Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. The same contract, three exit choices, net of commission and feesranking · 2026-10-07 · 3×3Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first. One contract: premium, cash out, and breakeven across the strikes above the stocktable · 2026-10-07 · 6×6 AAPL March 2026 calls on the chain at entry, February 20, 2026table · 2026-10-07 · 5×5
Which Stocks Have Weekly Options? How to Tell
Optionable underlyings by expiration pattern, trailing five weeksranking · 2026-10-04 · 4×2Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Top 25 weekly-options underlyings by distinct contracts traded, with expiration weekdaysranking · 2026-10-04 · 25×4Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first. Underlyings with a traded expiration on each weekday, trailing five weeksranking · 2026-10-04 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. AAPL expirations within 130 days, as of Monday Aug 24, 2026series · 2026-10-04 · 12×5Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher.
Which Stocks Have Daily Options?
Monday, Wednesday, Friday expirations: distinct option roots carrying an expiry on each weekdayseries · 2026-10-04 · 5×3Preview: a 5-point series, ending higher. Daily options vs weekly options: upcoming expiration dates for six household tickersranking · 2026-10-04 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. SPY's expiration on every trading day: each near-term SPY expiry date, its weekday and volumeseries · 2026-10-04 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, ending lower. Which tickers carry the most upcoming expirations: option roots by distinct expiration dates in the next six weeksranking · 2026-10-04 · 20×3Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first.
When Do NDX Options Expire?
Listed QQQ option expirations by weekday, trailing 90 days of traded contractsranking · 2026-10-04 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Share of QQQ regular-session volume in the first 15 minutes, monthly expiration Fridaysseries · 2026-10-04 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, ending lower. NDX monthly expirations ahead: third Friday, Thursday last trade, exchange statusseries · 2026-10-04 · 9×6Preview: a 9-point series, ending higher. QQQ volume by ET hour: quarterly expiration Friday (2026-09-18) vs the prior Friday (2026-09-11)series · 2026-10-04 · 7×3Preview: a 7-point series, ending higher.
Quadruple Witching vs Triple Witching
SPY volume on quarterly expiration Fridays, against the ordinary Fridays around each oneseries · 2026-10-04 · 14×4Preview: a 14-point series, ending higher. Share of SPY regular hours volume by half hour: expiration Friday vs the Friday afterseries · 2026-10-04 · 14×3Preview: a 14-point series, ending lower. Average absolute open to close move on SPY Fridays, expiration vs ordinary, by yearranking · 2026-10-04 · 11×4Preview: 11 ranked values, smallest first. Percent of regular hours volume in the closing auction print, six large listingsranking · 2026-10-04 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Which Options Expire on Each Weekday
SPY expiration dates per weekday, by month, since October 2021series · 2026-10-04 · 60×6Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Expiration dates reached, by weekday, trailing yearseries · 2026-10-04 · 5×5Preview: a 5-point series, ending higher. Option classes grouped by how many weekdays they expired on, trailing quarterranking · 2026-10-04 · 4×2Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first.
Option Expiration Cycles Explained
Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing themranking · 2026-10-04 · 13×3Preview: 13 ranked values, largest first. Monthly expirations beyond 300 days out, by underlyings listing themranking · 2026-10-04 · 13×2Preview: 13 ranked values, largest first. Listed expiration dates, one broad lineup against a thinner chainranking · 2026-10-04 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Every expiration listed on the AAPL chain, with contracts on each dateseries · 2026-10-04 · 25×4Preview: 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 · 2026-10-04 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, smallest first. How close SPY closes to a whole dollar strike, expiration Fridays vs every other sessionranking · 2026-10-04 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, smallest first. Dividend owed per assigned contract, recent ex dividend datesseries · 2026-10-04 · 6×3Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower. What 100 shares per contract is worth, six household namesseries · 2026-10-04 · 6×3Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower.
When Do VIX Futures Expire? 2026 Dates
The walk-back arithmetic, step by step, for four contractstable · 2026-10-01 · 4×7 Contract months since 2015 that did not settle on a Wednesdaytable · 2026-10-01 · 5×4 Days between consecutive VIX futures settlements, 2026 cycleseries · 2026-10-01 · 12×3Preview: a 12-point series, ending lower. VIX futures final settlement dates, 2026 monthly contractsseries · 2026-10-01 · 12×5Preview: a 12-point series, ending lower.
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 · 2026-09-28 · 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 · 2026-09-28 · 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 · 2026-09-28 · 8×5Preview: a 8-point series, ending lower. SPY's expiring June 18, 2026 series: contracts traded by strike, and each strike's distance from the closing priceranking · 2026-09-28 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. Contract volume by expiration date: all US options traded June 1-18, 2026, top eight expiriesranking · 2026-09-28 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Closing auction prints of ten large S&P 500 members: dollar volume on witching day vs. a typical June 2026 sessionscalar · 2026-09-28 · 1×549.6
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 · 2026-09-28 · 8×4Preview: a 8-point series, roughly flat. Every quarterly witching session since September 2024: market-wide regular-hours dollar volume before the closing auctions, vs. the month's other sessionsseries · 2026-09-28 · 8×4Preview: a 8-point series, ending lower. Dollar volume by half hour, closing auction prints in the final bucket: witching Thursday (Jun 18, 2026) vs. the ordinary Friday before it (Jun 12)series · 2026-09-28 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher.
