Option Expiration Cycles Explained
Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing themranking ·
2026-08-26 · 14×3
Monthly expirations beyond 300 days out, by underlyings listing themranking ·
2026-08-26 · 14×2
Listed expiration dates, one broad lineup against a thinner chainranking ·
2026-08-26 · 6×4
Every expiration listed on the AAPL chain, with contracts on each dateseries ·
2026-08-26 · 23×4
Which Stocks Have Daily Options?
Monday, Wednesday, Friday expirations: distinct option roots carrying an expiry on each weekdayseries ·
2026-08-22 · 5×3
Daily options vs weekly options: upcoming expiration dates for six household tickersranking ·
2026-08-22 · 6×3
SPY's expiration on every trading day: each near-term SPY expiry date, its weekday and volumeseries ·
2026-08-22 · 11×4
Which tickers carry the most upcoming expirations: option roots by distinct expiration dates in the next six weeksranking ·
2026-08-22 · 20×3
Quadruple Witching vs Triple Witching
SPY volume on quarterly expiration Fridays, against the average ordinary Fridayseries ·
2026-08-22 · 13×4
Share of SPY regular hours volume by half hour: expiration Friday vs the Friday afterseries ·
2026-08-22 · 14×3
Average absolute open to close move on SPY Fridays, expiration vs ordinary, by yearranking ·
2026-08-22 · 10×4
Percent of regular hours volume printed in the 4:00 p.m. minute, six large listingsranking ·
2026-08-22 · 6×3
Options Expiration Calendar 2026: All 12 Dates
Every Friday of 2026 through July, shortest session firstseries ·
2026-08-22 · 31×4
Every 2026 monthly options expiration dateseries ·
2026-08-22 · 12×6
Was the April expiration Friday a trading day?ranking ·
2026-08-22 · 11×4
AAPL contracts traded into each 2026 expiration date, H1series ·
2026-08-22 · 68×4
Cash Settled vs Physical Delivery Options
SPY: widest open print to close print gaps on monthly expiration Fridays since 2021ranking ·
2026-08-22 · 12×4
How close SPY closes to a whole dollar strike, expiration Fridays vs every other sessionranking ·
2026-08-22 · 4×4
Dividend owed per assigned contract, recent ex dividend datesseries ·
2026-08-22 · 6×3
What 100 shares per contract is worth, six household namesseries ·
2026-08-22 · 6×3
Broker Exercise Cut-Off Times Explained
Monthly expirations where the post close print crossed a whole dollarranking ·
2026-08-22 · 6×3
How close expiring AAPL contracts finish to the strikeranking ·
2026-08-22 · 6×2
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 · 6×4
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 · 18×5
Calendar days from each weekday's session to the next SPY sessionseries ·
2026-08-18 · 5×3
Average near-the-money SPY implied volatility by weekday, first half of 2026ranking ·
2026-08-18 · 5×3
Average at-the-money SPY option premium by days to expiry, first half of 2026ranking ·
2026-08-18 · 7×2
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 · 7×3
Last SPY and SPX option print, minutes past the 4:00 p.m. equity closeseries ·
2026-08-16 · 12×4
Last SPY option print on each 1:00 p.m. ET early close since July 2024ranking ·
2026-08-16 · 6×3
SPY and SPX option volume by the minute, 15:45 to 16:25 ETseries ·
2026-08-16 · 41×3
When Is SQ Day for Nikkei 225 Options?
Opening prints against the previous close: settlement Friday vs an ordinary Fridayranking ·
2026-08-16 · 8×3
Share of SPY session volume printed in the opening minute, third Friday vs other Fridaysseries ·
2026-08-16 · 11×4
SPY volume by ET clock minute around the open, 13 March vs 20 March 2026series ·
2026-08-16 · 46×3
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 · 8×4
Every quarterly witching session since September 2024: market-wide regular-hours dollar volume vs. the month's other sessionsseries ·
2026-08-14 · 8×4
Dollar volume by half hour: witching Thursday (Jun 18, 2026) vs. the ordinary Friday before it (Jun 12)series ·
2026-08-14 · 13×3
What Is 0DTE? Zero Days to Expiry Options
July 6, 2026: top roots by same-day-expiry options volumeranking ·
2026-08-11 · 8×3
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 · 5×3
One 0DTE contract, all day: SPY's busiest same-day call and put, July 6, 2026series ·
2026-08-11 · 14×4
July 6, 2026: SPY's two busiest same-day contractsranking ·
2026-08-11 · 2×3
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 · 7×4
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 · 6×3
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 · 11×3
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 · 21×2
NVDA options volume by June 2026 expiration date: top six expiriesseries ·
2026-08-10 · 6×2
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 · 6×5
June 2026 SPY options volume by days-to-expiry at the time of the tradeseries ·
2026-08-10 · 4×3
Options volume by expiration weekday: all US options traded June 1 - July 9, 2026series ·
2026-08-10 · 5×5
The daily-expiration club: every root with an expiry on all 21 June 2026 sessionsranking ·
2026-08-10 · 11×3
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 · 3×4
SPY on witching sessions vs. the same month's other sessions: intraday range and net move (% of the open)series ·
2026-08-10 · 8×5
Every quarterly witching session since September 2024: market-wide share volume vs. the month's other sessionsseries ·
2026-08-10 · 8×5
SPY's expiring June 18, 2026 series: contracts traded by strike, and each strike's distance from the closing priceranking ·
2026-08-10 · 12×4
Contract volume by expiration date: all US options traded June 1-18, 2026, top eight expiriesranking ·
2026-08-10 · 8×2
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 · 10×3
AAPL's final half hour on its tightest monthly expiration close since 2025series ·
2026-08-09 · 30×5
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 · 8×4
How close Friday closes land to a whole-dollar strike: seven names, 2023 to July 2026ranking ·
2026-08-04 · 5×3
Absolute move over the final 30 minutes of Friday sessions, 2023 to July 2026ranking ·
2026-08-04 · 8×4
Cash behind one contract: 100 shares at each name's close in the last week of July 2026ranking ·
2026-08-04 · 8×2
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 · 29×6
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 · 29×4
What Is Max Pain in Options? The Real Math
SPY contracts traded by strike, July 17 2026 expiryranking ·
2026-07-31 · 22×3
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 · 6×2
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
| expiry_month_start | month_label | underlyings_listing |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | Aug 2026 | 3735 |
| 2026-09-01 | Sep 2026 | 3689 |
| 2026-10-01 | Oct 2026 | 1564 |
| 2026-11-01 | Nov 2026 | 1392 |
| 2026-12-01 | Dec 2026 | 1960 |
| 2027-01-01 | Jan 2027 | 2245 |
| 2027-02-01 | Feb 2027 | 913 |
| 2027-03-01 | Mar 2027 | 1462 |
| 2027-04-01 | Apr 2027 | 50 |
| 2027-05-01 | May 2027 | 72 |
| 2027-07-01 | Jul 2027 | 26 |
| 2027-08-01 | Aug 2027 | 42 |
| 2027-09-01 | Sep 2027 | 318 |
| 2027-10-01 | Oct 2027 | 11 |
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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