Options Trade Example: Start to Finish
AAPL's close against the strike and the breakeven, February 20 to March 20, 2026series ·
2026-10-07 · 21×5
The daily mark on one AAPL March 2026 call: premium, intrinsic value, time valueseries ·
2026-10-07 · 20×6
The same contract, three exit choices, net of commission and feesranking ·
2026-10-07 · 3×3
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 · 4×2
Top 25 weekly-options underlyings by distinct contracts traded, with expiration weekdaysranking ·
2026-10-04 · 25×4
Underlyings with a traded expiration on each weekday, trailing five weeksranking ·
2026-10-04 · 6×2
AAPL expirations within 130 days, as of Monday Aug 24, 2026series ·
2026-10-04 · 12×5
Which Stocks Have Daily Options?
Monday, Wednesday, Friday expirations: distinct option roots carrying an expiry on each weekdayseries ·
2026-10-04 · 5×3
Daily options vs weekly options: upcoming expiration dates for six household tickersranking ·
2026-10-04 · 6×3
SPY's expiration on every trading day: each near-term SPY expiry date, its weekday and volumeseries ·
2026-10-04 · 12×4
Which tickers carry the most upcoming expirations: option roots by distinct expiration dates in the next six weeksranking ·
2026-10-04 · 20×3
When Do NDX Options Expire?
Listed QQQ option expirations by weekday, trailing 90 days of traded contractsranking ·
2026-10-04 · 5×3
Share of QQQ regular-session volume in the first 15 minutes, monthly expiration Fridaysseries ·
2026-10-04 · 12×4
NDX monthly expirations ahead: third Friday, Thursday last trade, exchange statusseries ·
2026-10-04 · 9×6
QQQ volume by ET hour: quarterly expiration Friday (2026-09-18) vs the prior Friday (2026-09-11)series ·
2026-10-04 · 7×3
Quadruple Witching vs Triple Witching
SPY volume on quarterly expiration Fridays, against the ordinary Fridays around each oneseries ·
2026-10-04 · 14×4
Share of SPY regular hours volume by half hour: expiration Friday vs the Friday afterseries ·
2026-10-04 · 14×3
Average absolute open to close move on SPY Fridays, expiration vs ordinary, by yearranking ·
2026-10-04 · 11×4
Percent of regular hours volume in the closing auction print, six large listingsranking ·
2026-10-04 · 6×3
Which Options Expire on Each Weekday
SPY expiration dates per weekday, by month, since October 2021series ·
2026-10-04 · 60×6
Expiration dates reached, by weekday, trailing yearseries ·
2026-10-04 · 5×5
Option classes grouped by how many weekdays they expired on, trailing quarterranking ·
2026-10-04 · 4×2
Option Expiration Cycles Explained
Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing themranking ·
2026-10-04 · 13×3
Monthly expirations beyond 300 days out, by underlyings listing themranking ·
2026-10-04 · 13×2
Listed expiration dates, one broad lineup against a thinner chainranking ·
2026-10-04 · 6×4
Every expiration listed on the AAPL chain, with contracts on each dateseries ·
2026-10-04 · 25×4
Cash Settled vs Physical Delivery Options
SPY: widest open print to close print gaps on monthly expiration Fridays since 2021ranking ·
2026-10-04 · 12×4
How close SPY closes to a whole dollar strike, expiration Fridays vs every other sessionranking ·
2026-10-04 · 4×4
Dividend owed per assigned contract, recent ex dividend datesseries ·
2026-10-04 · 6×3
What 100 shares per contract is worth, six household namesseries ·
2026-10-04 · 6×3
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 · 12×3
VIX futures final settlement dates, 2026 monthly contractsseries ·
2026-10-01 · 12×5
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 · 3×4
SPY on witching sessions vs. the same month's other sessions: intraday range and net move (% of the open)series ·
2026-09-28 · 8×5
Every quarterly witching session since September 2024: market-wide share volume vs. the month's other sessionsseries ·
2026-09-28 · 8×5
SPY's expiring June 18, 2026 series: contracts traded by strike, and each strike's distance from the closing priceranking ·
2026-09-28 · 12×4
Contract volume by expiration date: all US options traded June 1-18, 2026, top eight expiriesranking ·
2026-09-28 · 8×2
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 · 8×4
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 · 8×4
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 · 13×3
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 · 12×3
How far SPY travels between 3:00 p.m. ET and the Friday closeranking ·
2026-09-27 · 5×4
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 · 13×3
Share of August 2026 options volume expiring within five days, by underlyingranking ·
2026-09-27 · 6×2
Options Expiration Calendar 2026: All 12 Dates
Every Friday of 2026 through July, shortest session firstseries ·
2026-09-26 · 31×4
Every 2026 monthly options expiration dateseries ·
2026-09-26 · 12×6
Was the April expiration Friday a trading day?ranking ·
2026-09-26 · 11×4
AAPL contracts traded into each 2026 expiration date, H1series ·
2026-09-26 · 68×4
Broker Exercise Cut-Off Times Explained
Monthly expirations where the post close print crossed a whole dollarranking ·
2026-09-26 · 6×3
How close expiring AAPL contracts finish to the strikeranking ·
2026-09-26 · 6×2
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 · 6×4
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 · 18×5
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
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
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
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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
| session_date | session_label | aapl_close | strike | breakeven |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | Feb 20 | 264.58 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-02-23 | Feb 23 | 266.18 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-02-24 | Feb 24 | 272.14 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-02-25 | Feb 25 | 274.23 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-02-26 | Feb 26 | 272.95 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-02-27 | Feb 27 | 264.18 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-02 | Mar 2 | 264.72 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-03 | Mar 3 | 263.75 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-04 | Mar 4 | 262.52 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-05 | Mar 5 | 260.29 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-06 | Mar 6 | 257.46 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-09 | Mar 9 | 259.88 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-10 | Mar 10 | 260.83 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-11 | Mar 11 | 260.81 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-12 | Mar 12 | 255.76 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-13 | Mar 13 | 250.12 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-16 | Mar 16 | 252.82 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-17 | Mar 17 | 254.23 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-18 | Mar 18 | 249.94 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-19 | Mar 19 | 248.96 | 265 | 272.41 |
| 2026-03-20 | Mar 20 | 247.99 | 265 | 272.41 |
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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