2x: 42.8% out of 100
Given a 50% drawdown, 13% reached 2x, 7% reached 3x, 1% reached 5x
0DTE Option Analytics Based on the Expected Move
Retail traders lost $2.1 billion on options in 20 months, according to a 2023 study in the Journal of Finance.¹ Who did they lose it to? The market makers, the exchanges, the pros. StrikeZone IQ puts the historical record for every 0DTE strike in front of you, across 59 underlyings, including SPX, SPY, QQQ, TSLA and NVDA, refreshed every minute of the session on Pro. Here's the 2x card from the November 4, 2026 9:45 AM ET board: how often contracts at its distance doubled at some point during the day, and how often they expired worthless.
¹ Bryzgalova, Pavlova and Sikorskaya, “Retail Trading in Options and the Rise of the Big Three Wholesalers”, The Journal of Finance, 2023.
StrikeZone IQ · Buyer's Odds
SPXW 7715 call
November 4 · 9:45 AM ET
Cost $14.10 · 14 points above spot
Read those again. 51% of those doubles were gone by the close.
The Distance Lab
One chart, built from the SPXW board of November 4, 2026 · 9:45 AM ET. Scroll, and it changes — from a price, to a distance, to what each distance delivered.
01 · Price
Here is the SPXW board in dollars: one dot per strike, spot marked. Is a strike 25 points out near or far? In dollars you can't tell — the same 25 points is a long way on a quiet day and next door on a wild one.
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Strikes in dollars
Strikes in dollars. SPXW board, November 4, 2026 · 9:45 AM ET.
02 · Distance
On this board the Expected Move is ±41.20 points: how far the day is likely to travel, shaded either side of spot. The dashed lines mark 1, 2 and 3 Expected Moves out. Measured against it, a distance means the same thing on a quiet day and a wild one.
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The same strikes, against the Expected Move
The same strikes, against the Expected Move. SPXW board, November 4, 2026 · 9:45 AM ET.
03 · 2x
Each bar is one strike — calls right of spot, puts left — and how often a contract at its distance, bought at 9:45 AM ET, doubled in price at the close. Measured across 1,122 SPXW sessions.
It happened most often at the 7705 call, 4 points above spot: 21.8% of the time.
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2x by the close, by distance from spot
2x by the close, by distance from spot. SPXW board, November 4, 2026 · 9:45 AM ET. 7705 call · +3.95 pts · 2x by the close 21.8%.
04 · 5x
5x by the close peaked at the 7745 call, 44 points above spot: 8.1% of the time. On the put side it peaked at the 7655 put, 46 points below spot: 6.6%. Neither is where 2x came most often: ask for a bigger return and the best strike moves.
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2x and 5x by the close, by distance from spot
2x and 5x by the close, by distance from spot. SPXW board, November 4, 2026 · 9:45 AM ET. 7745 call · +43.95 pts · 5x by the close 8.1%. 7655 put · −46.05 pts · 5x by the close 6.6%.
05 · Exit
Hold Until Close is for traders who buy and forget: it counts the sessions where the double was still there at the close. Exit Anytime is for the active day trader: it counts every session where it doubled at some point during the day — yours if you sold right then.
The 7715 call from the receipt doubled at some point during the day 42.8% of the time. The 7705 call is where a double at the close was most common.
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2x at some point during the day, and still at the close
2x at some point during the day, and still at the close. SPXW board, November 4, 2026 · 9:45 AM ET. 7715 call · +13.95 pts · 2x at some point during the day 42.8% · still 2x at the close 21.0%. 7705 call · +3.95 pts · 2x at some point during the day 41.1% · still 2x at the close 21.8%.
