QQQ Options History — June 2013

In June 2013, QQQ traded between $69.73 and $73.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.7%, placing in the 29.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 12.3%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $74.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.21.

Notable Days

  • 2013-06-20: Highest Volume — 790,035 contracts
  • 2013-06-20: Largest IV spike — 25.6% change
  • 2013-06-24: Highest IV Rank — 45.9%
  • 2013-06-24: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$72.05$69.73$73.54$73.38$71.20
Max Pain$72.24$70.00$74.00$74.00$70.50
ATM IV15.7%14.1%18.4%15.4%15.4%
Expected Move4.5%4.0%5.4%4.4%4.4%
HV 20d12.3%7.5%16.5%7.5%16.2%
HV 60d13.6%12.2%15.0%12.2%15.0%
IV Rank29.0%18.6%45.9%25.6%26.8%
IV Percentile59.9%38.1%89.3%55.6%58.3%
Term Structure0.2%-0.8%0.8%0.1%0.3%
VWIV16.2%14.0%18.6%16.5%15.5%
Skew 25d4.1%3.3%5.3%4.0%3.9%
Skew 10d8.2%6.9%9.6%8.1%7.7%
Call IV 25d14.0%12.6%16.1%13.4%13.5%
Put IV 25d18.2%15.9%21.3%17.3%17.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.872.7527.907.4327.82
Gamma HHI0.100.050.190.140.08
Net GEX-3.1M-282.5M158.1M116.9M-54.0M
Net DEX163.5M-2.32B4.61B-1.87B943.3M
Net VEX-29.8M-30.8M-28.6M-30.0M-30.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.210.621.821.301.47
Total Volume420,277.6203,008790,035443,252312,605
Total OI3,725,325.653,125,4694,150,0653,515,9983,444,707

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-06-03$73.38$74.0015.4%4.4%7.5%25.6%16.5%4.0%0.1%116.9M-1.87B-30.0M1.307.43N/AN/A192,419250,8331,572,2001,943,798
2013-06-04$72.99$73.0015.1%4.3%7.8%23.9%15.6%4.2%0.3%95.3M-1.30B-29.8M1.126.41N/AN/A172,494193,3721,611,8531,984,023
2013-06-05$72.20$73.0015.8%4.5%8.7%28.2%16.1%4.1%0.0%-47.0M199.2M-29.7M1.037.58N/AN/A183,837190,0611,602,6232,047,565
2013-06-06$72.43$73.0015.4%4.4%8.6%27.1%17.3%4.0%0.6%-12.6M-263.8M-30.2M1.278.82N/AN/A205,450261,5721,654,5502,069,073
2013-06-07$73.28$73.0014.1%4.0%9.6%18.6%14.0%3.3%0.4%114.7M-1.89B-29.9M1.1527.90N/AN/A221,256253,5371,700,5782,111,240
2013-06-10$73.39$73.0014.4%4.1%9.4%20.9%15.4%3.7%0.3%99.7M-1.74B-29.7M1.506.03N/AN/A92,419138,6821,643,7612,053,391
2013-06-11$72.75$73.0015.3%4.4%9.9%26.4%15.4%4.0%-0.3%14.1M-788.8M-29.9M1.828.40N/AN/A134,355244,1791,670,1752,097,071
2013-06-12$71.78$73.0016.7%4.8%10.7%35.3%17.4%4.2%-0.1%-80.6M844.4M-30.1M1.389.86N/AN/A215,936297,0451,723,4812,128,917
2013-06-13$72.72$0.0015.4%4.4%11.8%27.0%17.2%4.0%-0.3%41.3M-1.01B-30.8M1.058.15N/AN/A201,124211,6211,804,2102,173,100
2013-06-14$72.27$72.0015.5%4.4%12.0%27.4%15.8%3.9%0.5%667.4K-129.3M-30.6M1.378.63N/AN/A182,721250,4991,843,8802,214,048
2013-06-17$73.00$73.0015.4%4.4%12.1%26.8%15.8%4.1%0.5%99.2M-1.43B-30.1M1.503.13N/AN/A126,802190,1931,803,5282,162,015
2013-06-18$73.54$73.0014.5%4.1%12.5%21.2%15.3%4.0%0.7%158.1M-2.32B-29.9M0.892.75N/AN/A178,339158,8461,806,9702,191,049
2013-06-19$72.73$73.0014.2%4.1%13.0%19.5%14.4%3.7%0.8%-7.2K-705.5M-29.2M1.213.58N/AN/A220,539265,9421,827,9032,240,581
2013-06-20$70.94$73.0017.8%5.1%15.4%42.3%17.7%4.5%0.1%-135.9M2.52B-28.8M1.1215.98N/AN/A372,882417,1531,870,3992,279,666
2013-06-21$70.36$73.0017.8%5.1%15.5%41.9%17.2%4.8%-0.4%-282.5M4.61B-28.9M1.293.89N/AN/A342,443440,3941,790,6142,348,489
2013-06-24$69.73$70.0018.4%5.4%15.7%45.9%18.6%5.3%-0.8%-109.9M2.97B-28.6M0.825.22N/AN/A260,386212,8251,383,2351,742,234
2013-06-25$70.18$70.0017.4%5.0%15.8%39.6%17.4%4.7%-0.0%-77.9M2.39B-29.3M0.625.31N/AN/A205,021127,6421,466,6371,779,151
2013-06-26$70.87$70.0015.9%4.6%16.4%30.0%17.4%4.3%0.1%-28.2M1.45B-30.1M1.375.22N/AN/A85,634117,3741,538,0931,807,070
2013-06-27$71.36$70.0015.1%4.3%16.5%25.4%14.6%3.9%0.3%26.4M799.6M-30.0M0.905.27N/AN/A146,048131,0721,543,8171,830,818
2013-06-28$71.20$70.5015.4%4.4%16.2%26.8%15.5%3.9%0.3%-54.0M943.3M-30.3M1.4727.82N/AN/A126,532186,0731,573,4371,871,270