QLD Options History — December 2007

In December 2007, QLD traded between $1.54 and $1.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.4%. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 46.5%). Max pain ranged from $1.48 to $1.64. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2007-12-12: Highest Volume — 37,120 contracts
  • 2007-12-11: Largest IV drop — 26.1% change
  • 2007-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 15.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.62$1.54$1.72$1.62$1.55
Max Pain$1.58$1.48$1.64$1.56$1.56
ATM IV49.4%36.9%52.7%52.7%46.2%
Expected Move14.3%13.2%15.1%15.1%13.2%
HV 20d46.5%33.9%62.4%61.2%34.1%
Term Structure-2.4%-4.9%2.6%-3.5%2.4%
VWIV49.3%45.8%52.0%51.7%45.8%
Skew 25d8.1%2.1%28.6%4.5%7.3%
Skew 10d14.6%6.7%27.7%13.1%7.3%
Call IV 25d43.4%24.2%50.1%49.0%46.1%
Put IV 25d51.6%44.9%53.5%53.5%53.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %48.1330.7198.0332.2540.57
Gamma HHI0.340.191.000.280.46
Net GEX187.6K-11.1K394.3K216.2K3.1K
Net DEX-2.7M-6.5M115.0K-3.5M-80.0K
Net VEX-11.1K-20.9K0-14.1K-904
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.006.430.251.38
Total Volume11,823.1586437,1204,0962,432
Total OI68,769.6840142,72070,5286,464

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-12-03$1.62$1.5652.7%15.1%61.2%0.0%51.7%4.5%-3.5%216.2K-3.5M-14.1K0.2532.25N/AN/A3,26483263,8726,656
2007-12-04$1.60$1.5651.7%14.8%61.2%0.0%52.0%3.3%-3.5%205.0K-3.2M-13.9K0.1436.75N/AN/A3,20044864,1927,232
2007-12-05$1.66$1.5646.5%13.3%62.4%0.0%46.9%28.6%2.6%260.7K-4.7M-15.2K0.2878.78N/AN/A8,1922,30465,7287,488
2007-12-06$1.70$1.4851.0%14.6%61.2%0.0%49.4%7.1%-2.2%287.0K-6.1M-16.1K0.1034.69N/AN/A10,0481,02471,2969,216
2007-12-07$1.71$1.5650.6%14.0%55.1%0.0%48.4%13.5%-0.7%276.9K-5.9M-15.7K0.1537.62N/AN/A9,8561,47269,0569,984
2007-12-10$1.72$1.5649.9%13.7%50.4%0.0%47.3%13.1%-0.5%321.0K-6.5M-16.8K0.1638.00N/AN/A15,4882,49675,84011,072
2007-12-11$1.64$1.5636.9%14.2%49.0%0.0%48.9%17.1%-0.4%267.0K-3.2M-7.6K0.2598.03N/AN/A6,9761,72859,52011,648
2007-12-12$1.67$1.5645.6%13.7%41.0%0.0%47.9%5.9%-1.6%372.6K-6.0M-20.3K0.2791.61N/AN/A29,1847,93693,69613,376
2007-12-13$1.64$1.6450.6%14.5%41.0%0.0%50.5%8.8%-4.9%333.8K-4.4M-20.9K0.1837.13N/AN/A25,7924,60896,06419,008
2007-12-14$1.62$1.6450.6%14.5%40.8%0.0%50.7%6.9%-4.4%394.3K-4.2M-20.5K0.5237.67N/AN/A6,1443,200109,12019,264
2007-12-17$1.54$1.6451.1%14.7%43.7%0.0%48.1%2.4%-3.3%212.3K-1.3M-15.5K0.1761.03N/AN/A16,8962,880109,18419,264
2007-12-18$1.54$1.6451.3%14.7%42.7%0.0%50.6%2.1%-3.7%208.1K-1.2M-16.1K0.0558.27N/AN/A20,3521,024119,74420,736
2007-12-19$1.56$1.6450.8%14.6%42.8%0.0%49.4%2.8%-3.2%221.0K-1.4M-15.7K1.5956.51N/AN/A11,58418,368121,66421,056
2007-12-21$1.59$0.0050.9%14.6%41.8%0.0%49.4%0.0%-4.1%0000.0030.71N/AN/A032000
2007-12-24$1.61$1.4851.0%14.6%41.2%0.0%51.0%5.3%-4.1%-1.2K12.8K-451.0036.02N/AN/A1281280320
2007-12-26$1.63$1.5651.0%14.6%39.8%0.0%0.0%4.7%-4.6%-1.2K5.6K-830.0039.59N/AN/A640128448
2007-12-27$1.58$1.5650.9%14.6%40.1%0.0%50.1%6.9%-3.3%-1.2K7.1K-1026.4335.78N/AN/A4482,880192448
2007-12-28$1.58$1.5650.0%14.3%33.9%0.0%49.7%6.2%-2.0%-11.1K115.0K-5450.0033.53N/AN/A2,94406403,008
2007-12-31$1.55$1.5646.2%13.2%34.1%0.0%45.8%7.3%2.4%3.1K-80.0K-9041.3840.57N/AN/A1,0241,4083,4563,008