2027 Options Expiration Dates
A forward-looking 2027 monthly OpEx calendar for LEAPS planning, long-dated contract selection, and yearly backtest setup. January 15 is the key LEAPS anchor; June 17 is the holiday-adjusted monthly and quarterly cycle.
January 2027 LEAPS date
Friday, January 15, 2027
This is the main January 2027 standard monthly expiration cycle.
June 2027 holiday move
Thursday, June 17, 2027
June monthly OpEx moves because Juneteenth is observed on Friday, June 18, 2027.
Quarterly 2027 OpEx
Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
These quarterly months are important for index, ETF, and futures-related positioning.
2027 monthly options expiration dates
Use this table for standard monthly options and LEAPS planning. Weeklies and daily index expirations can add more dates around these monthly anchors.
Planning context
Use the 2027 table for LEAPS and long-dated contract setup
The 2027 calendar serves a different workflow from the current-year OpEx page. It is mainly for long-dated contract selection, January LEAPS screens, yearly scenario tests, and backtest fixtures that need future monthly anchors before listed contracts are requested from the API. The standard monthly dates below are calendar anchors, not a guarantee that every ticker has every weekly or long-dated contract listed.
January 15, 2027 is the first date to check for many LEAPS workflows. June 17, 2027 needs separate handling because the normal third Friday is Juneteenth observed. If you are building an options screener or a contract roll model, store the holiday-adjusted date as the monthly anchor and then fetch listed expirations for the specific underlying before requesting chains, contracts, quotes, trades, snapshots, or aggregate bars.
2027 quarterly OpEx checkpoints
Quarterly cycles are marked separately because open interest, index hedging, futures rolls, and ETF positioning can concentrate around these months.
| Quarter | 2027 monthly anchor | Implementation note |
|---|---|---|
| March | Friday, March 19, 2027 | Use this as the quarterly monthly anchor, then verify ticker-specific listed dates. |
| June | Thursday, June 17, 2027 | Holiday-adjusted from June 18, 2027; use 2027-06-17 in expiration filters. |
| September | Friday, September 17, 2027 | Use this as the quarterly monthly anchor, then verify ticker-specific listed dates. |
| December | Friday, December 17, 2027 | Use this as the quarterly monthly anchor, then verify ticker-specific listed dates. |
How 2027 differs from the current 2026 OpEx page
Use the 2027 page for forward planning. Use the 2026 page for the current June 18 handoff, historical May rows, and near-term weekly context.
| Workflow | 2026 page | 2027 page |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar timing | Current-year reference centered on the June 18, 2026 holiday-adjusted OpEx. | Forward-year reference centered on January LEAPS, quarterly checkpoints, and June 17, 2027 holiday adjustment. |
| Contract selection | Useful for near-term chains, weekly windows, and current scanner date pickers. | Useful for long-dated filters, LEAPS fixtures, and yearly backtest setup before listed contracts appear in depth. |
| API validation | Fetch listed expirations for the current underlying before requesting live chains. | Use the monthly anchors to prepare filters, then validate every ticker through listed-expiration discovery. |
Engineering notes
Turn 2027 calendar anchors into stable backtest fixtures
A forward calendar is most useful when it becomes a deterministic fixture in a research system. Store the 2027 monthly anchors as reference dates, then let live listed-expiration discovery decide which underlyings actually have contracts on those dates. That separation keeps calendar math out of the execution layer and prevents a yearly test suite from inventing nonexistent chains.
For LEAPS screens, start with the January 15, 2027 anchor and request listed expirations for the target ticker universe. For quarterly studies, tag March 19, June 17, September 17, and December 17 as quarterly checkpoints before joining open interest, spread width, quote availability, and underlying bars. For roll models, keep the holiday-adjusted June 17 date in the same fixture as the standard Friday dates so date pickers and contract filters do not drift when the user switches from planning mode to API mode.
2027 implementation checklist for options data systems
Use these checks before promoting a 2027 calendar into a scanner, dashboard, or backtest configuration.
| Check | Why it matters | Recommended implementation |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar fixture | The monthly table is stable, but it is still only a market-wide reference. | Version the 2027 monthly anchors separately from ticker-specific listed expirations. |
| Listed expiration discovery | Single stocks and ETFs can differ in weekly depth and long-dated availability. | Call the expirations endpoint for each underlying before creating chain requests. |
| LEAPS filtering | January 2027 is a planning anchor, not a complete LEAPS universe. | Filter returned dates around January 15, then inspect contract count, strikes, and open interest. |
| Holiday adjustment | June 2027 uses Thursday, June 17 instead of Friday, June 18. | Store the actual expiration date in API filters and keep the skipped holiday as explanatory metadata. |
| Backtest audit trail | Long-dated tests can be rerun months later with different listed contract depth. | Persist the returned OCC ticker, expiration date, quote timestamp, spread, and contract snapshot used by each decision. |
API sequence
Example 2027 contract-selection flow
The calendar answers the human planning question, while the API answers the tradable-contract question. A clean 2027 workflow first builds a candidate universe, fetches listed dates per ticker, selects a monthly or LEAPS anchor, and only then requests contracts. This order gives the application a reliable fallback when a ticker lacks the expected long-dated chain.
