QQQ Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, QQQ traded between $91.50 and $101.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.1%, placing in the 60.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 19.7%). Max pain ranged from $91.00 to $100.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.46.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-10: Highest Volume — 1,308,739 contracts
  • 2014-10-17: Largest IV drop — 18.7% change
  • 2014-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-16: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$96.74$91.50$101.43$97.36$101.43
Max Pain$95.41$91.00$100.00$96.00$100.00
ATM IV18.1%13.7%25.0%17.3%13.7%
Expected Move5.2%4.6%6.2%5.0%4.6%
HV 20d19.7%12.9%24.1%12.9%23.5%
HV 60d13.9%10.9%16.0%11.0%15.9%
IV Rank60.0%22.6%100.0%65.7%22.6%
IV Percentile87.6%55.6%100.0%94.0%55.6%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.7%2.6%-0.1%0.5%
VWIV19.5%15.4%23.2%17.3%20.8%
Skew 25d5.3%3.2%8.3%5.4%3.2%
Skew 10d9.8%6.2%14.4%10.4%6.2%
Call IV 25d15.8%12.3%21.4%15.1%12.3%
Put IV 25d21.1%15.5%29.7%20.6%15.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.466.0221.459.146.30
Gamma HHI0.060.030.250.060.09
Net GEX-223.1M-778.4M387.6M-491.2M387.6M
Net DEX941.6M-9.03B9.72B2.16B-9.03B
Net VEX-42.4M-44.1M-38.1M-44.1M-38.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.460.961.951.391.11
Total Volume693,762.435313,8141,308,739701,042621,997
Total OI4,629,964.4784,139,9335,151,1804,208,0675,146,958

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$97.36$96.0017.3%5.0%12.9%65.7%17.3%5.4%-0.1%-491.2M2.16B-44.1M1.399.14N/AN/A293,404407,6381,615,0372,593,030
2014-10-02$97.23$96.0017.1%5.0%12.9%63.4%19.2%5.0%-0.0%-507.6M2.19B-44.0M1.3311.27N/AN/A286,622382,2351,697,0042,645,207
2014-10-03$98.14$96.0016.2%4.8%13.3%55.4%20.7%4.8%-0.1%-778.4M-257.5M-43.8M1.919.15N/AN/A205,273392,4161,733,3132,690,275
2014-10-06$97.92$96.0016.4%4.8%13.3%57.3%17.3%4.9%-0.1%-307.4M454.7M-42.9M1.3611.76N/AN/A179,994244,0201,591,0352,548,898
2014-10-07$96.57$96.0018.0%5.0%13.9%71.6%18.2%5.1%-0.2%-499.5M2.98B-43.0M1.3010.81N/AN/A216,131281,9151,653,9492,624,590
2014-10-08$98.62$96.0016.0%4.7%15.8%52.8%16.7%4.4%-0.1%-142.0M-1.35B-42.5M1.416.90N/AN/A313,259441,4431,699,4652,648,949
2014-10-09$96.95$96.0018.5%5.0%16.8%77.4%16.6%5.4%-0.3%-516.1M2.31B-43.6M1.4611.14N/AN/A358,866525,2391,725,5822,704,356
2014-10-10$94.25$96.0021.7%5.5%19.3%100.0%20.0%5.8%-0.7%-604.0M7.88B-42.3M1.9111.81N/AN/A450,084858,6551,818,4222,781,479
2014-10-13$92.93$96.0023.5%5.7%19.6%100.0%20.2%6.7%-0.9%-465.8M8.16B-40.6M1.9521.03N/AN/A314,729614,1741,769,1402,649,096
2014-10-14$94.02$96.0021.7%5.6%19.9%86.3%21.3%6.5%-0.7%-475.8M6.67B-42.9M1.758.41N/AN/A157,148274,2571,858,5872,772,018
2014-10-15$92.53$96.0024.4%5.9%20.3%100.0%21.2%8.0%-1.7%-510.4M8.95B-42.8M1.4212.95N/AN/A523,778742,4661,918,7572,905,194
2014-10-16$91.50$96.0025.0%6.2%20.0%100.0%23.2%8.3%-1.4%-468.0M9.72B-41.6M1.1721.45N/AN/A401,875470,9682,021,7452,965,662
2014-10-17$93.02$96.0020.3%5.9%21.4%68.0%20.1%8.0%2.6%-339.6M7.06B-42.4M1.4821.17N/AN/A377,050558,4742,127,0733,024,107
2014-10-20$94.45$0.0019.1%5.5%22.3%59.9%20.9%5.7%-0.1%-209.9M2.66B-42.1M1.557.98N/AN/A176,917274,5921,677,3472,545,118
2014-10-21$96.69$95.0016.9%5.0%24.1%44.6%22.0%4.8%0.1%-19.8M-952.8M-41.9M0.968.66N/AN/A369,845353,3691,715,1162,632,949
2014-10-22$96.36$94.0018.0%5.3%23.6%52.5%22.0%5.2%-0.2%-105.3M-267.8M-43.7M1.837.47N/AN/A253,180464,3021,903,8722,762,798
2014-10-23$97.81$91.0016.8%5.0%23.2%44.1%19.6%4.7%-0.2%42.3M-2.87B-44.1M1.576.77N/AN/A294,857463,7061,956,4112,889,608
2014-10-24$98.56$94.0016.2%4.9%23.4%39.8%17.9%4.4%-0.0%137.8M-4.06B-44.0M1.436.78N/AN/A234,670336,0011,996,9982,997,532
2014-10-27$98.72$93.0016.0%4.9%23.3%38.7%15.4%4.1%0.4%61.7M-3.45B-42.4M1.1310.55N/AN/A147,368166,4461,895,2232,805,119
2014-10-28$100.18$93.0014.5%4.7%23.8%28.5%21.2%3.6%0.5%245.5M-6.03B-40.5M1.516.97N/AN/A212,230319,4501,942,0522,851,532
2014-10-29$99.79$94.0014.1%4.7%23.3%25.5%19.0%3.9%0.6%167.3M-5.38B-40.8M1.276.02N/AN/A260,629330,9271,983,6912,949,421
2014-10-30$100.02$97.0014.3%4.7%23.3%26.9%18.2%3.8%0.5%268.7M-5.91B-40.7M1.326.10N/AN/A173,757230,1802,044,2143,011,254
2014-10-31$101.43$100.0013.7%4.6%23.5%22.6%20.8%3.2%0.5%387.6M-9.03B-38.1M1.116.30N/AN/A294,563327,4342,070,6223,076,336