QQQ Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, QQQ traded between $106.15 and $114.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.5%, placing in the 26.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 14.8%). Max pain ranged from $109.00 to $112.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.62.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-21: Highest Volume — 698,284 contracts
  • 2015-07-08: Largest IV spike — 18.5% change
  • 2015-07-08: Highest IV Rank — 57.3%
  • 2015-07-09: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$110.37$106.15$114.00$107.91$111.90
Max Pain$110.23$109.00$112.00$110.00$112.00
ATM IV14.5%11.7%18.9%16.0%12.8%
Expected Move4.2%3.4%5.3%4.8%3.5%
HV 20d14.8%12.7%16.9%13.3%14.7%
HV 60d13.6%13.0%14.1%13.2%13.0%
IV Rank26.2%6.2%57.3%38.5%13.9%
IV Percentile50.1%7.1%94.0%76.2%21.8%
Term Structure0.1%-0.3%0.7%-0.1%0.5%
VWIV15.2%13.0%18.6%16.8%13.3%
Skew 25d4.6%3.7%5.9%5.3%3.8%
Skew 10d9.3%7.8%11.3%10.2%8.6%
Call IV 25d12.4%9.9%16.0%13.7%11.1%
Put IV 25d17.0%13.7%22.0%19.0%14.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.141.784.042.061.96
Gamma HHI0.070.050.220.070.10
Net GEX-113.9M-996.7M242.9M-243.1M161.1M
Net DEX-113.1M-6.07B4.02B2.04B-495.4M
Net VEX-30.6M-34.0M-27.4M-30.1M-33.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.621.062.381.151.93
Total Volume518,292.182305,882698,284321,242487,604
Total OI3,149,214.7732,600,9783,823,2922,600,9783,823,292

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$107.91$110.0016.0%4.8%13.3%38.5%16.8%5.3%-0.1%-243.1M2.04B-30.1M1.152.06N/AN/A149,460171,7821,064,8801,536,098
2015-07-02$108.13$110.0016.3%5.0%13.1%40.2%17.2%5.8%-0.2%-211.9M1.77B-29.9M1.504.04N/AN/A180,309269,8621,092,2661,579,214
2015-07-06$107.64$109.0016.8%4.7%13.2%44.2%17.0%5.7%-0.0%-307.1M2.29B-29.2M1.692.23N/AN/A113,643192,2391,038,5841,573,042
2015-07-07$107.84$109.0016.0%4.6%12.7%36.5%17.1%5.2%0.0%-282.1M1.99B-28.7M1.262.06N/AN/A240,347302,1941,059,2061,601,760
2015-07-08$106.15$109.0018.9%5.3%13.9%57.3%18.6%5.9%-0.3%-439.3M4.02B-29.0M1.581.93N/AN/A174,322276,2981,102,9231,621,743
2015-07-09$106.26$109.0018.5%5.3%12.8%54.6%18.0%5.9%-0.2%-447.2M3.92B-29.3M1.631.78N/AN/A198,971324,3661,158,2311,673,400
2015-07-10$107.86$109.0016.1%4.6%14.0%37.3%16.9%5.3%-0.0%-140.6M1.57B-29.4M1.252.02N/AN/A214,483267,3751,205,2981,818,438
2015-07-13$109.57$109.0014.1%4.0%15.0%23.7%16.4%4.6%-0.3%28.6M-429.4M-27.7M1.781.95N/AN/A189,494337,9041,102,2971,760,556
2015-07-14$110.27$109.0013.1%3.9%15.0%16.3%14.2%4.3%0.7%242.9M-1.66B-27.7M1.672.01N/AN/A208,413349,0341,157,7371,814,361
2015-07-15$110.30$109.0013.4%4.0%15.0%18.4%14.7%4.5%0.4%94.8M-1.21B-29.3M1.792.17N/AN/A191,630342,4931,184,6191,987,538
2015-07-16$111.89$109.0011.7%3.4%15.7%6.5%13.3%3.8%0.4%237.4M-3.79B-28.1M1.061.84N/AN/A232,300247,2561,200,1762,085,340
2015-07-17$113.54$109.0011.7%3.4%15.9%6.2%13.0%3.7%0.0%202.6M-6.07B-27.4M1.072.25N/AN/A324,899347,5691,264,2932,177,155
2015-07-20$114.00$110.0012.7%3.6%15.8%13.1%13.3%4.0%0.2%197.7M-4.10B-28.7M1.262.06N/AN/A271,632343,2931,062,8141,764,311
2015-07-21$114.00$110.5013.2%3.8%15.7%16.6%14.1%4.0%0.1%229.1M-4.12B-30.6M1.462.44N/AN/A283,455414,8291,182,9931,902,732
2015-07-22$112.64$111.0012.8%3.7%16.4%14.6%13.9%3.9%0.2%-151.9M-1.47B-32.8M1.922.04N/AN/A217,351416,8601,320,4192,092,136
2015-07-23$112.11$112.0013.4%3.8%16.4%18.3%14.3%4.2%0.1%-328.5M-272.2M-33.3M2.382.02N/AN/A138,878330,6941,375,8332,169,271
2015-07-24$111.16$112.0014.5%4.1%16.7%26.3%14.7%4.5%0.1%-996.7M1.68B-33.9M2.252.05N/AN/A208,187469,1401,412,3212,213,651
2015-07-27$110.07$112.0016.2%4.7%16.9%38.1%16.3%4.9%0.1%-299.7M2.44B-34.0M2.301.99N/AN/A150,440346,2061,298,5692,047,430
2015-07-28$111.09$112.0014.1%4.0%14.7%23.1%15.0%4.2%0.3%-157.8M829.8M-32.8M1.572.06N/AN/A213,003335,0001,338,6382,091,709
2015-07-29$111.74$111.5013.4%3.8%14.7%18.4%14.0%4.0%0.3%-18.9M-395.9M-33.5M1.732.12N/AN/A173,687300,0421,414,8192,194,836
2015-07-30$112.16$112.0012.8%3.6%14.7%14.3%13.2%3.8%0.4%124.4M-1.02B-33.6M1.491.97N/AN/A183,053272,4311,435,8632,281,933
2015-07-31$111.90$112.0012.8%3.5%14.7%13.9%13.3%3.8%0.5%161.1M-495.4M-33.9M1.931.96N/AN/A166,665320,9391,474,6952,348,597