| Strike | From spot | 2x by the close | 2x at some point during the day | 5x by the close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7630 put | −71.05 pts | 6.7% | 36.1% | 5.1% |
| 7635 put | −66.05 pts | 7.6% | 37.0% | 5.2% |
| 7640 put | −61.05 pts | 9.1% | 38.0% | 5.7% |
| 7645 put | −56.05 pts | 10.1% | 38.2% | 5.9% |
| 7650 put | −51.05 pts | 11.3% | 38.9% | 6.1% |
| 7655 put | −46.05 pts | 12.8% | 39.0% | 6.6% |
| 7660 put | −41.05 pts | 13.7% | 39.6% | 6.4% |
| 7665 put | −36.05 pts | 14.5% | 40.2% | 6.2% |
| 7670 put | −31.05 pts | 15.4% | 40.5% | 6.2% |
| 7675 put | −26.05 pts | 15.9% | 40.7% | 5.8% |
| 7680 put | −21.05 pts | 16.6% | 41.0% | 5.5% |
| 7685 put | −16.05 pts | 17.0% | 40.7% | 5.1% |
| 7690 put | −11.05 pts | 17.3% | 40.4% | 4.3% |
| 7695 put | −6.05 pts | 18.0% | 40.4% | 3.6% |
| 7700 put | −1.05 pts | 18.2% | 39.7% | 2.9% |
| 7705 call | +3.95 pts | 21.8% | 41.1% | 1.9% |
| 7710 call | +8.95 pts | 21.2% | 42.2% | 2.5% |
| 7715 call | +13.95 pts | 21.0% | 42.8% | 3.8% |
| 7720 call | +18.95 pts | 20.1% | 42.5% | 4.8% |
| 7725 call | +23.95 pts | 18.8% | 42.5% | 5.9% |
| 7730 call | +28.95 pts | 18.0% | 42.4% | 7.2% |
| 7735 call | +33.95 pts | 16.5% | 42.1% | 7.8% |
| 7740 call | +38.95 pts | 15.1% | 41.6% | 8.0% |
| 7745 call | +43.95 pts | 14.1% | 41.0% | 8.1% |
| 7750 call | +48.95 pts | 12.4% | 40.5% | 8.1% |
| 7755 call | +53.95 pts | 10.8% | 39.7% | 7.8% |
| 7760 call | +58.95 pts | 9.3% | 38.8% | 7.1% |
| 7765 call | +63.95 pts | 8.1% | 37.7% | 6.1% |
| 7770 call | +68.95 pts | 6.7% | 36.6% | 5.1% |
| 7775 call | +73.95 pts | 5.4% | 35.0% | 4.2% |
Every number in this chart came from one board. The free plan is that board: the 9:45 AM ET board, posted at 10:00 AM ET each trading day.
Every strike on the board, on one chart. Pale: how often it paid at some point during the day. Solid: how often it was still paying at the close. The gap is the return that didn't last.
Based on 1,122 sessions since May 16, 2022 Odds counted from entries at 9:45 AM ET
| Strike | From spot (pts) | 2x return at some point during the day | 2x return at close | 3x return at some point during the day | 3x return at close | 5x return at some point during the day | 5x return at close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7630 put | −71.05 | 36.1% | 6.7% | 24.8% | 6.1% | 15.7% | 5.1% |
| 7635 put | −66.05 | 37.0% | 7.6% | 25.0% | 6.7% | 15.6% | 5.2% |
| 7640 put | −61.05 | 38.0% | 9.1% | 25.8% | 7.9% | 15.9% | 5.7% |
| 7645 put | −56.05 | 38.2% | 10.1% | 25.6% | 8.5% | 15.4% | 5.9% |
| 7650 put | −51.05 | 38.9% | 11.3% | 25.7% | 9.2% | 15.1% | 6.1% |
| 7655 put | −46.05 | 39.0% | 12.8% | 26.0% | 10.4% | 15.2% | 6.6% |
| 7660 put | −41.05 | 39.6% | 13.7% | 26.1% | 11.1% | 14.8% | 6.4% |
| 7665 put | −36.05 | 40.2% | 14.5% | 26.2% | 11.5% | 14.3% | 6.2% |
| 7670 put | −31.05 | 40.5% | 15.4% | 26.1% | 12.3% | 14.0% | 6.2% |
| 7675 put | −26.05 | 40.7% | 15.9% | 25.8% | 12.7% | 13.0% | 5.8% |
| 7680 put | −21.05 | 41.0% | 16.6% | 25.4% | 12.9% | 12.2% | 5.5% |
| 7685 put | −16.05 | 40.7% | 17.0% | 24.6% | 12.8% | 10.9% | 5.1% |
| 7690 put | −11.05 | 40.4% | 17.3% | 23.7% | 12.4% | 9.2% | 4.3% |
| 7695 put | −6.05 | 40.4% | 18.0% | 23.3% | 12.4% | 8.0% | 3.6% |
| 7700 put | −1.05 | 39.7% | 18.2% | 22.1% | 11.9% | 6.9% | 2.9% |
| 7705 call | +3.95 | 41.1% | 21.8% | 19.6% | 10.7% | 3.5% | 1.9% |
| 7710 call | +8.95 | 42.2% | 21.2% | 22.0% | 11.6% | 4.5% | 2.5% |
| 7715 call | +13.95 | 42.8% | 21.0% | 24.5% | 13.0% | 6.0% | 3.8% |
| 7720 call | +18.95 | 42.5% | 20.1% | 25.9% | 13.6% | 7.4% | 4.8% |
| 7725 call | +23.95 | 42.5% | 18.8% | 27.1% | 13.5% | 9.1% | 5.9% |
| 7730 call | +28.95 | 42.4% | 18.0% | 28.3% | 13.7% | 11.1% | 7.2% |
| 7735 call | +33.95 | 42.1% | 16.5% | 28.4% | 13.1% | 12.5% | 7.8% |
| 7740 call | +38.95 | 41.6% | 15.1% | 28.7% | 12.3% | 13.7% | 8.0% |
