DTE

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DTE
Stands forDays to expiration
CategoriesBusiness & Finance

DTE stands for Days to expiration, a stock market & investing abbreviation.

Number of days remaining until an options or futures contract expires, a key input for how fast an option loses time value. Traders refer to options expiring the same day as "0DTE."

Example: 0DTE options now account for roughly half of SPX options volume.

Usage notes

Time decay (theta) accelerates as DTE approaches zero, especially for at-the-money options. The boom in 0DTE trading followed the addition of SPX expirations on every weekday in 2022. DTE is also the name of a Michigan-based energy company.

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