QQQ Options History — May 2019

In May 2019, QQQ traded between $174.14 and $191.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.4%, placing in the 30.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 16.8%). Max pain ranged from $180.00 to $185.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.70.

Notable Days

  • 2019-05-09: Highest Volume — 1,059,092 contracts
  • 2019-05-07: Largest IV spike — 32.7% change
  • 2019-05-13: Highest IV Rank — 45.9%
  • 2019-05-13: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$182.46$174.14$191.06$189.49$174.14
Max Pain$180.68$180.00$185.00$185.00$180.00
ATM IV19.4%14.2%23.2%14.7%22.6%
Expected Move5.5%3.8%6.5%4.2%6.5%
HV 20d16.8%6.7%21.5%6.7%21.5%
HV 60d14.0%11.2%16.1%11.2%16.1%
IV Rank30.0%7.8%45.9%10.2%43.5%
IV Percentile62.1%16.3%78.6%25.8%75.8%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.5%0.4%0.3%-0.0%
VWIV19.9%14.3%22.9%14.8%22.6%
Skew 25d5.9%4.0%7.6%4.4%5.8%
Skew 10d10.7%7.8%14.3%9.2%10.2%
Call IV 25d16.5%12.4%19.6%12.8%19.6%
Put IV 25d22.4%16.4%26.6%17.2%25.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.811.352.791.751.65
Gamma HHI0.040.030.080.040.06
Net GEX-716.8M-2.35B1.58B578.3M-2.35B
Net DEX3.74B-21.14B23.03B-15.14B23.03B
Net VEX-141.7M-153.1M-134.1M-139.8M-134.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.701.162.581.352.58
Total Volume762,942.545513,3381,059,092623,076902,829
Total OI7,567,173.5916,769,1128,412,9717,261,0897,771,423

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-05-01$189.49$185.0014.7%4.2%6.7%10.2%14.8%4.4%0.3%578.3M-15.14B-139.8M1.351.75N/AN/A265,580357,4962,805,1584,455,931
2019-05-02$187.92$185.0015.5%4.5%7.5%13.6%16.5%4.7%0.3%-131.0M-9.78B-142.6M1.392.07N/AN/A303,324422,7082,907,3284,582,219
2019-05-03$191.06$185.0014.2%3.8%9.3%7.8%14.3%4.0%0.4%1.58B-21.14B-134.4M1.161.88N/AN/A348,726405,0612,965,5904,661,079
2019-05-06$189.88$180.0016.4%4.7%9.6%17.3%17.7%5.3%0.0%497.4M-14.67B-140.3M1.221.55N/AN/A305,314373,3612,808,3314,364,691
2019-05-07$185.44$180.0021.8%6.1%13.1%39.9%21.6%7.6%-0.4%-362.6M-1.39B-153.1M1.802.56N/AN/A341,100613,6512,928,5784,448,484
2019-05-08$186.31$180.0020.3%5.7%13.1%33.5%20.4%7.2%-0.4%-319.7M-3.60B-153.0M1.742.05N/AN/A196,746341,6123,035,9834,627,307
2019-05-09$184.83$180.0020.6%5.7%13.3%35.1%21.8%6.9%-0.5%-616.5M888.8M-151.7M1.982.27N/AN/A354,856704,2363,076,9614,686,640
2019-05-10$184.76$180.0017.9%5.1%13.3%23.4%19.1%6.1%-0.1%-719.7M827.0M-145.4M1.532.79N/AN/A379,707580,6673,163,2544,796,793
2019-05-13$178.40$180.0023.2%6.5%18.0%45.9%22.9%7.1%-0.2%-1.27B16.23B-139.0M1.612.19N/AN/A387,963625,6872,932,5764,560,455
2019-05-14$180.61$180.0020.8%5.9%18.7%35.8%21.6%6.6%-0.3%-1.03B9.82B-141.5M1.521.79N/AN/A312,917476,4383,148,6904,727,545
2019-05-15$183.18$180.0018.7%5.4%19.5%26.9%19.5%6.1%0.0%-494.6M1.54B-142.4M1.401.73N/AN/A296,894414,3453,226,6184,829,275
2019-05-16$184.79$180.0017.4%5.0%19.7%21.6%18.0%5.8%0.1%-71.4M-4.58B-140.1M1.591.45N/AN/A349,849557,0933,282,8924,909,895
2019-05-17$183.21$180.0018.2%5.2%19.9%24.7%19.5%5.6%0.1%-206.8M2.40B-142.3M1.872.03N/AN/A299,244560,2173,308,8095,104,162
2019-05-20$180.17$180.0020.9%6.0%20.6%36.1%22.0%6.2%-0.1%-1.01B8.53B-140.3M2.341.60N/AN/A212,973498,4392,594,6184,174,494
2019-05-21$181.79$180.0018.9%5.4%20.4%28.0%18.8%5.7%0.1%-800.7M4.36B-141.2M1.401.35N/AN/A216,364302,6812,676,1754,344,860
2019-05-22$181.44$180.0019.0%5.5%20.3%28.3%20.1%5.6%0.3%-934.1M5.88B-141.4M1.711.47N/AN/A198,671340,3972,742,4834,467,213
2019-05-23$177.90$180.0021.1%6.1%21.1%37.3%21.4%5.9%-0.0%-1.64B15.68B-142.2M1.661.58N/AN/A336,944558,1272,825,2464,575,800
2019-05-24$178.18$180.0020.3%5.8%21.2%33.6%20.0%5.4%0.2%-1.54B14.16B-141.1M1.801.48N/AN/A216,294388,5782,940,3584,617,521
2019-05-28$177.60$180.0021.4%6.2%21.0%38.6%21.2%6.0%0.1%-1.42B14.67B-136.8M1.761.47N/AN/A185,790327,5482,795,9664,503,748
2019-05-29$176.14$180.0021.9%6.3%21.0%40.6%22.2%5.7%-0.1%-1.73B18.48B-136.5M2.331.55N/AN/A292,619680,4092,856,8294,601,319
2019-05-30$176.83$180.0021.2%6.0%21.1%37.5%21.1%5.6%0.0%-1.77B15.97B-137.7M1.711.62N/AN/A203,672347,6092,943,9674,700,555
2019-05-31$174.14$180.0022.6%6.5%21.5%43.5%22.6%5.8%-0.0%-2.35B23.03B-134.1M2.581.65N/AN/A252,021650,8083,011,9574,759,466