QQQ Options History — August 2019

In August 2019, QQQ traded between $181.06 and $190.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.1%, placing in the 35.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 21.4%). Max pain ranged from $185.00 to $190.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.05.

Notable Days

  • 2019-08-05: Highest Volume — 1,385,297 contracts
  • 2019-08-05: Largest IV spike — 26.3% change
  • 2019-08-05: Highest IV Rank — 55.4%
  • 2019-08-14: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$185.91$181.06$190.72$190.72$187.19
Max Pain$186.05$185.00$190.00$190.00$186.00
ATM IV21.1%18.3%25.4%18.7%20.3%
Expected Move6.1%5.3%7.0%5.7%6.0%
HV 20d21.4%9.8%26.8%9.8%26.0%
HV 60d18.2%16.8%19.7%16.8%18.1%
IV Rank35.4%23.1%55.4%27.0%29.4%
IV Percentile65.9%48.8%87.7%56.3%61.5%
Term Structure-0.2%-0.8%0.5%-0.3%0.4%
VWIV22.7%19.8%25.5%20.6%22.1%
Skew 25d7.7%6.7%8.5%6.7%8.0%
Skew 10d13.5%11.7%14.8%12.5%13.9%
Call IV 25d17.3%15.1%21.0%15.7%16.3%
Put IV 25d25.0%21.9%29.3%22.4%24.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.641.262.352.351.50
Gamma HHI0.040.030.070.040.03
Net GEX-1.09B-2.12B-354.0M-1.17B-747.5M
Net DEX7.64B389.9M20.22B2.35B3.39B
Net VEX-123.9M-129.0M-118.9M-125.5M-122.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.051.302.872.341.60
Total Volume729,172.045237,1451,385,297999,972530,913
Total OI6,612,604.1365,910,2387,385,7516,539,0486,699,719

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-08-01$190.72$190.0018.7%5.7%9.8%27.0%20.6%6.7%-0.3%-1.17B2.35B-125.5M2.342.35N/AN/A299,295700,6772,149,6554,389,393
2019-08-02$187.33$190.0020.1%6.0%11.7%33.0%21.7%7.0%-0.5%-2.12B11.40B-126.4M2.462.00N/AN/A374,892921,8502,214,8864,470,172
2019-08-05$181.06$187.0025.4%6.9%16.5%55.4%25.4%8.3%-0.6%-1.60B20.22B-125.1M2.291.84N/AN/A421,546963,7512,112,7754,227,491
2019-08-06$183.12$186.0022.9%6.4%17.1%44.6%22.7%8.3%-0.4%-1.52B15.20B-126.3M1.631.64N/AN/A277,478451,7202,275,8974,349,128
2019-08-07$184.26$186.0021.7%6.2%16.8%39.7%22.8%8.2%-0.2%-1.49B12.49B-126.9M1.561.79N/AN/A317,629496,1182,335,5634,467,875
2019-08-08$188.12$186.0018.7%5.5%18.6%26.9%21.3%7.4%0.1%-780.7M2.01B-127.1M2.101.64N/AN/A251,961530,2302,473,2304,548,428
2019-08-09$187.21$186.0019.6%5.7%18.5%30.3%22.1%7.3%0.1%-903.3M4.36B-126.9M1.701.44N/AN/A282,409480,0162,503,5674,649,110
2019-08-12$184.44$185.0023.0%6.6%19.0%43.3%24.7%8.2%0.3%-1.38B11.33B-128.2M2.631.45N/AN/A131,724346,4312,400,9854,517,883
2019-08-13$188.29$185.0019.9%5.9%20.7%30.0%24.2%7.7%0.5%-645.8M1.40B-126.0M2.741.57N/AN/A230,543631,3632,440,5624,539,839
2019-08-14$182.97$185.0024.6%7.0%22.8%50.2%25.5%8.2%-0.1%-1.61B15.26B-129.0M1.811.95N/AN/A336,394610,0582,468,6964,675,996
2019-08-15$182.89$185.0023.5%6.7%22.8%45.8%24.1%8.1%-0.1%-1.73B14.63B-128.0M1.982.01N/AN/A239,925476,1402,576,5104,733,685
2019-08-16$185.53$185.0020.2%5.8%23.6%31.1%21.9%7.4%-0.0%-1.13B7.07B-123.3M1.701.69N/AN/A252,855428,9282,618,8874,766,864
2019-08-19$188.50$185.0018.3%5.3%24.3%23.1%21.8%7.1%0.0%-354.0M509.9M-120.3M2.571.37N/AN/A158,763408,5372,080,0953,830,143
2019-08-20$187.54$185.0019.4%5.6%24.1%27.7%21.0%7.1%-0.1%-590.3M2.64B-121.0M1.681.57N/AN/A151,505254,9052,130,3563,929,343
2019-08-21$188.51$185.0018.5%5.3%24.1%23.9%21.8%6.7%-0.1%-406.0M389.9M-119.0M2.871.40N/AN/A121,496349,0482,149,2253,986,759
2019-08-22$188.38$186.0019.2%5.5%23.9%26.7%19.8%7.3%-0.1%-494.7M1.16B-120.2M1.721.31N/AN/A172,405296,5112,176,8004,055,512
2019-08-23$182.47$186.0023.0%6.6%25.8%43.2%22.6%7.7%-0.4%-1.55B14.06B-121.4M1.742.02N/AN/A446,916776,5602,197,6044,118,660
2019-08-26$184.01$186.0022.6%6.6%26.2%41.7%24.0%8.2%-0.5%-1.14B9.85B-120.6M1.531.26N/AN/A93,575143,5702,126,7003,970,370
2019-08-27$184.67$186.0022.6%6.6%26.2%41.7%23.7%8.5%-0.8%-1.10B8.63B-121.8M2.671.54N/AN/A168,242450,0472,152,1874,063,115
2019-08-28$185.01$186.0021.8%6.4%26.2%38.2%24.1%8.4%-0.5%-1.13B8.19B-121.7M2.531.38N/AN/A104,248263,7662,174,5294,250,779
2019-08-29$187.89$186.0019.3%5.6%26.8%26.9%21.0%7.8%-0.4%-437.9M1.61B-118.9M1.301.37N/AN/A302,847393,9982,206,1384,272,180
2019-08-30$187.19$186.0020.3%6.0%26.0%29.4%22.1%8.0%0.4%-747.5M3.39B-122.4M1.601.50N/AN/A204,533326,3802,311,0274,388,692