Why VIX Options Don't Track the VIX
SPY near-the-money implied volatility by distance to expirationranking ·
2026-08-22 · 6×3
How far the long tenor travels on days the front end jumpsranking ·
2026-08-22 · 5×4
Near-dated versus long-dated SPY implied volatility, session by sessionseries ·
2026-08-22 · 81×3
The near-to-far implied volatility gap across liquid namesranking ·
2026-08-22 · 6×4
Why Short Interest Data Is Always Two Weeks Old
The pipeline lag in one row: plus the bulk backfill these figures deliberately excludescalar ·
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Every incrementally-delivered settlement: measured on one date, on file days laterseries ·
2026-08-22 · 10×3
GME, winter 2020-21: each short interest print and the price move before it went public (as-traded prices)table ·
2026-08-22 · 6×5
GME days to cover: as reported in the file, and recomputed on the volume that traded while the print was pendingscalar ·
2026-08-22 · 1×853.7
The current state of the cycle: the newest print on file, and the one still in the pipelinescalar ·
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The blind window: what five stocks did between the settlement date and the day its short interest was publishedtable ·
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Who Sets the Ex-Dividend Date? Not the Board
One-time distributions by size: where the ex-date landsranking ·
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Regular dividends: ex-date before the record date, or on itseries ·
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Board declaration to ex-date to payment, eight household payersranking ·
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Ex-date alignment by payout cadence, since T+1 took effectranking ·
2026-08-22 · 6×4
When Is Short Interest Released?
The short interest release schedule: recent FINRA settlement dates and names reportedseries ·
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Measured publication lag: settlement date vs the day the file first arrived hereseries ·
2026-08-22 · 10×3
The publication lag in one row: fastest, median and slowest across incrementally-delivered settlementsscalar ·
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Day-of-month and the gap between consecutive settlement dates: the twice-monthly cadenceseries ·
2026-08-22 · 16×3
The current state of the release cycle: the newest print on file and the settlement still pendingscalar ·
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Street Name vs Holder of Record: Cede & Co
Average days from record date to pay date, eight large dividend payersranking ·
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Reported short interest and days to cover, latest settlement date on fileranking ·
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Coca-Cola quarterly dividends: calendar days from ex-dividend date to record dateseries ·
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Cash dividends by month: did the record date land on the ex-dividend date?series ·
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SPX vs SPY Options: Which One to Trade
SPY option volume by days to expiry, trailing six weeksranking ·
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Time value left in deep in-the-money SPY calls, against the dividend at stakeranking ·
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How close SPY closes to the nearest whole-dollar strike on monthly expirationsseries ·
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What one contract controls: SPX, SPY and XSPranking ·
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Ex-Dividend Date vs. Record Date: Same Day?
One real dividend: AAPL's most recent completed payout, all four datesscalar ·
2026-08-22 · 1×90.27
Median waits along the dividend calendar (trailing 12 months, recurring US dividends)scalar ·
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Calendar days from ex-dividend date to record date (trailing 12 months)ranking ·
2026-08-22 · 4×3
Ex-date vs. record date by year: share identical, and the median gap in calendar daysranking ·
2026-08-22 · 12×4
The T+1 cutover, week by week: share of dividends with ex-date = record date, April–July 2024ranking ·
2026-08-22 · 18×3
Dividends that went ex AFTER the record date: special vs. recurring, trailing 12 monthstable ·
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How Stock Settlement Works Under T+1
Trade date to settlement date across real sessions, November 2025series ·
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Ex-dividend date to payment date, latest 2026 dividend for nine household payersseries ·
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Microsoft dividend dates, from the T+2 era into T+1series ·
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Gap between ex-dividend date and record date, by yearranking ·
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Good Faith Violations in Cash Accounts
Every session ahead, and the day a sale made in it settlesseries ·
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KO and AAPL closes across the July 2026 holiday week, with settlement datesseries ·
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Trailing year: calendar days a sale waited to settleranking ·
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Due Bills and Stock Splits: Ex-Date Timing
US stock splits by year, sorted by size of the distributionranking ·
2026-08-22 · 10×4
NVDA across its June 2024 split: stored close and one pre-split shareseries ·
2026-08-22 · 10×5
Days between pay date and ex-date, cash distributions that went ex lateranking ·
2026-08-22 · 12×3
Recent household-name splits: shares from one shareranking ·
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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 ·
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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
Can You Sell on the Ex-Dividend Date?
