Are May 1 and May 8 monthly dates?

No. They are weekly Friday cycle dates if listed for SPY.

Why verify with the API?

Because production systems should use the listed dates for the actual underlying, not only a generated calendar.

Ticker-Specific Expiration Questions

When Are SPY Options Expiration Dates in May 2026?

The May 2026 SPY options expiration schedule for weekly and monthly workflows.

Quick answerLast verified April 28, 2026

The key May 2026 SPY monthly expiration date is Friday, May 15, 2026. Other Friday weekly cycles in May 2026 are May 1, May 8, May 22, and May 29, subject to listed-contract availability.

Monthly date

May 15, 2026

Standard monthly SPY expiration for May 2026.

Weekly dates

May 1, 8, 22, 29

Common Friday weekly cycle dates around monthly OpEx.

Workflow

Fetch first

Use listed-expiration discovery before chain requests.

How to use these dates

For a chain explorer, May 15 should be labeled as the monthly date. The other May Fridays should be treated as weekly cycles when they are listed for SPY.

For research, do not pool weekly and monthly dates blindly. Monthly OpEx can have different open-interest concentration and liquidity behavior than adjacent weekly dates.

SPY May 2026 expiration dates

DateCycleNote

May 1, 2026WeeklyFriday weekly cycle.

May 8, 2026WeeklyFriday weekly cycle before monthly OpEx.

May 15, 2026MonthlyStandard May monthly OpEx.

May 22, 2026WeeklyFriday weekly cycle after monthly OpEx.

May 29, 2026WeeklyFriday weekly cycle near month-end.

API example

Verify the answer with listed data

may 15 spy chain

curl "https://api.cutemarkets.com/v1/options/chain/SPY/?expiration_date=2026-05-15&limit=50" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Last verified

This Q&A page was last reviewed on April 28, 2026. Date-sensitive market calendars, provider docs, and listed contracts can change, so production workflows should verify the live source before trading or publishing an automated answer.

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