curl "https://api.cutemarkets.com/v1/tickers/expirations/SPY/" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
curl "https://api.cutemarkets.com/v1/options/contracts/?underlying_ticker=SPY&expiration_date=2027-01-15&limit=100" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
curl "https://api.cutemarkets.com/v1/options/contracts/?underlying_ticker=QQQ&expiration_date=2027-06-17&limit=100" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Data quality
Recommended fixture shape for a 2027 expiration calendar
Store future-year expiration calendars as small reference datasets with explicit provenance. A useful record contains the actual expiration date, the unadjusted Friday when one exists, the holiday reason, the cycle type, the source document date, and a verification timestamp. That metadata lets a backtest report explain why a June filter used Thursday, June 17 instead of Friday, June 18 without forcing every downstream component to know the holiday calendar.
For production applications, keep this fixture separate from instrument data. The fixture records the monthly anchors the app should understand for 2027; the listed-expiration endpoint returns the contracts currently available for the underlying. Separating those concepts makes cache invalidation cleaner, keeps stale long-dated chains out of scanners, and gives compliance or operations teams a precise audit trail when a date is changed, refreshed, or validated again.
{
"calendar_year": 2027,
"cycle": "quarterly",
"expiration_date": "2027-06-17",
"unadjusted_standard_friday": "2027-06-18",
"holiday_adjustment": "Juneteenth observed",
"source": "exchange calendar",
"validated_at": "2026-05-30T16:20:00+02:00",
"use_before_contract_queries": true
}2027 calendar failure modes to avoid
These are implementation mistakes that show up when a future-year calendar is treated as a tradable contract list instead of a reference schedule.
| Failure mode | What breaks | Safer handling |
|---|---|---|
| Using June 18 as a tradable 2027 monthly date | The request can miss the actual standard monthly contracts because the market-wide anchor is June 17. | Keep June 18 as explanatory metadata and send June 17 in expiration_date filters. |
| Assuming every ticker has the same January LEAPS depth | Sparse underlyings can return fewer long-dated strikes than SPY or QQQ. | Fetch listed dates and contract counts by ticker before ranking premiums or open interest. |
| Generating all 2027 Fridays as if they were listed contracts | Scanner UIs can expose empty chains and create noisy error logs. | Use Fridays only as candidate dates; hide a date until listed-expiration discovery confirms it. |
| Reporting rolls without the original calendar fixture version | A later rerun can be difficult to reconcile with the original study. | Store fixture version, validation time, selected OCC ticker, and quote timestamp with each roll decision. |
Validate 2027 dates with listed expirations
Use the static 2027 table for planning, then fetch listed expirations by ticker before requesting chains, contracts, quotes, trades, snapshots, or aggregates.
Last verified
Date-sensitive calendar references on this page were checked on May 30, 2026. Calendar math is useful for planning, but listed contracts and exchange calendars should still be verified before production workflows run.
2027 LEAPS and OpEx FAQ
What is the January 2027 options expiration date?
The January 2027 standard monthly options expiration date is Friday, January 15, 2027. It is also the common January LEAPS cycle.
What are the 2027 LEAPS expiration dates?
Equity and ETF LEAPS usually anchor to standard monthly cycles, especially January. For 2027, the key January LEAPS date is January 15, 2027.
Does any 2027 monthly OpEx move for a market holiday?
Yes. June 18, 2027 is Juneteenth observed, so the June 2027 standard monthly expiration is shown as Thursday, June 17, 2027.
Operational usage
How to use 2027 Options Expiration Dates in a real workflow
Treat this page as a decision boundary for the surrounding API workflow. Before a value from 2027 Options Expiration Datesenters a scanner, dashboard, calendar, backtest, or support answer, store the source route, request parameters, relevant timestamp, freshness label, and the reason the value is suitable for the next step.
The important implementation habit is to keep display labels separate from stable identifiers. Dates should remain tied to the calendar rule or listed-expiration source that produced them. Option rows should keep the OCC symbol, expiration, strike, side, quote state, and pagination context that created the row. Provider or product answers should keep the entitlement, licensing, and support assumptions visible.
When the workflow changes, rerun the page against one concrete example instead of trusting a general claim. Pick the ticker, date window, endpoint family, and expected output artifact. Then verify that the same terminology appears in the API request, UI label, log entry, and review checklist.
Related pages
2026 expiration dates
Use the prior-year table for April 2026, June 2026, and 2026 quarterly OpEx.
Expirations API docs
Validate future calendar anchors against listed dates for each underlying.
Options data API
Move from calendar anchors into chains, contracts, quotes, trades, and snapshots.
OCC decoder
Decode the contract ticker returned after a 2027 expiration filter is selected.