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When Do Options Start Trading After an IPO?
How long-dated a new chain gets in its first twelve weeksranking · 2026-10-04 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, smallest first. Trading sessions from first equity print to first listed option printranking · 2026-10-04 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, smallest first. How quickly the forty largest new listings got a traded option chainranking · 2026-10-04 · 20×3Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. How a new option chain widens: strikes and expirations tradedranking · 2026-10-04 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, smallest first.
Non-Marginable Securities: Reg T vs House
Symbols closing the month below $5 and below $1, past two yearsseries · 2026-10-04 · 24×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Symbol count and average daily range, by price bucketranking · 2026-10-04 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Average daily range of recent listings, by age since listingranking · 2026-10-04 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
Early Lockup Release: Triggers and Waivers
IPO registration and prospectus filings since 2022ranking · 2026-10-04 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. Form 8-K disclosures mentioning a lockup, by monthseries · 2026-10-04 · 18×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. How much of a company an IPO actually sellsranking · 2026-10-04 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Days from listing to a company's first lockup 8-Kranking · 2026-10-04 · 3×2Preview: 3 ranked values, smallest first.
Stock Float vs. Shares Outstanding Explained
Shares outstanding across every company with a recent quarterly filing: percentiles, in millions of sharesscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×66,111 Daily high-low range and dollar volume by shares-outstanding tier: US common stocks, regular-hours sessions, June 11 to July 10, 2026table · 2026-07-26 · 5×5 Share counts from the latest quarterly income statements on record: three megacapstable · 2026-07-26 · 3×5 Medline (MDLN): the 20 sessions before its 180-day mark vs. every session from it, regular-hours volume and daily rangeseries · 2026-07-26 · 2×8Preview: a 2-point series, ending lower. From every H1 2026 US-dollar listing down to the measured setscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×5184 Eight of H1 2026's biggest measured US IPOs: shares offered vs. shares outstanding at listingtable · 2026-07-26 · 8×5 Float at listing: shares offered as a share of recorded shares outstanding, H1 2026 US IPOs of $100M+scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×539
SPCX: The Week It Went Underwater
Print-size anatomy and quote census: full weekscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×55.52 The symbol's trading history by month: the gap and the new entity's arrivalseries · 2026-07-26 · 12×5Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. Median quoted spread by session, regular hours (bps of midpoint)series · 2026-07-26 · 5×3Preview: a 5-point series, ending lower. FINRA daily short volume during the week: short shares and their off-exchange shareranking · 2026-07-26 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. The new entity's short-interest prints to date, with implied days-to-covertable · 2026-07-26 · 2×5 SPCX by session: close, change, shares, dollarsseries · 2026-07-26 · 5×5Preview: a 5-point series, ending lower. SPCX, week of July 6, 2026: the slide, receiptedscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×14161.86 Rank receipt: the week's dollar volume against every other tickerscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×311 Options on the new entity, full week: contracts, put-call, busiest contractscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×43.14 The week's contracts by strike bucket ($20 buckets; tails capped at $80 and $240)table · 2026-07-26 · 9×6 The week's news flow: counts, plus the three storyline receipts, quoted verbatimscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×951 The week's heaviest tickers by regular-hours dollar volume: where the newcomer now sitsranking · 2026-07-26 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. Large recent debuts, first month on one ruler: first trade to the day-28 close (ET regular hours)table · 2026-07-26 · 7×8 Every week of the new entity's life: open-to-close return and RTH dollars (entity-bounded)ranking · 2026-07-26 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
SK Hynix's Nasdaq Debut, Measured
