QQQ Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, QQQ traded between $101.15 and $113.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.8%, placing in the 24.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 20.3%). Max pain ranged from $106.00 to $110.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.67.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-23: Highest Volume — 1,106,898 contracts
  • 2015-10-02: Largest IV drop — 11.6% change
  • 2015-10-01: Highest IV Rank — 53.5%
  • 2015-10-01: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$108.23$101.15$113.92$101.15$113.58
Max Pain$106.95$106.00$110.00$106.00$110.00
ATM IV17.8%14.7%25.4%25.4%14.8%
Expected Move5.2%4.2%7.5%7.5%4.4%
HV 20d20.3%14.6%23.8%21.5%14.6%
HV 60d23.9%23.5%24.6%23.5%24.4%
IV Rank24.7%12.8%53.5%53.5%13.5%
IV Percentile71.4%49.6%94.4%94.4%52.0%
Term Structure0.1%-0.3%0.6%-0.3%0.5%
VWIV19.4%15.9%26.4%26.4%16.5%
Skew 25d5.5%4.2%7.3%7.3%4.4%
Skew 10d10.9%8.0%14.9%14.9%8.9%
Call IV 25d15.2%12.6%21.9%21.9%12.6%
Put IV 25d20.8%17.0%29.2%29.2%17.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.372.003.532.532.33
Gamma HHI0.060.040.180.060.05
Net GEX25.7M-395.5M453.6M-395.5M224.5M
Net DEX-1.27B-7.32B6.41B6.41B-6.13B
Net VEX-32.7M-33.9M-30.0M-33.5M-33.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.671.142.621.682.62
Total Volume519,491.773285,7691,106,898369,784482,812
Total OI3,946,572.8183,431,3224,490,5973,564,9154,442,207

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$101.15$106.0025.4%7.5%21.5%53.5%26.4%7.3%-0.3%-395.5M6.41B-33.5M1.682.53N/AN/A137,781232,0031,265,8882,299,027
2015-10-02$103.80$106.0022.5%6.3%23.6%42.3%24.1%6.5%-0.1%-205.9M3.13B-33.9M1.522.44N/AN/A363,821552,8701,330,6632,344,014
2015-10-05$105.34$106.0020.7%6.1%23.8%35.5%21.9%6.4%0.1%-185.2M1.81B-33.3M1.703.24N/AN/A183,029312,0001,277,4832,326,493
2015-10-06$105.00$106.0020.7%6.0%22.1%35.8%21.9%6.4%0.0%-271.7M2.43B-33.9M1.382.14N/AN/A213,875295,8411,313,9392,432,080
2015-10-07$105.44$106.0020.1%5.9%21.7%33.4%21.6%6.1%0.1%-198.2M1.82B-33.3M1.482.04N/AN/A229,750341,1521,367,6202,486,547
2015-10-08$105.95$106.0019.1%5.6%21.4%29.8%22.6%5.9%0.1%-145.2M966.3M-33.4M1.792.16N/AN/A252,817452,7891,428,6672,567,100
2015-10-09$106.43$106.0018.7%5.5%21.4%27.9%20.0%5.8%0.3%1.3M140.0M-33.4M1.942.05N/AN/A168,359326,8731,487,2412,660,261
2015-10-12$106.73$106.0018.0%5.1%21.4%25.6%21.6%6.0%-0.1%-88.7M159.0M-31.9M1.212.08N/AN/A155,093187,6071,419,1172,553,097
2015-10-13$106.08$106.0018.7%5.4%21.0%28.0%19.6%6.1%0.1%-149.4M957.0M-33.1M2.172.00N/AN/A131,935286,8531,504,8882,610,606
2015-10-14$105.78$106.0018.8%5.4%20.9%28.6%20.0%6.2%0.1%-201.9M1.65B-33.4M1.892.10N/AN/A172,443326,6791,549,3062,698,097
2015-10-15$107.66$106.0017.0%4.8%21.9%21.6%18.0%5.5%-0.2%147.5M-1.46B-31.9M1.842.18N/AN/A206,549381,0571,570,7812,770,352
2015-10-16$108.12$107.0016.1%4.7%21.1%18.3%18.7%5.2%0.3%453.6M-2.20B-32.2M1.972.16N/AN/A160,495315,5431,622,4492,868,148
2015-10-19$108.64$107.0015.6%4.5%21.1%16.3%17.5%5.1%-0.2%93.4M-1.78B-30.6M2.002.49N/AN/A101,290202,5401,272,3752,158,947
2015-10-20$107.91$107.0016.6%4.7%19.5%20.0%17.5%5.4%-0.2%6.5M-839.3M-31.5M1.492.36N/AN/A114,840170,9291,295,8472,209,531
2015-10-21$107.50$107.0017.3%5.0%19.4%22.9%17.6%5.5%-0.3%-32.3M-208.2M-32.6M1.442.37N/AN/A171,260247,4091,348,1192,280,882
2015-10-22$109.59$107.0015.6%4.5%20.2%16.5%17.0%5.2%-0.2%173.1M-3.11B-31.4M1.202.37N/AN/A302,339364,2081,408,8722,320,579
2015-10-23$112.79$106.0014.7%4.2%21.8%12.8%15.9%4.5%-0.0%282.4M-7.32B-30.0M1.292.44N/AN/A483,662623,2361,509,2272,387,723
2015-10-26$112.88$108.0015.5%4.5%18.3%16.0%16.3%4.8%0.3%157.7M-5.22B-32.7M1.142.34N/AN/A178,340203,0621,485,1852,444,741
2015-10-27$113.03$109.0016.0%4.7%17.7%17.9%17.9%4.7%0.2%197.2M-5.37B-33.0M1.202.30N/AN/A180,789217,0641,530,5862,496,802
2015-10-28$113.92$109.0014.7%4.3%16.7%13.0%17.2%4.2%0.4%367.5M-6.95B-32.4M1.753.53N/AN/A206,496360,9671,615,4242,554,353
2015-10-29$113.83$110.0014.7%4.3%16.2%13.1%16.9%4.4%0.6%335.5M-6.76B-33.0M2.082.50N/AN/A139,796290,5661,644,8652,664,473
2015-10-30$113.58$110.0014.8%4.4%14.6%13.5%16.5%4.4%0.5%224.5M-6.13B-33.9M2.622.33N/AN/A133,400349,4121,673,9442,768,263