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Why Open Interest Updates Only Once a Day
Busiest AAPL option contracts on Jun 16, 2026, by contract volumeranking · 2026-09-24 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. AAPL reported short interest by settlement date, first half of 2026series · 2026-09-24 · 12×3Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. How AAPL option volume accumulated through one session (Jun 16, 2026)series · 2026-09-24 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher. AAPL daily option contract volume, June 2026series · 2026-09-24 · 21×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
Options Volume vs. Open Interest, Explained
Volume accumulates live: July 6, 2026 in half-hour buckets (ET), with a running totalseries · 2026-08-12 · 14×3Preview: a 14-point series, ending higher. Top 10 underlying roots by contracts traded, July 6, 2026table · 2026-08-12 · 10×5 One day of the US options tape: Monday, July 6, 2026scalar · 2026-08-12 · 1×860.6 July 6, 2026 volume by time to expiration: the tape is short-dated, the listed universe is nottable · 2026-08-12 · 5×5 Ten sessions of one long-dated contract: the SPY $620 put expiring 2026-12-18series · 2026-08-12 · 10×3Preview: a 10-point series, roughly flat. The ten busiest option contracts of July 6, 2026table · 2026-08-12 · 10×5
What Is Max Pain in Options? The Real Math
SPY contracts traded by strike, July 17 2026 expiryranking · 2026-07-31 · 22×3Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. 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 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Total payout to option holders at each candidate settlement price, SPY July 17 2026table · 2026-07-31 · 36×2
Busiest AAPL option contracts on Jun 16, 2026, by contract volume

Busiest AAPL option contracts on Jun 16, 2026, by contract volume

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Busiest AAPL option contracts on Jun 16, 2026, by contract volume — 12 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
contractvolume_thousandsshare_of_day_pct
Jun 17 $300 C113.312.91
Jun 17 $302 C52.55.98
Jun 17 $297 C51.35.85
Jun 18 $300 C50.55.75
Jun 17 $295 P47.75.44
Jun 17 $305 C38.84.42
Jun 17 $297 P37.94.32
Jun 18 $297 C19.72.25
Jun 17 $300 P182.05
Jun 17 $290 P17.62.01
Jun 17 $292 P17.62
Jun 18 $295 P15.81.8
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    concat(
        formatDateTime(expiration_date, '%b %e'),
        ' $',
        toString(toUInt32(toFloat64(strike_price))),
        ' ',
        option_type
    )                                                               AS contract,
    round(contracts_traded / 1000, 1)                               AS volume_thousands,
    round(100 * contracts_traded / sum(contracts_traded) OVER (), 2) AS share_of_day_pct
FROM
(
    SELECT
        expiration_date,
        strike_price,
        option_type,
        sum(volume) AS contracts_traded
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
      AND date = '2026-06-16'
      AND volume > 0
    GROUP BY expiration_date, strike_price, option_type
)
ORDER BY volume_thousands DESC
LIMIT 12
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