Debut-day quoted spread by hour: the seasoning process, hour zeroranking · 2026-07-26 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. SKHYV day-one off-exchange short volume, with the file-coverage probescalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×521.3 The options tape: SKHYV's day-one silence vs the comparables' clockscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×30 Memory-sector day one, July 10, 2026: RTH move and dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 4×5 The listing record + the SEC filing trail behind the debutscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×11158.14 2026 US listings ranked by capital raised (top 8, $B)ranking · 2026-07-26 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Debut-day anatomy: the 11:34 IPO cross, day volume, venue split, and the closing crossscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×7170 SKHYV's first session: July 10, 2026, receiptedscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×9170
Market Recap: H1 2026
Slope receipts: start, end, minimum, the spread never inverted this halfscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×472 123 sessions in the half, verified from the tapescalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×1123 Median quoted spread by sector ETF, one representative session (June 29, 2026), regular hoursranking · 2026-07-26 · 11×4Preview: 11 ranked values, smallest first. The eleven sector ETFs: H1 2026 return, Q1 and Q2 split, and H1 dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 11×5 Q2 regular-hours dollar volume, whole tape (one reused-symbol listing excluded pending entity verification)ranking · 2026-07-26 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. June: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×31,477.9 May: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×31,394.6 April: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×31,386.9 March: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×31,442.6 February: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×31,262.3 January: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×31,316.1 SPY median quoted spread on one labeled sample session per month (second Wednesdays), every NBBO updateseries · 2026-07-26 · 6×4Preview: a 6-point series, ending higher. SPY sessions up vs down across the half, one cheap receiptscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×464 H1 2026: half, Q1, and Q2 returns for the four index ETFs, computed in one querytable · 2026-07-26 · 4×5 The leader set's half and Q2 returns plus half dollar volume: one ticker-filtered queryranking · 2026-07-26 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. The half, month by month (SPY and QQQ, recomputed identically in one query)ranking · 2026-07-26 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. New listings per month across the halfranking · 2026-07-26 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. The 2s10s spread, every print of the halftable · 2026-07-26 · 124×2 Seven maturities: yield at the start of the half vs the end, and the changeranking · 2026-07-26 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. H1 2026's corporate calendar (all three month-end filing-index gaps disclosed)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×728,356 The rank receipts: DIA and IWM against every prior first half (rank 1 = best; self-excluded)table · 2026-07-26 · 2×6 The rank receipts: this half against every prior one (SPY and QQQ; rank 1 = best; self-excluded)table · 2026-07-26 · 2×6 Every first half on the tape: DIA and IWM, same arithmetictable · 2026-07-26 · 46×4 Every first half on the tape: SPY and QQQ, recomputed identically by year (per-year session counts shown)table · 2026-07-26 · 39×4
IPO Market 2026: The First Half in Numbers
US-dollar listings by month, H1 2026: count and dollars raisedseries · 2026-07-26 · 6×3Preview: a 6-point series, ending higher. H1 2026 listings by security type: count, dollars, and the typical deal in each buckettable · 2026-07-26 · 3×5 H1 2026 listings: totals, the typical deal, and the concentration receiptsscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×11184 H1 2026 listings by primary exchange: count, dollars, and the unit-offering shareranking · 2026-07-26 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. The eight largest US listings of H1 2026 by offer sizeranking · 2026-07-26 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. First-half listings by year, 2019-2026: like-for-like January-June counts and dollarsranking · 2026-07-26 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, smallest first. H1 2026 listings vs their offer price: last regular-hours close of July 6-10, by typetable · 2026-07-26 · 3×7
IPO Lockup Expiration: Meaning & Release Date
UBER options tape into the Nov 6, 2019 lockup expiry: put and call contract volume by sessionseries · 2026-07-26 · 13×5Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat. Five famous lockup expirations: expiry-day price change and volume multiple vs. the prior sessionseries · 2026-07-26 · 5×7Preview: a 5-point series, roughly flat. FB daily closes and volume, Oct 22 – Nov 13, 2012: the run-in to the giant lockup expiry (as-traded prices)series · 2026-07-26 · 15×5Preview: a 15-point series, roughly flat. FB from the eve of the Nov 14, 2012 unlock through month-end: did the expiry-day pop hold?series · 2026-07-26 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher.