From ex-dividend date to record date to the cash, in calendar daystable ·
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Share of 2024 US dividends whose record date fell on the ex-dividend dateseries ·
2026-08-22 · 12×3
Shares held short against average daily volume, large dividend payersranking ·
2026-08-22 · 8×4
Ex-date opening gap by dividend size, US quarterly dividends 2024 to 2025ranking ·
2026-08-22 · 5×4
When Is SQ Day for Nikkei 225 Options?
Opening prints against the previous close: settlement Friday vs an ordinary Fridayranking ·
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Share of SPY session volume printed in the opening minute, third Friday vs other Fridaysseries ·
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SPY volume by ET clock minute around the open, 13 March vs 20 March 2026series ·
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How Event Contracts Settle: Payout and Fees
Final-day call prices by where the strike sat against the priceranking ·
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Traded price against intrinsic value, by days to expirytable ·
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Where SPY option volume sits across the last 30 days of contract lifetable ·
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Nikkei 225 Options and SQ Settlement
SPY implied volatility vs the volatility realized in the following monthseries ·
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Implied vs realized volatility, six heavily traded US underlyings, twelve months to June 30, 2026ranking ·
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Median theta and implied volatility by days to expiry: near-the-money SPY contracts, H1 2026table ·
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SPY on monthly settlement Fridays: the opening gap, and where the session went afterwardsseries ·
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Opening prints on settlement morning, May 15, 2026: twelve large US constituentsranking ·
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AM vs PM Settled Index Options Explained
The same hypothetical on every session: expiration mornings against the rest of the tapetable ·
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The prices behind the arithmetic: Thursday's close, the strike, Friday's open and closeseries ·
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One at-the-money call settled two ways: the ten widest splits since January 2024table ·
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Every monthly expiration since January 2024: the overnight gap, then the session that followedseries ·
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When Do Mutual Fund Trades Settle?
Short end vs long end of the Treasury curve: monthly averages, July 2024 to June 2026series ·
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Trading sessions vs calendar days, twelve months through June 2026series ·
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How far the S&P 500 tracker moved open to close: sessions by size band, July 2025 to June 2026ranking ·
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Longest breaks between US trading sessions, January to late July 2026ranking ·
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American vs European Options Explained
Index roots vs ETF roots: contracts traded on July 6, 2026, with exercise styleranking ·
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July 6, 2026: contracts traded per 15 minutes, S&P 500 index options vs SPY optionsseries ·
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SPY near-the-money implied volatility by distance to expiration
SPY near-the-money implied volatility by distance to expiration
| dte_band | iv_pct | contract_count |
|---|---|---|
| up to 1 week | 18.06 | 42251 |
| 1 to 3 weeks | 14.51 | 47164 |
| 3 to 6 weeks | 14.97 | 37078 |
| 6 weeks to 3 months | 15.46 | 25859 |
| 3 to 6 months | 16.67 | 17769 |
| over 6 months | 18.68 | 17210 |
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
multiIf(days_to_expiry <= 7, 'up to 1 week',
days_to_expiry <= 21, '1 to 3 weeks',
days_to_expiry <= 45, '3 to 6 weeks',
days_to_expiry <= 90, '6 weeks to 3 months',
days_to_expiry <= 180, '3 to 6 months',
'over 6 months') AS dte_band,
round(avg(implied_volatility) * 100, 2) AS iv_pct,
count() AS contract_count
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 1 AND 730
AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.05
AND date >= today() - 120
GROUP BY dte_band
ORDER BY min(days_to_expiry)
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