When a Spread Expires Between the Strikes
SPY Friday closes against the whole dollar strike grid, by yeartable · 2026-09-27 · 5×5 SPY, 3:00 p.m. to the close on the August 21, 2026 expirationseries · 2026-09-27 · 12×3Preview: a 12-point series, roughly flat. How far SPY travels between 3:00 p.m. ET and the Friday closeranking · 2026-09-27 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Where the close finished on a narrow call vertical set at 3:00 p.m. ETtable · 2026-09-27 · 6×5
Does an Expired Option Count as a Day Trade?
Distinct SPY expiration dates traded each weekseries · 2026-09-27 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, ending lower. Share of August 2026 options volume expiring within five days, by underlyingranking · 2026-09-27 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Options Expiration Calendar 2026: All 12 Dates
Every Friday of 2026 through July, shortest session firstseries · 2026-09-26 · 31×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Every 2026 monthly options expiration dateseries · 2026-09-26 · 12×6Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. Was the April expiration Friday a trading day?ranking · 2026-09-26 · 11×4Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first. AAPL contracts traded into each 2026 expiration date, H1series · 2026-09-26 · 68×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
Broker Exercise Cut-Off Times Explained
Monthly expirations where the post close print crossed a whole dollarranking · 2026-09-26 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. How close expiring AAPL contracts finish to the strikeranking · 2026-09-26 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. NVDA on July 17, 2026: the close and the post close windowtable · 2026-09-26 · 30×3 Average move between the 4:00 p.m. close and 5:30 p.m. ETranking · 2026-09-26 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
DAX Options Settlement Price: ODAX vs ODAP
DAX option settlement clock: last trading time and settlement auction, CETtable · 2026-09-25 · 3×5
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.
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.
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.
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AAPL's close against the strike and the breakeven, February 20 to March 20, 2026

AAPL's close against the strike and the breakeven, February 20 to March 20, 2026

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AAPL's close against the strike and the breakeven, February 20 to March 20, 2026 — 21 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
session_datesession_labelaapl_closestrikebreakeven
2026-02-20Feb 20264.58265272.41
2026-02-23Feb 23266.18265272.41
2026-02-24Feb 24272.14265272.41
2026-02-25Feb 25274.23265272.41
2026-02-26Feb 26272.95265272.41
2026-02-27Feb 27264.18265272.41
2026-03-02Mar 2264.72265272.41
2026-03-03Mar 3263.75265272.41
2026-03-04Mar 4262.52265272.41
2026-03-05Mar 5260.29265272.41
2026-03-06Mar 6257.46265272.41
2026-03-09Mar 9259.88265272.41
2026-03-10Mar 10260.83265272.41
2026-03-11Mar 11260.81265272.41
2026-03-12Mar 12255.76265272.41
2026-03-13Mar 13250.12265272.41
2026-03-16Mar 16252.82265272.41
2026-03-17Mar 17254.23265272.41
2026-03-18Mar 18249.94265272.41
2026-03-19Mar 19248.96265272.41
2026-03-20Mar 20247.99265272.41
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
    0.70 AS costs_per_contract,
    (
        SELECT round(toFloat64(close), 2)
        FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
        WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
          AND date = '2026-02-20'
    ) AS entry_close,
    (
        SELECT toFloat64(strike_price)
        FROM global_markets.options_greeks
        WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
          AND lower(option_type) LIKE 'c%'
          AND expiration_date = '2026-03-20'
          AND date = '2026-02-20'
          AND toFloat64(option_close) > 0
          AND toFloat64(strike_price) > entry_close
        ORDER BY strike_price
        LIMIT 1
    ) AS strike_level,
    (
        SELECT toFloat64(option_close)
        FROM global_markets.options_greeks
        WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
          AND lower(option_type) LIKE 'c%'
          AND expiration_date = '2026-03-20'
          AND date = '2026-02-20'
          AND toFloat64(option_close) > 0
          AND toFloat64(strike_price) > entry_close
        ORDER BY strike_price
        LIMIT 1
    ) AS entry_premium
SELECT
    toString(date)                                              AS session_date,
    formatDateTime(date, '%b %e')                               AS session_label,
    round(toFloat64(any(close)), 2)                             AS aapl_close,
    round(strike_level, 2)                                      AS strike,
    round(strike_level + entry_premium + costs_per_contract / 100, 2) AS breakeven
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
  AND date BETWEEN '2026-02-20' AND '2026-03-20'
GROUP BY date
ORDER BY date
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