QQQ Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, QQQ traded between $110.22 and $115.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.4%, placing in the 22.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $110.00 to $113.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.60.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-11: Highest Volume — 955,216 contracts
  • 2015-12-03: Largest IV spike — 35.2% change
  • 2015-12-11: Highest IV Rank — 37.7%
  • 2015-12-11: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$112.92$110.22$115.20$115.20$112.15
Max Pain$111.68$110.00$113.00$112.00$113.00
ATM IV17.4%14.4%21.5%14.5%17.9%
Expected Move5.0%4.2%6.1%4.4%5.0%
HV 20d17.8%13.5%20.3%13.5%20.3%
HV 60d17.6%16.3%18.6%17.7%16.4%
IV Rank22.0%10.6%37.7%11.0%23.9%
IV Percentile68.9%36.1%89.3%40.1%74.6%
Term Structure0.1%-3.3%0.9%0.5%0.1%
VWIV18.2%15.7%22.3%16.8%17.7%
Skew 25d5.8%4.4%9.7%4.9%6.1%
Skew 10d11.9%8.9%24.5%10.4%12.0%
Call IV 25d14.8%12.4%18.9%12.5%15.0%
Put IV 25d20.6%16.8%26.1%17.4%21.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.582.143.333.043.33
Gamma HHI0.080.050.290.090.15
Net GEX-136.6M-942.6M422.1M292.6M-657.3M
Net DEX76.5M-5.01B7.32B-4.39B2.30B
Net VEX-27.1M-30.1M-23.6M-27.4M-24.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.600.962.691.392.28
Total Volume518,739235,024955,216275,583427,389
Total OI3,909,156.0912,899,4684,873,7703,856,2133,271,132

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$115.20$112.0014.5%4.4%13.5%11.0%16.8%4.9%0.5%292.6M-4.39B-27.4M1.393.04N/AN/A115,424160,1591,568,0812,288,132
2015-12-02$114.41$112.0015.6%4.7%13.5%15.3%17.2%4.6%-0.6%175.7M-3.11B-28.7M1.992.62N/AN/A161,299321,7661,605,3292,322,526
2015-12-03$112.50$110.0021.1%5.2%14.6%36.4%18.2%9.7%-3.3%-236.5M665.2M-29.6M1.572.32N/AN/A286,823451,2891,644,4932,392,619
2015-12-04$115.14$110.0014.4%4.4%17.0%10.6%16.9%4.4%0.3%422.1M-5.01B-27.7M1.352.14N/AN/A304,017411,7161,726,3152,513,026
2015-12-07$114.77$110.0015.1%4.5%17.0%13.3%16.1%5.1%0.6%260.1M-3.52B-28.0M1.082.68N/AN/A165,584178,6371,677,3362,400,871
2015-12-08$114.79$111.0015.8%4.8%16.5%16.0%17.4%5.6%0.7%297.9M-3.53B-29.0M2.152.22N/AN/A176,574379,3511,756,5002,465,690
2015-12-09$112.74$111.0018.2%5.2%17.7%25.2%18.7%6.0%-0.1%-231.8M616.2M-29.8M1.532.48N/AN/A277,823424,3471,804,5412,537,707
2015-12-10$113.20$111.0018.0%5.2%17.7%24.2%19.5%5.9%0.3%-100.0M-521.9M-29.2M1.922.20N/AN/A178,757343,3621,855,0692,565,153
2015-12-11$110.78$111.0021.5%6.1%18.8%37.7%22.3%7.2%-0.2%-718.6M4.55B-30.1M1.842.51N/AN/A336,145619,0711,873,3062,653,155
2015-12-14$111.51$111.0020.3%5.8%17.7%33.1%22.0%6.6%0.1%-370.1M2.40B-29.0M1.993.19N/AN/A238,459475,6391,783,1842,670,503
2015-12-15$112.40$111.0019.6%5.6%17.4%30.3%19.4%6.2%-0.5%-301.7M716.0M-29.6M1.822.25N/AN/A233,597425,5171,874,7162,798,684
2015-12-16$113.98$112.0017.0%4.9%18.0%20.6%18.7%5.7%-0.3%-26.4M-2.36B-27.9M1.322.74N/AN/A212,655280,1261,905,8082,924,369
2015-12-17$112.54$112.0017.6%5.0%17.3%22.9%18.4%5.9%0.3%-565.4M703.4M-26.9M0.962.49N/AN/A328,806316,7451,928,8202,944,950
2015-12-18$110.22$113.0019.4%5.6%18.8%29.9%20.3%6.1%-0.2%-942.6M7.32B-25.8M1.312.85N/AN/A384,880504,1621,749,7462,979,020
2015-12-21$110.97$112.0018.5%5.4%18.9%26.3%20.1%5.8%0.6%-179.9M2.07B-25.0M1.522.19N/AN/A149,249226,3051,180,0261,719,442
2015-12-22$111.67$113.0017.0%4.9%19.1%20.5%18.0%5.3%0.6%-96.3M1.43B-25.2M1.202.29N/AN/A146,175175,0761,217,7161,834,516
2015-12-23$112.60$112.0015.8%4.5%19.4%16.0%16.8%5.1%0.8%20.4M395.5M-24.5M1.192.33N/AN/A177,342210,9801,223,8161,869,420
2015-12-24$112.59$112.5015.8%4.5%19.4%16.1%15.7%5.1%0.9%14.2M548.7M-25.1M1.423.11N/AN/A96,960138,0641,259,4941,954,670
2015-12-28$112.48$112.0016.9%4.7%19.3%20.2%17.4%5.7%0.3%-165.4M990.3M-23.6M2.692.82N/AN/A75,302202,7791,156,9811,831,743
2015-12-29$114.27$112.5015.7%4.2%20.2%15.6%15.8%5.8%0.2%235.0M-1.10B-23.8M1.072.42N/AN/A184,478198,2171,175,5111,920,885
2015-12-30$113.37$113.0016.7%4.5%20.1%19.3%15.9%5.9%0.2%-131.2M508.6M-24.4M1.492.55N/AN/A125,233185,9791,183,0421,993,391
2015-12-31$112.15$113.0017.9%5.0%20.3%23.9%17.7%6.1%0.1%-657.3M2.30B-24.9M2.283.33N/AN/A130,187297,2021,226,8172,044,315