QQQ Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, QQQ traded between $141.04 and $146.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.9%, placing in the 44.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 11.0%). Max pain ranged from $142.00 to $143.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.32.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-17: Highest Volume — 1,543,241 contracts
  • 2017-08-10: Largest IV spike — 27.6% change
  • 2017-08-10: Highest IV Rank — 68.6%
  • 2017-08-10: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$143.18$141.04$146.01$143.44$146.01
Max Pain$142.41$142.00$143.00$143.00$143.00
ATM IV13.9%12.2%16.7%13.4%12.3%
Expected Move4.0%3.3%4.9%3.8%3.3%
HV 20d11.0%6.5%14.2%9.7%14.2%
HV 60d13.5%13.1%14.0%13.1%14.0%
IV Rank44.8%30.7%68.6%40.8%31.5%
IV Percentile66.4%38.9%95.6%65.5%38.9%
Term Structure0.4%-0.7%1.1%0.0%0.6%
VWIV14.8%12.8%18.0%14.3%12.8%
Skew 25d5.1%4.3%6.2%4.4%4.4%
Skew 10d10.2%8.4%12.3%8.8%9.3%
Call IV 25d11.6%10.2%13.9%11.6%10.2%
Put IV 25d16.7%14.6%20.1%16.0%14.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.651.064.581.422.26
Gamma HHI0.060.050.090.050.07
Net GEX-1.44B-2.90B202.6M-1.26B202.6M
Net DEX4.13B-6.76B14.69B2.13B-6.76B
Net VEX-84.7M-95.1M-75.1M-83.5M-75.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.321.383.192.781.71
Total Volume799,549.174387,7591,543,241487,4791,079,667
Total OI7,326,002.6526,423,1298,513,5226,776,7457,320,315

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$143.44$143.0013.4%3.8%9.7%40.8%14.3%4.4%0.0%-1.26B2.13B-83.5M2.781.42N/AN/A129,067358,4121,852,6914,924,054
2017-08-02$143.88$143.0013.2%3.6%9.2%38.9%14.1%4.3%0.0%-1.05B710.6M-82.5M2.541.39N/AN/A248,843632,2401,885,7385,068,124
2017-08-03$143.45$142.0013.1%4.1%8.2%38.5%14.7%4.4%0.2%-1.34B2.49B-84.3M2.251.63N/AN/A267,063599,5741,932,0715,210,317
2017-08-04$143.42$142.0012.7%4.0%7.6%34.9%15.1%4.3%0.2%-1.35B2.27B-86.2M2.291.23N/AN/A232,614532,2312,066,9275,421,452
2017-08-07$144.45$142.0012.2%3.8%7.5%30.7%15.1%4.4%1.1%-630.1M-1.44B-82.2M3.031.06N/AN/A126,373382,9441,970,5825,212,830
2017-08-08$144.20$142.0013.0%3.9%7.6%37.4%14.7%4.8%0.7%-1.06B475.6M-85.6M2.832.82N/AN/A182,763517,0441,993,2995,365,188
2017-08-09$144.06$142.0013.1%3.9%6.5%38.0%14.8%5.1%0.7%-1.24B1.64B-86.5M3.191.17N/AN/A150,594480,4402,021,7015,509,762
2017-08-10$141.14$142.0016.7%4.9%10.0%68.6%18.0%6.2%0.4%-2.76B14.69B-95.1M3.041.89N/AN/A315,751960,4962,064,0315,633,806
2017-08-11$142.10$142.0016.0%4.7%9.9%62.8%16.7%6.0%0.3%-2.65B9.86B-92.2M2.311.34N/AN/A310,906717,9492,152,8695,737,345
2017-08-14$143.84$142.0013.7%4.0%10.8%43.0%14.0%5.4%0.1%-953.4M1.68B-84.0M1.804.58N/AN/A271,572489,2002,100,9325,601,947
2017-08-15$144.24$143.0012.9%3.7%10.7%36.7%14.2%4.8%0.6%-863.4M-156.8M-81.6M2.061.35N/AN/A179,617370,3932,134,5685,698,019
2017-08-16$144.20$143.0012.9%3.7%10.4%36.2%13.8%4.9%0.6%-634.4M-516.7M-81.3M1.751.28N/AN/A219,800384,0852,200,8615,825,401
2017-08-17$141.62$143.0015.9%4.5%12.2%62.3%16.5%6.1%0.5%-2.90B12.60B-85.9M2.801.85N/AN/A406,5421,136,6992,248,7005,891,885
2017-08-18$141.64$143.0015.8%4.5%12.2%60.7%16.8%6.0%0.7%-2.46B12.83B-86.9M2.411.31N/AN/A420,4721,011,9232,397,0336,116,489
2017-08-21$141.04$143.0016.2%4.6%12.0%64.0%16.5%5.7%0.6%-1.99B11.09B-87.9M1.911.23N/AN/A369,701705,9381,695,8814,727,248
2017-08-22$143.29$143.0013.5%3.8%13.4%41.8%14.2%4.9%-0.7%-1.10B3.31B-86.4M2.331.97N/AN/A191,615446,5421,919,4444,937,990
2017-08-23$142.88$142.0014.0%3.9%13.4%45.8%14.4%5.0%0.3%-1.41B4.76B-86.0M1.761.20N/AN/A177,125311,7841,882,9404,940,379
2017-08-24$142.30$142.0014.3%3.9%13.2%48.1%14.3%4.9%0.5%-1.66B6.60B-86.0M2.341.21N/AN/A221,787519,2651,936,9424,984,574
2017-08-25$142.13$142.0013.9%3.8%13.2%45.3%13.2%4.6%0.3%-2.29B7.09B-84.4M1.381.23N/AN/A287,932397,6981,970,7185,131,466
2017-08-28$142.31$142.5013.8%3.7%13.2%44.3%14.2%5.0%0.2%-1.70B6.43B-82.3M2.611.33N/AN/A107,386280,3731,913,1954,875,985
2017-08-29$143.07$142.0013.4%3.7%13.4%40.5%14.3%5.3%0.5%-1.42B4.11B-81.8M2.551.34N/AN/A151,129385,3111,951,2424,973,996
2017-08-30$144.50$142.0013.4%3.6%13.8%40.4%13.7%5.2%0.3%-630.8M-1.01B-79.3M1.771.86N/AN/A259,851460,9201,998,7005,098,424
2017-08-31$146.01$143.0012.3%3.3%14.2%31.5%12.8%4.4%0.6%202.6M-6.76B-75.1M1.712.26N/AN/A398,069681,5982,090,3325,229,983