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Why the Greeks Don't Add Up to Your P&L
Root sum of squared daily moves versus the net move, SPY by monthseries · 2026-10-09 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, roughly flat.
What Is the Gamma Flip Level?
Signed net gamma by strike and its running total, $mm of delta per 1% moveranking · 2026-09-26 · 18×3Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first. Average gamma per contract by strike, SPY, one pinned June 2026 sessionranking · 2026-09-26 · 16×3Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. Daily ladder flip estimate against the close, SPY, June 2026series · 2026-09-26 · 21×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Ladder flip estimate by expiration window, one pinned June 2026 sessionranking · 2026-09-26 · 4×3Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first.
Are 0DTE Options High Risk? What the Greeks Say
Delta change from a 1% SPY move, by distance from the strike (June 2026)ranking · 2026-09-18 · 9×3Preview: 9 ranked values, largest first. What an at-the-money SPY call cost, by days to expiry (June 2026)table · 2026-09-18 · 5×5 Gamma and theta per dollar of premium, by days to expiry (June 2026)series · 2026-09-18 · 5×5Preview: a 5-point series, ending lower. How the at-the-money call finished, June 2026 expiriesranking · 2026-09-18 · 5×2Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. An at-the-money SPY call: prior close versus value at the expiry close, every June 2026 expiryseries · 2026-09-18 · 21×6Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
Collar Option Greeks as the Stock Moves
Net collar gamma at 90, 30 and 7 days to expiryranking · 2026-08-18 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Net collar gamma, theta and vega across the price rangeranking · 2026-08-18 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Collar delta at five stock prices, 30 days to expirytable · 2026-08-18 · 5×5 AAPL implied volatility by strike distance, downside puts vs upside calls (May to July 2026)ranking · 2026-08-18 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first.
How Delta Hedging Actually Works
Total daily movement versus net movement, June 2026ranking · 2026-08-16 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. SPY at-the-money implied volatility against realized volatility, by monthseries · 2026-08-16 · 12×3Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. Shares a 1% move forces per 100 at-the-money SPY contracts, by time left (June 2026)ranking · 2026-08-16 · 5×2Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Average call and put delta by strike distance from spot (SPY, 25 to 35 days to expiry, June 2026)ranking · 2026-08-16 · 11×3Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first.
The Option Greeks Explained: Delta to Rho
One SPY $740 call's price over its 7-week life (expired Jun 18 2026)series · 2026-08-15 · 31×2Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Median greeks by time to expiration: every near-the-money US option, July 15, 2026table · 2026-08-15 · 5×6
What Is Gamma Exposure (GEX)? Dealer Hedging
July 6, 2026: top roots by same-day-expiry options volumeranking · 2026-08-13 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Same-day SPY contracts by strike: the ten busiest, July 6, 2026ranking · 2026-08-13 · 10×4Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first. July 6, 2026: whole-tape options volume by days to expiryranking · 2026-08-13 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
How Option Greeks Change Over Time
The stock both options tracked: SPY, May 1 to Jun 15 2026series · 2026-07-16 · 31×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. The $740 put's greeks, day by day (delta, gamma, theta, vega, IV%)series · 2026-07-16 · 31×7Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Call vs put on the same $740 strike: mirror-image pricesseries · 2026-07-16 · 31×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. The $740 call's greeks, day by day (delta, gamma, theta, vega, IV%)series · 2026-07-16 · 31×7Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher.
What Is Option Gamma? Delta's Accelerator
The $740 call's gamma climbs as expiry nearsseries · 2026-07-15 · 31×2Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. SPY call gamma peaks at the money (~30 days out, 2026-07-13)ranking · 2026-07-15 · 5×2Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. At-the-money SPY gamma by time to expiry (2026-07-13)ranking · 2026-07-15 · 4×2Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first.
Root sum of squared daily moves versus the net move, SPY by month

Root sum of squared daily moves versus the net move, SPY by month

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Root sum of squared daily moves versus the net move, SPY by month — 12 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
monthmonth_labelpath_move_pctnet_move_pct
2025-07Jul 20251.962.3
2025-08Aug 20253.42.09
2025-09Sep 20252.123.25
2025-10Oct 20254.082.44
2025-11Nov 20254.10.28
2025-12Dec 20252.410.19
2026-01Jan 20262.841.5
2026-02Feb 20263.580.8
2026-03Mar 20265.385.19
2026-04Apr 20263.9610.07
2026-05May 20262.925.17
2026-06Jun 20264.991.17
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
    daily AS
    (
        SELECT
            date,
            toFloat64(any(close)) AS close_px
        FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
        WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
          AND date >= '2025-06-20'
          AND date <  '2026-07-01'
        GROUP BY date
    ),
    seq AS
    (
        SELECT *, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY date) AS n
        FROM daily
    ),
    steps AS
    (
        SELECT
            toStartOfMonth(b.date)      AS m,
            b.close_px / a.close_px - 1 AS ret
        FROM seq AS a
        INNER JOIN seq AS b ON b.n = a.n + 1
        WHERE b.date >= '2025-07-01'
    )
SELECT
    formatDateTime(m, '%Y-%m')             AS month,
    formatDateTime(m, '%b %Y')             AS month_label,
    round(100 * sqrt(sum(pow(ret, 2))), 2) AS path_move_pct,
    round(100 * abs(sum(ret)), 2)          AS net_move_pct
FROM steps
GROUP BY m
ORDER BY m
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