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Quadruple Witching vs Triple Witching
SPY volume on quarterly expiration Fridays, against the average ordinary Fridayseries · 2026-08-22 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher. Share of SPY regular hours volume by half hour: expiration Friday vs the Friday afterseries · 2026-08-22 · 14×3Preview: a 14-point series, ending lower. Average absolute open to close move on SPY Fridays, expiration vs ordinary, by yearranking · 2026-08-22 · 10×4Preview: 10 ranked values, smallest first. Percent of regular hours volume printed in the 4:00 p.m. minute, six large listingsranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Options Expiration Calendar 2026: All 12 Dates
Every Friday of 2026 through July, shortest session firstseries · 2026-08-22 · 31×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Every 2026 monthly options expiration dateseries · 2026-08-22 · 12×6Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. Was the April expiration Friday a trading day?ranking · 2026-08-22 · 11×4Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first. AAPL contracts traded into each 2026 expiration date, H1series · 2026-08-22 · 68×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
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 · 2026-08-14 · 8×4Preview: a 8-point series, roughly flat. Every quarterly witching session since September 2024: market-wide regular-hours dollar volume vs. the month's other sessionsseries · 2026-08-14 · 8×4Preview: a 8-point series, ending lower. Dollar volume by half hour: witching Thursday (Jun 18, 2026) vs. the ordinary Friday before it (Jun 12)series · 2026-08-14 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat.
SPY volume on quarterly expiration Fridays, against the average ordinary Friday

SPY volume on quarterly expiration Fridays, against the average ordinary Friday

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SPY volume on quarterly expiration Fridays, against the average ordinary Friday — 13 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
session_datesession_labelspy_volume_millionsvs_ordinary_friday_ratio
2023-03-17Mar 2023140.41.87
2023-06-16Jun 2023114.21.52
2023-09-15Sep 2023111.81.49
2023-12-15Dec 2023141.61.89
2024-03-15Mar 2024107.61.43
2024-06-21Jun 202463.40.84
2024-09-20Sep 202477.51.03
2024-12-20Dec 2024124.71.66
2025-03-21Mar 202583.81.12
2025-06-20Jun 202594.11.25
2025-09-19Sep 202597.91.3
2025-12-19Dec 2025103.51.38
2026-03-20Mar 2026165.62.21
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH fridays AS
(
    SELECT
        date,
        toFloat64(volume) AS vol,
        (toMonth(date) IN (3, 6, 9, 12) AND toDayOfMonth(date) BETWEEN 15 AND 21) AS is_expiry
    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND date >= '2023-01-01'
      AND date <  today()
      AND toDayOfWeek(date) = 5
),
ordinary AS
(
    SELECT avg(vol) AS avg_ordinary_friday
    FROM fridays
    WHERE is_expiry = 0
)
SELECT
    toString(f.date)                         AS session_date,
    formatDateTime(f.date, '%b %Y')          AS session_label,
    round(f.vol / 1e6, 1)                    AS spy_volume_millions,
    round(f.vol / o.avg_ordinary_friday, 2)  AS vs_ordinary_friday_ratio
FROM fridays AS f
CROSS JOIN ordinary AS o
WHERE f.is_expiry = 1
ORDER BY f.date
$