QQQ Options History — June 2015

In June 2015, QQQ traded between $106.77 and $110.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.0%, placing in the 24.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 11.6%). Max pain ranged from $109.00 to $110.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.36.

Notable Days

  • 2015-06-29: Highest Volume — 633,784 contracts
  • 2015-06-29: Largest IV spike — 31.0% change
  • 2015-06-29: Highest IV Rank — 52.3%
  • 2015-06-29: Largest Expected Move — 5.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$109.35$106.77$110.81$110.31$107.35
Max Pain$109.86$109.00$110.00$109.00$110.00
ATM IV14.0%11.9%18.0%13.4%17.2%
Expected Move4.1%3.3%5.5%4.0%5.2%
HV 20d11.6%10.0%13.2%13.0%13.2%
HV 60d13.1%12.3%13.8%13.8%13.2%
IV Rank24.7%10.8%52.3%21.0%47.0%
IV Percentile50.7%15.5%90.5%49.6%87.3%
Term Structure0.0%-0.4%0.7%-0.3%-0.2%
VWIV14.7%12.4%19.2%13.9%18.4%
Skew 25d4.7%3.9%6.1%4.7%6.1%
Skew 10d8.9%7.6%11.9%8.6%11.9%
Call IV 25d12.1%10.3%15.3%11.3%14.7%
Put IV 25d16.7%14.4%21.4%16.0%20.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.201.962.672.072.07
Gamma HHI0.070.050.140.060.09
Net GEX-111.3M-481.9M716.6M104.6M-481.9M
Net DEX510.6M-2.41B4.12B-1.12B3.23B
Net VEX-29.2M-30.6M-27.8M-28.2M-30.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.360.852.851.251.34
Total Volume431,164.364282,343633,784323,985407,235
Total OI2,990,474.7732,394,0973,436,4302,776,3452,756,667

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-06-01$110.31$109.0013.4%4.0%13.0%21.0%13.9%4.7%-0.3%104.6M-1.12B-28.2M1.252.07N/AN/A143,890180,0951,178,4441,597,901
2015-06-02$109.95$109.0013.9%4.1%13.0%23.8%15.1%4.7%-0.2%12.0M-539.9M-28.3M2.852.42N/AN/A98,144279,2801,197,9831,645,643
2015-06-03$110.28$109.0013.5%4.0%11.6%21.4%14.5%4.8%0.0%71.5M-831.6M-29.9M1.282.15N/AN/A136,173174,9051,226,4041,790,414
2015-06-04$109.41$110.0014.4%4.2%11.5%27.8%15.0%4.7%-0.2%-199.1M674.0M-30.1M1.041.98N/AN/A233,772243,6931,250,0981,836,753
2015-06-05$109.34$110.0014.1%4.2%11.3%25.8%14.6%4.7%-0.2%-147.7M658.6M-30.6M1.402.17N/AN/A198,077276,8591,339,3211,888,151
2015-06-08$108.25$110.0015.5%4.5%11.1%35.3%15.8%4.9%0.1%-224.4M1.92B-29.9M1.181.96N/AN/A188,239222,5301,236,4271,759,098
2015-06-09$108.07$110.0015.1%4.4%11.1%32.1%16.0%4.6%0.2%-257.6M2.15B-30.0M0.852.22N/AN/A271,857230,5321,301,3061,814,935
2015-06-10$109.59$110.0013.5%3.9%12.1%21.2%14.4%4.4%0.0%120.4M-549.4M-29.6M0.882.01N/AN/A236,281208,5831,343,2131,841,814
2015-06-11$109.53$110.0013.1%3.7%12.1%18.7%14.5%4.3%-0.1%-29.9M-158.1M-29.3M1.281.99N/AN/A198,387254,8041,332,4691,900,734
2015-06-12$108.81$110.0013.4%3.9%11.1%20.9%13.7%4.4%0.3%-184.3M1.41B-29.5M1.562.13N/AN/A193,156300,5551,363,5091,978,121
2015-06-15$108.27$110.0015.0%4.3%11.2%31.9%16.2%5.0%-0.4%-283.7M1.75B-28.8M1.392.10N/AN/A195,779273,0891,298,2661,852,601
2015-06-16$108.75$110.0014.5%4.1%11.2%28.2%15.4%5.0%0.4%-244.5M1.05B-29.4M1.162.03N/AN/A153,921178,2061,345,3791,966,935
2015-06-17$109.17$110.0013.9%4.0%11.3%24.3%14.2%4.2%0.1%-63.9M63.6M-28.4M1.052.64N/AN/A200,600210,2031,366,7422,000,191
2015-06-18$110.57$110.0012.2%3.5%12.2%12.4%13.5%3.9%0.7%716.6M-2.41B-27.8M1.032.06N/AN/A297,060307,4421,405,7732,030,657
2015-06-19$110.07$110.0013.1%3.7%12.2%18.6%13.5%4.3%0.2%-340.2M675.4M-28.5M1.362.18N/AN/A225,432306,6431,200,6022,136,895
2015-06-22$110.78$110.0012.1%3.4%12.4%11.6%13.1%4.2%0.2%51.5M-1.02B-28.1M1.232.19N/AN/A145,995179,825901,4461,492,651
2015-06-23$110.81$110.0011.9%3.3%11.5%10.8%12.4%4.1%0.3%109.3M-1.15B-28.6M1.442.33N/AN/A115,644166,699962,9361,571,749
2015-06-24$110.29$110.0012.6%3.5%10.1%15.2%12.5%4.3%0.2%-101.9M-301.7M-29.2M1.722.33N/AN/A117,766202,8751,005,4001,639,755
2015-06-25$110.06$110.0013.3%3.8%10.0%20.1%13.8%4.5%0.1%-189.8M203.2M-29.5M1.742.23N/AN/A107,975188,3951,027,7271,676,936
2015-06-26$109.26$110.0013.8%3.9%10.2%23.1%14.2%4.7%0.1%-411.7M1.41B-29.1M1.362.37N/AN/A254,627346,6091,048,5251,678,830
2015-06-29$106.77$110.0018.0%5.5%13.0%52.3%19.2%6.1%-0.3%-473.3M4.12B-29.4M1.492.67N/AN/A254,156379,6281,013,1781,587,866
2015-06-30$107.35$110.0017.2%5.2%13.2%47.0%18.4%6.1%-0.2%-481.9M3.23B-30.3M1.342.07N/AN/A174,143233,0921,120,6921,635,975