QQQ Options History — November 2017

In November 2017, QQQ traded between $151.89 and $156.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.1%, placing in the 37.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 11.1%). Max pain ranged from $147.00 to $153.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.03.

Notable Days

  • 2017-11-29: Highest Volume — 1,664,558 contracts
  • 2017-11-29: Largest IV spike — 23.4% change
  • 2017-11-15: Highest IV Rank — 62.7%
  • 2017-11-29: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$154.18$151.89$156.46$152.10$155.25
Max Pain$150.10$147.00$153.00$148.00$153.00
ATM IV12.1%10.4%14.3%13.0%13.3%
Expected Move3.5%2.8%4.1%3.9%4.1%
HV 20d11.1%8.2%12.6%11.0%10.6%
HV 60d10.3%9.5%11.7%11.7%10.2%
IV Rank37.4%20.3%62.7%37.5%52.1%
IV Percentile45.4%15.1%87.3%62.3%71.8%
Term Structure0.3%-0.3%0.6%0.3%0.1%
VWIV13.3%10.2%15.5%15.2%14.9%
Skew 25d3.8%2.6%5.1%3.4%4.3%
Skew 10d7.7%4.9%10.9%6.4%8.1%
Call IV 25d10.7%9.5%12.0%11.6%11.6%
Put IV 25d14.4%12.1%16.9%15.0%15.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.471.281.871.561.46
Gamma HHI0.060.040.120.050.04
Net GEX152.6M-860.7M919.0M413.6M-297.7M
Net DEX-8.94B-13.70B-351.3M-8.74B-4.77B
Net VEX-81.7M-90.0M-73.2M-87.0M-88.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.031.132.772.041.13
Total Volume732,675.476442,1461,664,558875,8481,111,147
Total OI7,200,067.4296,184,6278,066,6637,303,4517,460,452

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-11-01$152.10$148.0013.0%3.9%11.0%37.5%15.2%3.4%0.3%413.6M-8.74B-87.0M2.041.56N/AN/A288,556587,2922,261,4925,041,959
2017-11-02$151.89$147.0012.8%3.8%10.7%35.4%14.7%3.4%0.2%220.4M-7.80B-88.0M2.621.34N/AN/A215,402563,7192,304,2795,222,544
2017-11-03$153.17$148.0012.1%3.6%10.9%29.4%13.4%3.4%0.3%919.0M-12.75B-82.9M2.131.32N/AN/A292,069621,5062,322,1925,361,741
2017-11-06$153.80$148.0011.8%3.5%10.9%27.1%13.3%3.3%0.4%465.9M-11.67B-79.1M1.851.39N/AN/A221,082410,0362,085,2334,910,342
2017-11-07$153.86$149.0012.1%3.6%10.9%38.6%13.2%3.3%0.5%365.3M-11.64B-80.7M2.181.31N/AN/A158,323345,4842,165,1935,048,480
2017-11-08$154.48$149.0012.2%3.6%10.9%39.4%13.2%3.3%0.5%509.1M-13.70B-75.4M1.701.28N/AN/A171,855292,2122,180,8295,164,412
2017-11-09$153.70$149.0012.5%3.7%11.1%43.6%15.5%4.1%0.4%69.0M-10.12B-83.4M2.421.62N/AN/A312,267755,7982,214,7765,219,629
2017-11-10$153.68$150.0012.4%3.6%11.1%41.9%14.3%4.3%0.4%27.0M-10.47B-85.6M2.521.35N/AN/A224,036565,2532,271,3465,406,865
2017-11-13$153.78$150.0012.5%3.6%11.1%43.0%15.2%4.5%0.2%82.4M-9.92B-82.3M2.351.49N/AN/A171,355401,8462,174,1925,218,171
2017-11-14$153.32$150.0012.9%3.7%11.2%47.5%13.6%4.7%-0.0%-286.7M-7.87B-86.4M2.361.38N/AN/A168,998399,3472,226,8005,342,197
2017-11-15$152.36$150.0014.3%4.1%11.5%62.7%15.5%5.1%-0.3%-662.5M-4.44B-90.0M2.741.40N/AN/A163,333446,9102,267,6855,423,891
2017-11-16$154.62$150.0012.0%3.4%12.3%38.1%13.1%4.1%0.6%390.0M-12.80B-83.0M1.751.44N/AN/A268,561469,2032,318,7935,540,202
2017-11-17$153.91$150.0011.7%3.3%12.5%34.5%12.7%4.1%0.3%-100.1M-10.86B-82.1M2.291.36N/AN/A218,606499,7262,403,3105,663,353
2017-11-20$153.77$150.0011.7%3.2%12.2%34.2%12.5%4.3%0.3%-400.9M-3.50B-80.4M1.661.34N/AN/A166,311275,8351,828,6744,355,953
2017-11-21$155.42$151.0010.9%3.0%12.6%25.6%10.9%3.3%0.6%263.6M-8.02B-76.8M1.461.58N/AN/A247,341361,7641,870,3634,461,981
2017-11-22$155.74$151.0010.8%3.0%12.4%25.0%10.9%3.1%0.1%576.8M-8.90B-76.5M1.631.50N/AN/A196,681321,2301,952,2524,548,519
2017-11-24$156.26$152.0010.4%2.8%12.3%20.3%10.2%2.6%0.5%720.1M-10.58B-73.2M1.351.79N/AN/A218,777296,1322,050,1174,671,976
2017-11-27$156.20$152.0010.9%3.0%8.2%26.0%11.5%3.1%0.4%505.1M-9.32B-73.7M2.771.50N/AN/A176,373489,2382,000,1454,507,924
2017-11-28$156.46$152.0011.1%3.0%8.2%27.6%11.4%3.0%0.1%285.3M-9.58B-73.2M2.101.87N/AN/A202,488425,5352,027,6254,756,765
2017-11-29$154.00$153.0013.7%4.1%10.3%56.1%14.4%4.6%-0.0%-860.7M-351.3M-87.3M1.561.50N/AN/A651,3651,013,1932,073,4194,875,345
2017-11-30$155.25$153.0013.3%4.1%10.6%52.1%14.9%4.3%0.1%-297.7M-4.77B-88.9M1.131.46N/AN/A522,875588,2722,255,8935,204,559