QQQ Options History — April 2019

In April 2019, QQQ traded between $182.07 and $191.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.9%, placing in the 11.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 10.8%). Max pain ranged from $179.00 to $185.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.53.

Notable Days

  • 2019-04-23: Highest Volume — 954,030 contracts
  • 2019-04-12: Largest IV drop — 8.2% change
  • 2019-04-09: Highest IV Rank — 16.7%
  • 2019-04-09: Largest Expected Move — 4.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$186.61$182.07$191.06$182.07$189.39
Max Pain$181.31$179.00$185.00$179.00$185.00
ATM IV14.9%13.9%16.3%15.5%14.6%
Expected Move4.3%4.0%4.6%4.5%4.2%
HV 20d10.8%6.2%15.5%15.5%6.8%
HV 60d13.4%11.1%16.3%16.3%11.3%
IV Rank11.0%6.6%16.7%13.3%9.9%
IV Percentile25.8%9.5%43.3%32.9%23.8%
Term Structure0.0%-0.3%0.3%0.1%0.2%
VWIV16.3%14.7%18.1%17.2%15.8%
Skew 25d4.3%3.7%5.0%4.5%4.3%
Skew 10d8.5%7.0%9.8%8.8%8.5%
Call IV 25d13.1%12.0%14.1%13.5%12.9%
Put IV 25d17.3%15.9%18.9%18.1%17.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.621.321.881.491.81
Gamma HHI0.050.040.090.040.04
Net GEX1.13B606.8M1.96B795.8M606.8M
Net DEX-19.22B-24.45B-12.99B-12.99B-15.21B
Net VEX-127.6M-137.5M-121.1M-125.4M-137.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.531.012.261.692.26
Total Volume573,065.81288,355954,030571,998517,377
Total OI6,967,954.0956,174,3817,926,8896,394,8047,062,494

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-04-01$182.07$179.0015.5%4.5%15.5%13.3%17.2%4.5%0.1%795.8M-12.99B-125.4M1.691.49N/AN/A212,404359,5942,552,4983,842,306
2019-04-02$182.85$179.0015.1%4.4%15.5%11.9%16.3%4.3%0.0%987.1M-15.11B-125.8M1.581.57N/AN/A158,652251,1612,630,8423,973,986
2019-04-03$183.65$179.0015.8%4.5%15.0%14.9%17.5%4.3%-0.1%1.10B-17.16B-127.6M1.611.66N/AN/A263,118422,7462,706,9694,087,464
2019-04-04$183.54$179.0015.9%4.5%13.9%15.0%16.5%4.4%-0.1%914.9M-16.52B-129.0M1.191.51N/AN/A221,386264,4062,762,9574,200,177
2019-04-05$184.64$180.0015.4%4.4%13.7%12.9%16.8%4.2%-0.0%1.64B-19.88B-127.5M1.011.60N/AN/A269,580271,6652,815,4544,281,035
2019-04-08$185.14$180.0015.5%4.5%12.0%13.6%18.1%4.6%0.0%1.17B-19.41B-125.5M1.551.57N/AN/A121,999189,3032,741,2044,083,283
2019-04-09$184.51$180.0016.3%4.6%12.1%16.7%17.6%4.9%-0.2%960.2M-17.32B-128.3M1.861.61N/AN/A148,373275,2542,766,3294,156,840
2019-04-10$185.42$180.0015.4%4.5%11.9%13.2%17.2%4.9%0.3%1.07B-19.94B-124.3M1.811.48N/AN/A102,546185,8092,792,6554,251,397
2019-04-11$184.88$180.0015.2%4.4%12.0%12.3%17.1%5.0%0.1%913.3M-18.30B-125.5M1.611.32N/AN/A152,945245,8412,813,2964,302,946
2019-04-12$185.78$180.0014.0%4.1%11.8%7.0%16.0%4.4%0.3%1.50B-21.59B-123.1M1.141.42N/AN/A293,730333,6082,889,9174,394,313
2019-04-15$185.81$181.0014.6%4.2%11.8%9.5%16.2%4.4%0.2%1.18B-20.51B-121.1M1.561.60N/AN/A184,848287,8152,846,0014,278,089
2019-04-16$186.31$182.0014.8%4.2%11.8%10.3%15.4%4.2%-0.1%1.32B-21.66B-124.7M1.371.74N/AN/A369,435505,7402,926,5434,430,121
2019-04-17$187.12$182.0014.3%4.1%11.6%8.6%15.0%4.0%0.3%1.70B-23.78B-130.1M1.221.71N/AN/A288,467351,6183,077,9614,670,219
2019-04-18$187.25$182.0013.9%4.0%10.6%6.6%15.4%3.9%0.3%1.96B-24.45B-129.8M1.631.62N/AN/A291,361475,2613,150,7814,776,108
2019-04-22$187.88$182.0014.2%4.0%6.2%7.8%15.5%4.3%-0.0%880.6M-16.11B-126.4M1.571.71N/AN/A138,672218,3842,492,6483,681,733
2019-04-23$190.03$182.0014.6%4.2%6.8%9.5%15.9%3.7%-0.2%1.10B-20.58B-124.7M1.011.88N/AN/A474,794479,2362,528,3313,759,735
2019-04-24$190.12$183.0015.2%4.4%6.7%12.3%16.9%4.0%-0.3%964.3M-19.94B-131.0M1.211.86N/AN/A333,012403,3942,654,4684,031,866
2019-04-25$190.85$184.0014.8%4.3%6.6%10.7%15.9%3.7%-0.2%1.18B-22.31B-128.8M1.981.64N/AN/A272,290539,0332,751,8534,146,169
2019-04-26$190.43$184.0014.0%4.0%6.8%6.9%14.7%3.7%-0.1%816.8M-20.62B-133.0M1.501.72N/AN/A293,204440,2042,827,0144,353,534
2019-04-29$191.06$184.5014.4%4.1%6.7%8.9%16.4%4.1%0.2%1.07B-20.23B-130.7M1.781.56N/AN/A153,444272,6732,696,5894,138,911
2019-04-30$189.39$185.0014.6%4.2%6.8%9.9%15.8%4.3%0.2%606.8M-15.21B-137.5M2.261.81N/AN/A158,681358,6962,761,7144,300,780