SOXS volume by strike and by expiration
Recorded in cvforge on June 4, 2026 by ConvexValue · Published July 25, 2026
The two basic cuts of a chain’s activity as plain bar charts — where volume sits across strikes, and how it splits across expirations.
Exact prompt
Show me a bar chart of volume by strike and volume by expiration for $SOXS options
Data cadence
Live U.S. option snapshots, refreshed through the session. Open interest is an end-of-previous-day figure and updates once daily.
Plan requirements
Runs on the free cvforge app and the free data tier (20 requests/hour). No card needed.
Fields used
day_volume, open_interest, strike_price, expiration_date, contract_type, underlying_price
How to read it
The most basic build in the cluster and the right one to copy first. Two bar charts, no controls, no filters — which is often all you need to know where a chain’s activity is.
SOXS is a leveraged inverse ETF, which shapes the reading: its option activity tends to be short-dated because the instrument itself is designed for short holding periods. Expect the expiration chart to be front-loaded far more than a single stock’s would be.
Change it
The prompt is the interface. Ask for a different ticker, a different expiration window, or an extra column in the same sentence style and the agent edits the app in place — you do not start over, and you do not wait for anyone to build it.
Limitations
- Snapshot data, not a transaction tape: the build reads the chain as it stands, so it cannot attribute a trade to a buyer or a seller.
- Open interest updates once a day, so an intraday volume/OI comparison is always this session’s volume against yesterday’s open interest.
- Contract coverage is U.S. listed equities, ETFs and indices. Indices use the I: prefix, for example I:SPX.
- Current per-contract valuation is Massive fair market value (FMV), a proprietary estimate. cvforge does not provide option bids, asks, midpoint, quote sizes, NBBO or last trades, and FMV is not an executable quote.
- Concentration at a strike shows where contracts changed hands, which is not the same as where the underlying is expected to settle.
Related demos
- SPCX volume as a strike-by-expiration heatmap
- SPCX open interest as a heatmap, and the one strike that stands out
- Call volume up, put volume down, across three expirations
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