QQQ Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, QQQ traded between $145.54 and $152.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.4%, placing in the 32.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.8% (HV 20d: 8.6%). Max pain ranged from $145.00 to $148.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.87.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-27: Highest Volume — 1,706,268 contracts
  • 2017-10-27: Largest IV drop — 11.3% change
  • 2017-10-26: Highest IV Rank — 49.4%
  • 2017-10-26: Largest Expected Move — 4.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$148.19$145.54$152.09$145.54$152.09
Max Pain$146.55$145.00$148.00$145.00$148.00
ATM IV12.4%11.3%14.4%12.6%13.3%
Expected Move3.6%3.0%4.3%3.3%3.9%
HV 20d8.6%6.2%11.0%9.9%11.0%
HV 60d10.6%10.3%11.7%10.8%11.7%
IV Rank32.1%23.0%49.4%33.6%39.8%
IV Percentile46.7%28.6%83.7%45.2%66.7%
Term Structure0.2%-0.3%0.6%0.2%0.2%
VWIV13.5%11.1%16.1%12.2%15.5%
Skew 25d4.4%3.3%5.5%4.7%3.6%
Skew 10d9.0%6.9%11.4%8.9%7.4%
Call IV 25d10.6%9.6%12.2%10.6%11.8%
Put IV 25d15.0%13.4%17.7%15.3%15.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.531.282.052.051.54
Gamma HHI0.060.050.080.050.06
Net GEX-36.7M-1.65B749.0M-949.1M206.3M
Net DEX-4.22B-10.10B5.26B1.06B-8.67B
Net VEX-77.9M-89.1M-72.3M-75.0M-86.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.871.022.932.221.54
Total Volume789,135.045441,5771,706,268950,149701,071
Total OI6,873,901.7735,710,3737,770,5036,289,7197,078,257

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$145.54$145.0012.6%3.3%9.9%33.6%12.2%4.7%0.2%-949.1M1.06B-75.0M2.222.05N/AN/A294,871655,2781,821,2174,468,502
2017-10-03$145.84$145.0012.0%3.1%9.3%29.3%11.1%4.5%0.3%-946.0M278.4M-76.3M1.581.34N/AN/A277,074437,3001,933,2444,681,007
2017-10-04$146.00$145.0012.0%3.0%9.2%29.1%11.2%4.3%0.3%-665.9M-656.8M-77.1M1.581.28N/AN/A333,200527,5172,026,6084,745,273
2017-10-05$147.45$146.0011.4%3.5%9.8%23.6%12.4%4.0%0.4%584.9M-6.33B-72.3M1.131.56N/AN/A455,009514,0202,066,7794,914,459
2017-10-06$147.60$146.0011.3%3.3%9.2%23.0%12.9%3.8%0.4%644.2M-7.08B-73.6M1.901.40N/AN/A279,386531,9112,140,7755,014,888
2017-10-09$147.47$146.0012.1%3.6%8.5%29.9%13.3%4.3%0.5%88.5M-4.47B-73.6M1.401.45N/AN/A223,467312,8802,030,6484,615,376
2017-10-10$147.54$146.0012.1%3.5%8.5%30.1%13.0%4.5%-0.0%78.4M-4.58B-74.1M1.681.45N/AN/A195,257327,6322,085,8124,792,834
2017-10-11$148.05$146.0011.8%3.5%8.5%27.1%13.0%4.3%0.3%507.1M-6.39B-72.5M1.961.46N/AN/A156,263305,7902,103,4004,910,301
2017-10-12$147.76$146.0011.8%3.5%8.3%27.6%14.0%4.4%0.4%129.6M-5.13B-73.9M1.861.98N/AN/A275,403513,1732,117,7355,013,750
2017-10-13$148.26$146.0011.6%3.4%8.3%25.3%13.6%4.2%0.6%648.6M-6.84B-79.2M2.301.55N/AN/A217,687500,1352,184,1225,217,739
2017-10-16$148.85$146.0011.9%3.4%8.3%28.0%13.5%4.5%-0.2%567.2M-7.66B-76.2M2.931.54N/AN/A150,789441,9532,089,3584,905,377
2017-10-17$149.06$146.0011.9%3.4%8.3%28.2%12.8%4.5%-0.1%749.0M-8.63B-75.1M2.211.61N/AN/A137,412304,1652,120,1995,056,165
2017-10-18$148.83$146.0011.7%3.4%8.2%26.4%13.7%4.1%-0.1%666.6M-7.90B-75.8M1.811.67N/AN/A196,201355,2152,142,3435,150,729
2017-10-19$148.21$147.0012.5%3.6%7.9%33.3%14.3%4.7%-0.3%338.4M-5.43B-77.0M2.111.53N/AN/A329,591696,3652,187,1945,238,058
2017-10-20$148.55$147.0011.8%3.4%7.9%26.9%13.1%4.5%0.2%484.8M-7.27B-73.9M1.821.54N/AN/A266,814485,4492,271,1385,499,365
2017-10-23$147.64$147.0013.1%3.8%6.9%37.9%13.8%5.0%0.1%-835.6M1.05B-79.0M2.151.53N/AN/A291,856626,1841,768,1063,942,267
2017-10-24$147.92$148.0012.9%3.8%6.9%36.8%13.6%4.7%0.2%-1.04B1.38B-82.9M1.531.56N/AN/A206,652315,3781,891,8964,261,869
2017-10-25$147.39$148.0014.0%4.1%6.2%45.4%16.1%5.4%0.2%-1.49B4.01B-86.4M2.391.51N/AN/A314,575751,9861,940,3694,383,813
2017-10-26$147.15$148.0014.4%4.3%6.2%49.4%15.3%5.5%0.1%-1.65B5.26B-89.1M1.691.40N/AN/A303,784514,3322,039,2384,601,496
2017-10-27$151.25$148.0012.8%3.8%11.0%35.5%13.8%3.3%0.2%646.8M-10.10B-80.6M1.021.34N/AN/A844,890861,3782,145,2634,813,125
2017-10-30$151.71$148.0013.3%4.0%11.0%39.7%15.1%3.8%0.2%426.5M-8.71B-84.5M2.221.38N/AN/A289,373642,3052,147,8364,667,909
2017-10-31$152.09$148.0013.3%3.9%11.0%39.8%15.5%3.6%0.2%206.3M-8.67B-86.2M1.541.54N/AN/A275,694425,3772,188,6864,889,571