QQQ Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, QQQ traded between $184.17 and $197.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.6%, placing in the 17.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 16.3%). Max pain ranged from $188.00 to $191.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.81.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-02: Highest Volume — 1,013,313 contracts
  • 2019-10-04: Largest IV drop — 12.4% change
  • 2019-10-02: Highest IV Rank — 40.8%
  • 2019-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$191.56$184.17$197.62$187.47$196.67
Max Pain$189.43$188.00$191.00$190.00$191.00
ATM IV17.6%14.1%22.8%20.6%14.7%
Expected Move5.0%3.9%6.5%5.7%4.2%
HV 20d16.3%13.8%17.9%15.3%13.8%
HV 60d19.2%17.9%19.8%18.4%17.9%
IV Rank17.3%1.8%40.8%31.0%4.4%
IV Percentile34.7%2.4%73.8%62.7%7.9%
Term Structure0.1%-0.4%0.7%-0.2%0.7%
VWIV18.5%14.8%24.0%21.6%15.4%
Skew 25d6.2%4.5%8.1%7.6%4.8%
Skew 10d11.3%9.0%13.9%13.3%9.7%
Call IV 25d14.6%12.1%18.5%16.9%12.6%
Put IV 25d20.9%16.6%26.5%24.5%17.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.731.012.831.891.53
Gamma HHI0.040.030.060.040.05
Net GEX-318.4M-1.83B662.4M-1.26B305.3M
Net DEX-354.9M-9.06B15.07B8.04B-6.92B
Net VEX-101.8M-112.6M-92.6M-110.1M-96.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.811.122.932.131.37
Total Volume556,277.913336,8551,013,313640,658530,807
Total OI5,851,359.2175,052,2156,470,3705,569,2875,812,805

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$187.47$190.0020.6%5.7%15.3%31.0%21.6%7.6%-0.2%-1.26B8.04B-110.1M2.131.89N/AN/A204,612436,0461,832,2603,737,027
2019-10-02$184.17$190.0022.8%6.5%15.8%40.8%22.9%7.9%-0.3%-1.83B15.07B-111.8M2.161.94N/AN/A320,880692,4331,912,0863,869,711
2019-10-03$185.78$190.0021.6%6.1%14.6%35.4%23.6%8.0%-0.2%-1.58B10.90B-112.6M1.841.80N/AN/A309,065568,8512,024,5003,978,866
2019-10-04$188.83$189.0018.9%5.5%15.9%23.4%20.8%7.5%0.0%-571.5M3.18B-109.7M2.031.89N/AN/A195,529396,6222,075,7924,009,299
2019-10-07$188.57$188.0020.1%5.6%15.9%28.8%21.9%8.0%-0.4%-914.5M4.61B-109.3M2.622.18N/AN/A117,777308,1301,956,2073,951,754
2019-10-08$185.83$188.0022.3%6.3%16.6%38.4%24.0%8.1%-0.2%-1.58B10.74B-110.3M2.932.19N/AN/A176,042515,1441,967,0764,051,601
2019-10-09$187.50$188.0021.1%6.1%16.4%33.3%22.1%7.7%0.1%-1.22B6.89B-109.8M1.842.83N/AN/A124,412229,5062,032,1144,160,195
2019-10-10$188.50$188.0020.3%5.8%16.1%29.6%21.8%7.5%0.1%-990.2M4.59B-108.3M2.041.86N/AN/A170,886349,4702,056,5344,192,583
2019-10-11$191.85$188.0017.9%5.1%17.4%18.8%20.4%7.0%0.0%58.6M-3.52B-103.8M1.782.68N/AN/A310,167551,5392,096,5584,252,242
2019-10-14$191.17$188.0017.6%5.1%17.3%17.6%19.0%7.0%0.2%-282.0M-1.24B-99.8M1.991.74N/AN/A125,352249,2501,951,9284,075,740
2019-10-15$193.61$188.0015.6%4.5%17.8%8.7%17.7%5.9%0.4%604.1M-7.26B-94.6M1.851.54N/AN/A193,734358,0891,979,8704,145,983
2019-10-16$192.93$189.0016.1%4.6%17.9%10.9%18.0%5.9%0.4%355.9M-5.27B-96.9M2.331.58N/AN/A179,132418,1772,001,7124,256,134
2019-10-17$193.58$190.0015.6%4.4%17.9%8.3%16.9%5.4%0.5%649.5M-7.15B-97.5M1.381.46N/AN/A178,412246,4872,073,3404,291,569
2019-10-18$192.14$190.0016.4%4.7%17.7%12.2%17.1%5.4%0.5%41.4M-3.50B-98.9M1.861.81N/AN/A266,757495,6242,109,3424,361,028
2019-10-21$193.29$190.0015.9%4.4%17.8%9.8%16.1%5.5%-0.4%-98.9M-2.85B-96.4M1.191.38N/AN/A156,185185,8801,671,3813,380,834
2019-10-22$191.96$190.0016.5%4.6%16.9%12.5%15.6%5.5%-0.3%-315.9M-470.6M-99.0M1.441.53N/AN/A199,866288,2491,741,4463,443,902
2019-10-23$192.10$190.0016.5%4.6%16.2%12.5%16.0%5.7%-0.3%-349.0M-242.3M-99.9M1.791.49N/AN/A120,743216,1121,820,7163,555,047
2019-10-24$193.83$190.0015.3%4.3%16.4%7.3%15.6%5.2%-0.3%162.1M-3.92B-97.1M1.381.37N/AN/A179,833247,3851,849,9553,640,036
2019-10-25$195.47$190.0014.4%3.9%15.6%2.9%14.9%4.5%-0.2%662.4M-7.34B-94.7M1.661.39N/AN/A251,916418,5901,884,3063,730,710
2019-10-28$197.62$190.0014.1%4.0%15.6%1.8%14.8%4.5%0.5%408.8M-9.06B-92.6M1.291.01N/AN/A219,142282,7891,782,7303,613,498
2019-10-29$196.10$191.0015.2%4.3%15.7%6.5%15.4%4.5%0.4%100.5M-5.87B-96.5M1.561.10N/AN/A159,725248,5931,852,2123,711,213
2019-10-30$196.97$191.0014.4%4.1%13.8%3.1%14.8%4.5%0.5%317.1M-7.55B-96.2M1.121.65N/AN/A188,595211,8571,903,9063,783,514
2019-10-31$196.67$191.0014.7%4.2%13.8%4.4%15.4%4.8%0.7%305.3M-6.92B-96.6M1.371.53N/AN/A224,357306,4501,966,2093,846,596