| 7745 call | +43.95 | 41.0% | 14.1% | 28.9% | 11.4% | 14.7% | 8.1% |
| 7750 call | +48.95 | 40.5% | 12.4% | 28.6% | 10.3% | 15.2% | 8.1% |
| 7755 call | +53.95 | 39.7% | 10.8% | 28.3% | 9.4% | 15.3% | 7.8% |
| 7760 call | +58.95 | 38.8% | 9.3% | 27.9% | 8.6% | 15.1% | 7.1% |
| 7765 call | +63.95 | 37.7% | 8.1% | 26.6% | 7.5% | 14.6% | 6.1% |
| 7770 call | +68.95 | 36.6% | 6.7% | 25.5% | 6.3% | 13.8% | 5.1% |
| 7775 call | +73.95 | 35.0% | 5.4% | 24.6% | 5.0% | 13.3% | 4.2% |
Gold star, Highest 2x Hold Until Close: 7705 call. Silver star, Highest 2x Exit Anytime: 7715 call
Opened on the 7715 call from the receipt above; pick any strike to see its record. The shaded band is the Expected Move, ±41.20 points. The SPXW board of November 4, 2026 · 9:45 AM ET.
Hold Until Close if you buy and wait for the close. Exit Anytime if you actively day trade. Pick your trading style and the cards show which current strike delivered most often based on its distance from the underlying. Updated every minute during market hours on Pro.
2x: 42.8% out of 100
Given a 50% drawdown, 13% reached 2x, 7% reached 3x, 1% reached 5x
3x: 28.9% out of 100
Given a 50% drawdown, 14% reached 2x, 10% reached 3x, 6% reached 5x
5x: 15.9% out of 100
Given a 50% drawdown, 12% reached 2x, 10% reached 3x, 6% reached 5x
Based on 1,122 historical sessions. Odds counted from entries at 9:45 AM ET. Historical frequencies, not predictions.
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The options market's own estimate, priced in real money, of how far the day is likely to travel. It is the price of the at-the-money straddle: take the strike closest to spot and add the price of its call to the price of its put. On the SPXW board of November 4, 2026 · 9:45 AM ET, the strike closest to 7701.05 was 7700: its call was $21.30 and its put $19.90, each the midpoint of its bid and ask. So the expected move was ±41.20 points around 7701.05. It is a typical move, not a ceiling — the history counts how often real days went further. Every figure on this site is measured against it, so a quiet day and a wild one are read on the same ruler.
Both come from a pricing model run on today's option prices: rules of thumb about how a contract finishes, with nothing about the path it takes to get there. These are counts: how often contracts at the same distance and minute actually returned 30%, 2x and 5x — by the close and at some point during the day — across 1,122 SPXW sessions, beside how often they expired worthless. Every entry pays the ask; a return during the day is counted at the bid, a return by the close at what the contract was worth at the close.
No. StrikeZone IQ is an analytics tool, not a broker or investment adviser. It does not tell you what to trade, and nothing on this site is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. It measures what has happened before and puts that in front of you.
1,122 SPXW trading sessions and counting, starting May 16, 2022 — the day daily 0DTE options became available on the S&P 500. The record grows by one every trading day. SPY has 1,075 sessions and QQQ 1,075; both have daily 0DTE expiries. TSLA has 307 and NVDA 307, popular names that list weekly expiries. Options data comes from Theta Data.
59, including SPXW, SPY, QQQ, IWM, RUTW and XSP, plus the large-cap single names and leveraged ETFs that carry liquid same-day options.
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Dennis Sawyers, a data scientist and author of Automated Machine Learning with Microsoft Azure. He built data and machine learning solutions at Microsoft and Ford, then from 2021 to 2023 led data science and AI at a private investment firm. He started StrikeZone IQ after watching friends lose real money on 0DTE trades made on gut feel and rules of thumb, to put measured odds in front of retail traders.
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