QQQ Options History — June 2011

In June 2011, QQQ traded between $53.79 and $57.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 17.1%). Max pain ranged from $56.00 to $58.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.61.

Notable Days

  • 2011-06-16: Highest Volume — 932,068 contracts
  • 2011-06-24: Largest IV spike — 26.6% change
  • 2011-06-16: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$55.39$53.79$57.21$57.09$57.05
Max Pain$56.82$56.00$58.00$57.00$56.00
ATM IV18.7%13.7%25.2%17.0%13.7%
Expected Move5.2%3.9%6.0%4.9%3.9%
HV 20d17.1%15.6%19.9%15.6%19.1%
HV 60d20.7%13.3%27.9%27.9%15.4%
Term Structure0.6%-0.5%2.5%-0.2%2.5%
VWIV18.3%14.9%23.1%17.3%14.9%
Skew 25d5.0%3.9%7.1%4.4%3.9%
Skew 10d10.5%7.2%14.4%10.3%9.1%
Call IV 25d15.9%12.5%18.2%15.1%12.5%
Put IV 25d20.9%16.4%25.3%19.5%16.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.332.3915.894.202.75
Gamma HHI0.170.100.350.120.12
Net GEX-309.6M-513.9M195.1M-325.7M-22.7M
Net DEX3.57B-1.57B7.35B2.13B-1.57B
Net VEX-28.2M-29.6M-26.6M-29.3M-28.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.610.782.701.491.72
Total Volume489,482.5237,000932,068589,582489,259
Total OI4,597,892.7733,791,2505,196,6614,345,4524,653,358

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-06-01$57.09$57.0017.0%4.9%15.6%0.0%17.3%4.4%-0.2%-325.7M2.13B-29.3M1.494.20N/AN/A236,595352,9871,572,7132,772,739
2011-06-02$57.21$57.0016.8%4.8%15.7%0.0%16.7%4.4%-0.0%-339.1M1.89B-29.6M1.493.27N/AN/A167,737250,2491,669,0822,830,890
2011-06-03$56.35$57.0017.2%4.9%16.4%0.0%16.7%3.9%-0.0%-393.7M3.47B-28.9M1.804.52N/AN/A203,689366,6871,726,4842,870,931
2011-06-06$55.89$57.0017.7%5.1%16.5%0.0%17.8%4.4%-0.1%-399.8M3.70B-28.9M1.953.44N/AN/A146,061285,1511,755,7922,823,931
2011-06-07$55.79$57.0017.3%5.0%16.3%0.0%17.7%4.5%-0.2%-399.9M3.80B-29.2M2.024.29N/AN/A121,098244,8281,808,7742,924,683
2011-06-08$55.39$57.0019.1%5.3%15.8%0.0%18.0%3.9%-0.5%-477.4M4.83B-28.3M1.483.02N/AN/A191,160282,0561,834,5773,000,568
2011-06-09$55.48$58.0017.6%5.0%15.9%0.0%17.7%4.1%1.1%-479.0M4.67B-28.1M1.623.65N/AN/A93,207151,2681,898,6453,034,771
2011-06-10$54.64$58.0017.3%5.0%16.1%0.0%17.8%4.5%1.2%-475.7M6.19B-27.2M2.703.85N/AN/A177,325479,5571,911,7483,059,353
2011-06-13$54.64$58.0017.6%5.0%15.9%0.0%19.6%4.8%1.0%-487.3M5.86B-27.1M1.674.53N/AN/A147,364246,6171,914,8543,037,958
2011-06-14$55.34$58.0017.1%4.9%15.9%0.0%17.1%4.5%1.1%-463.9M4.59B-27.1M1.744.61N/AN/A130,322226,4661,955,8003,073,761
2011-06-15$54.29$58.0019.9%5.7%16.9%0.0%19.5%5.7%0.6%-513.9M6.55B-26.6M2.243.02N/AN/A178,057398,7171,957,7773,084,945
2011-06-16$54.08$57.0021.0%6.0%16.4%0.0%23.1%7.1%0.5%-493.9M6.53B-27.0M1.604.69N/AN/A357,936574,1321,981,7003,078,399
2011-06-17$53.79$57.0020.3%5.8%16.2%0.0%20.3%6.8%0.5%-441.0M7.35B-27.4M2.314.07N/AN/A223,228516,6772,002,8853,193,776
2011-06-20$54.07$56.0019.6%5.6%16.5%0.0%19.6%6.2%0.5%-280.8M4.08B-27.0M1.313.64N/AN/A120,864158,4691,372,1112,419,139
2011-06-21$55.23$56.0018.3%5.2%18.0%0.0%18.7%5.3%0.7%-259.5M2.71B-28.0M1.393.66N/AN/A274,852380,9241,422,8422,488,437
2011-06-22$54.83$56.0017.4%5.0%18.1%0.0%17.8%4.9%1.3%-263.1M3.15B-28.3M1.852.58N/AN/A83,079153,9211,513,9002,581,011
2011-06-23$55.34$56.0018.3%5.2%18.4%0.0%18.3%4.5%0.5%-263.6M2.63B-28.0M1.207.05N/AN/A307,440369,9351,525,7372,598,562
2011-06-24$54.38$56.0023.2%5.9%19.0%0.0%20.1%5.6%-0.0%-257.3M3.80B-29.0M0.783.62N/AN/A294,272228,5031,683,2372,674,460
2011-06-27$55.24$56.0025.2%5.7%19.9%0.0%20.3%6.1%0.1%-38.6M2.05B-29.1M1.252.52N/AN/A160,297200,6841,768,6372,595,178
2011-06-28$56.07$56.0022.7%5.0%19.8%0.0%18.2%5.4%0.9%69.4M482.6M-29.2M0.832.39N/AN/A244,873202,7081,815,4562,656,186
2011-06-29$56.30$56.0018.3%4.5%18.4%0.0%16.2%4.5%1.7%195.1M-247.2M-28.8M1.0315.89N/AN/A171,686177,6781,880,1472,727,707
2011-06-30$57.05$56.0013.7%3.9%19.1%0.0%14.9%3.9%2.5%-22.7M-1.57B-28.3M1.722.75N/AN/A179,675309,5841,898,5402,754,818