Market Recap: Q2 2026
62 sessions in the quarter, verified from the tape, month by monthscalar · 2026-07-16 · 1×462 The 2s10s spread and the 10-year through Q2, dailytable · 2026-07-16 · 63×3 SPY median quoted spread on one labeled sample session per month of the quarter (second Wednesdays)series · 2026-07-16 · 3×4Preview: a 3-point series, ending higher. SPY sessions up vs down across the quarter, one cheap receiptscalar · 2026-07-16 · 1×436 June: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)scalar · 2026-07-16 · 1×31,477.9 May: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)scalar · 2026-07-16 · 1×31,394.6 April: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)scalar · 2026-07-16 · 1×31,386.9 Q2 month by month: April, May, June (SPY and QQQ, recomputed identically)ranking · 2026-07-16 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Q2 regular-hours dollar volume, whole tape (one reused-symbol listing excluded pending entity verification)ranking · 2026-07-16 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Listings, splits, and ex-dividend events by month through the quarterranking · 2026-07-16 · 3×4Preview: 3 ranked values, smallest first. Q2's corporate calendar (the June 30 filing-index gap disclosed)scalar · 2026-07-16 · 1×615,402 Q2 2026 returns for the four index ETFs, with Q1 recomputed live for contrastranking · 2026-07-16 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, smallest first. The rank receipts: this quarter against every prior second quarter (rank 1 = best; self-excluded)table · 2026-07-16 · 2×6 Every second quarter on the tape: SPY and QQQ, recomputed identically by year (session counts shown)table · 2026-07-16 · 40×4
How long-dated a new chain gets in its first twelve weeks

How long-dated a new chain gets in its first twelve weeks

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How long-dated a new chain gets in its first twelve weeks — 12 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
weeks_since_first_optionpct_with_leapsmedian_longest_dte
020210
127.5208
232.5227
332.5224
435221
532.5234
632.5243
737.5244
840263
943.6284
1046.2329
1146.2322
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
listings AS (
    SELECT
        ticker,
        min(listing_date) AS listed_on
    FROM global_markets.stocks_ipos
    WHERE listing_date >= '2024-01-01'
      AND listing_date < today()
      AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
    GROUP BY ticker
),
debut AS (
    SELECT
        a.ticker                                                 AS symbol,
        min(a.date)                                              AS debut_date,
        argMin(toFloat64(a.close) * toFloat64(a.volume), a.date) AS debut_turnover
    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs AS a
    INNER JOIN listings AS l ON l.ticker = a.ticker
    WHERE a.date >= '2024-01-01'
      AND a.date >= l.listed_on
    GROUP BY a.ticker
),
cohort AS (
    SELECT
        symbol,
        debut_date
    FROM debut
    ORDER BY debut_turnover DESC
    LIMIT 40
),
first_option AS (
    SELECT
        g.underlying_symbol AS symbol,
        min(g.date)         AS option_date
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks AS g
    INNER JOIN cohort AS c ON c.symbol = g.underlying_symbol
    WHERE g.date >= '2024-01-01'
      AND g.volume > 0
      AND g.date >= c.debut_date
    GROUP BY g.underlying_symbol
),
daily_chain AS (
    SELECT
        g.underlying_symbol   AS symbol,
        g.date                AS d,
        max(g.days_to_expiry) AS longest_dte
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks AS g
    INNER JOIN first_option AS f ON f.symbol = g.underlying_symbol
    WHERE g.volume > 0
      AND g.date >= f.option_date
      AND dateDiff('day', f.option_date, g.date) < 84
    GROUP BY symbol, d
),
weekly AS (
    SELECT
        c.symbol                                       AS symbol,
        intDiv(dateDiff('day', f.option_date, c.d), 7) AS wk,
        max(c.longest_dte)                             AS longest_dte
    FROM daily_chain AS c
    INNER JOIN first_option AS f ON f.symbol = c.symbol
    GROUP BY symbol, wk
)
SELECT
    wk                                                                                    AS weeks_since_first_option,
    round(100 * countIf(longest_dte > 365) / count(), 1)                                  AS pct_with_leaps,
    toUInt32(round(quantileDeterministic(toFloat64(longest_dte), cityHash64(symbol))))    AS median_longest_dte
FROM weekly
GROUP BY wk
ORDER BY wk
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