QQQ Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, QQQ traded between $76.96 and $83.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.8%, placing in the 27.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 13.0%). Max pain ranged from $78.00 to $83.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.45.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-25: Highest Volume — 704,826 contracts
  • 2013-10-07: Largest IV spike — 19.4% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 74.5%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$80.67$76.96$83.26$79.42$82.88
Max Pain$80.27$78.00$83.50$78.00$83.50
ATM IV14.8%12.0%21.0%14.4%12.4%
Expected Move4.2%3.4%6.0%4.1%3.5%
HV 20d13.0%7.9%14.7%8.2%13.8%
HV 60d11.6%10.2%12.2%10.5%12.0%
IV Rank27.8%7.1%74.5%25.2%10.0%
IV Percentile50.2%7.1%99.2%56.7%13.9%
Term Structure0.2%-1.3%1.4%0.4%0.5%
VWIV15.4%12.4%24.7%15.2%12.8%
Skew 25d3.6%2.1%6.5%3.7%2.6%
Skew 10d7.5%4.1%14.3%7.2%5.0%
Call IV 25d13.4%11.1%18.0%12.9%11.4%
Put IV 25d16.9%13.2%24.4%16.6%14.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.282.7927.185.737.92
Gamma HHI0.100.060.160.110.10
Net GEX238.3M-41.9M494.7M160.5M120.2M
Net DEX-4.50B-8.33B700.5M-3.10B-5.95B
Net VEX-35.3M-38.2M-31.9M-31.9M-37.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.450.842.471.011.91
Total Volume442,361.609248,002704,826340,459312,095
Total OI4,070,4143,298,7844,733,3563,298,7844,733,356

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$79.42$78.0014.4%4.1%8.2%25.2%15.2%3.7%0.4%160.5M-3.10B-31.9M1.015.73N/AN/A169,132171,3271,479,6391,819,145
2013-10-02$79.65$78.0015.1%4.3%7.9%30.2%15.5%3.9%-0.4%125.3M-3.04B-33.5M1.194.92N/AN/A113,164134,8381,561,3641,906,496
2013-10-03$78.67$79.0016.6%4.8%9.3%41.8%16.5%4.5%-0.5%-10.8M-1.50B-34.2M1.555.67N/AN/A211,739328,3911,601,0771,931,001
2013-10-04$79.45$78.5015.4%4.4%9.8%32.4%15.9%4.1%0.5%349.7M-3.19B-34.6M0.8911.60N/AN/A222,254197,7601,680,5811,946,840
2013-10-07$78.69$79.0018.4%5.3%10.0%55.0%18.3%5.3%-1.0%134.4M-1.89B-35.0M1.764.98N/AN/A109,952193,4241,676,4181,888,083
2013-10-08$77.33$79.0021.0%6.0%11.7%74.5%21.8%6.5%-1.3%-9.5M229.8M-35.5M1.386.26N/AN/A271,548374,4621,716,2211,952,554
2013-10-09$76.96$78.5020.3%5.8%11.8%69.6%24.7%6.1%-1.1%-41.9M700.5M-35.3M1.324.63N/AN/A303,978400,0861,814,2862,018,299
2013-10-10$78.57$0.0016.8%4.8%14.0%43.0%17.9%4.6%-0.8%231.5M-2.34B-35.6M1.095.37N/AN/A226,465247,5171,915,8292,129,359
2013-10-11$79.26$79.0015.4%4.4%14.3%32.5%15.3%4.1%0.3%373.3M-3.67B-35.1M1.387.01N/AN/A191,779264,9101,912,6772,185,046
2013-10-14$79.82$79.0015.3%4.4%14.4%32.1%17.0%4.2%0.5%310.5M-4.15B-34.3M1.732.79N/AN/A107,790186,5001,836,5632,148,505
2013-10-15$79.58$79.0016.9%4.8%14.3%43.8%18.2%4.6%-0.0%244.5M-3.67B-35.2M1.643.76N/AN/A175,434288,2791,855,0392,191,026
2013-10-16$80.17$79.0014.4%4.1%13.9%25.0%15.2%3.5%0.8%398.5M-4.96B-33.7M1.353.49N/AN/A198,626267,2451,899,0132,280,125
2013-10-17$81.10$80.0012.6%3.6%14.5%11.4%13.1%2.6%0.4%494.7M-6.55B-32.5M1.265.98N/AN/A195,735247,0291,938,2362,380,869
2013-10-18$82.07$80.0012.0%3.4%14.6%7.1%12.4%2.1%0.6%490.5M-8.33B-32.0M0.849.24N/AN/A380,199318,2101,969,1692,429,585
2013-10-21$82.36$80.0012.6%3.7%14.5%11.3%12.8%2.3%0.9%399.9M-6.89B-32.8M1.315.00N/AN/A156,873205,4621,828,0032,043,132
2013-10-22$82.43$80.5013.5%3.9%14.5%17.9%13.6%2.5%0.9%357.7M-6.64B-35.5M2.255.40N/AN/A168,091378,3661,884,1142,166,146
2013-10-23$82.02$82.0013.5%3.9%14.6%18.3%14.0%2.7%0.9%164.9M-5.38B-37.7M1.578.33N/AN/A145,092228,0621,936,8392,377,748
2013-10-24$82.77$82.0012.6%3.6%14.7%11.2%13.5%2.6%-0.1%317.1M-6.96B-38.0M1.3514.27N/AN/A130,852176,9261,979,7852,455,173
2013-10-25$82.84$82.0012.8%3.7%14.6%12.6%12.8%2.6%-0.1%332.3M-7.02B-37.9M2.476.51N/AN/A203,357501,4692,004,9582,520,355
2013-10-28$83.07$83.5012.8%3.7%14.6%13.3%12.7%2.3%0.9%129.8M-6.16B-37.3M1.1127.18N/AN/A182,965203,3051,907,9652,484,695
2013-10-29$83.08$83.0012.7%3.6%14.6%12.0%12.5%2.6%1.2%201.2M-6.42B-38.0M1.874.21N/AN/A117,591220,3351,986,9992,585,968
2013-10-30$83.26$83.5012.4%3.6%14.6%9.9%12.6%2.4%1.4%207.1M-6.70B-38.2M1.227.30N/AN/A155,395190,3082,007,8412,653,400
2013-10-31$82.88$83.5012.4%3.5%13.8%10.0%12.8%2.6%0.5%120.2M-5.95B-37.9M1.917.92N/AN/A107,156204,9392,041,3192,692,037