QQQ Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, QQQ traded between $363.55 and $380.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.0%, placing in the 5.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 11.5%). Max pain ranged from $347.00 to $358.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.50.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-16: Highest Volume — 1,532,732 contracts
  • 2021-08-27: Largest IV drop — 15.5% change
  • 2021-08-19: Highest IV Rank — 18.3%
  • 2021-08-19: Largest Expected Move — 5.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$369.73$363.55$380.49$364.20$379.99
Max Pain$353.00$347.00$358.00$354.00$358.00
ATM IV16.0%13.7%18.9%17.8%14.5%
Expected Move4.5%3.7%5.5%4.9%3.8%
HV 20d11.5%9.1%13.7%13.6%10.0%
HV 60d12.3%11.0%15.2%15.2%11.1%
IV Rank5.5%0.0%18.3%11.6%3.2%
IV Percentile5.8%0.0%22.6%13.1%1.2%
Term Structure0.1%-1.0%0.7%0.4%0.2%
VWIV18.2%15.2%21.7%18.5%15.2%
Skew 25d6.4%5.2%8.2%6.7%6.3%
Skew 10d13.5%9.7%16.9%14.0%14.1%
Call IV 25d13.5%11.6%15.6%15.0%12.6%
Put IV 25d19.9%17.5%23.7%21.7%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.441.071.761.651.07
Gamma HHI0.040.030.070.030.04
Net GEX84.2M-2.90B1.88B-533.6M913.1M
Net DEX-29.54B-45.38B-14.56B-21.54B-41.90B
Net VEX-315.6M-335.8M-293.8M-325.9M-300.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.501.171.991.171.79
Total Volume1,127,554.864800,0831,532,732954,275918,198
Total OI8,363,747.7737,657,2949,342,3707,780,4878,176,005

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$364.20$354.0017.8%4.9%13.6%11.6%18.5%6.7%0.4%-533.6M-21.54B-325.9M1.171.65N/AN/A439,669514,6062,621,2895,159,198
2021-08-03$366.46$355.0016.7%4.3%13.7%6.9%17.2%6.2%0.4%521.6M-27.30B-320.8M1.241.66N/AN/A421,481521,6912,698,2605,252,577
2021-08-04$367.68$355.0016.7%4.2%13.7%6.7%16.8%6.3%-0.5%1.24B-30.01B-320.9M1.421.64N/AN/A380,515541,5282,760,6155,375,258
2021-08-05$369.27$347.0016.1%4.9%13.4%4.2%19.8%6.0%-0.6%1.88B-34.67B-317.8M1.491.21N/AN/A322,195481,2222,783,9605,406,794
2021-08-06$367.82$348.0015.3%4.7%13.3%1.2%19.0%5.3%-0.3%687.5M-30.64B-315.7M1.251.17N/AN/A533,314666,0012,815,6255,503,093
2021-08-09$368.74$350.0015.3%4.7%13.3%1.0%20.5%5.3%0.5%399.1M-31.70B-309.0M1.991.54N/AN/A353,629702,1482,699,7345,321,727
2021-08-10$366.65$350.0016.3%4.9%13.4%5.1%19.0%5.6%0.5%-551.8M-25.64B-317.1M1.401.61N/AN/A447,285625,0772,761,9835,485,208
2021-08-11$366.07$350.0016.2%4.8%13.4%4.8%18.2%5.9%-0.2%-2.13B-23.60B-318.0M1.431.76N/AN/A582,130833,2922,837,5715,692,794
2021-08-12$367.65$350.0015.6%4.7%13.0%2.1%19.3%5.6%-0.3%-596.6M-27.11B-318.5M1.761.52N/AN/A336,275591,6202,838,8965,784,215
2021-08-13$368.58$350.0014.5%4.4%12.6%0.0%17.5%5.2%0.5%733.5M-30.95B-315.0M1.291.60N/AN/A349,192450,8912,927,5625,952,661
2021-08-16$368.35$352.0015.5%4.6%11.3%4.2%18.7%5.9%0.5%326.4M-29.77B-313.8M1.411.48N/AN/A636,332896,4002,839,0645,824,734
2021-08-17$364.73$353.0017.5%5.1%10.0%12.4%19.6%7.0%0.4%-1.69B-19.05B-322.8M1.301.56N/AN/A598,259774,9022,862,8275,870,820
2021-08-18$363.55$354.0018.6%5.3%10.1%16.8%20.6%7.5%-0.3%-2.90B-14.56B-331.6M1.481.44N/AN/A457,757678,2782,958,4526,088,165
2021-08-19$364.21$354.0018.9%5.5%9.7%18.3%21.7%8.2%-0.3%-1.97B-17.14B-335.8M1.991.37N/AN/A506,6311,006,3743,009,2216,168,754
2021-08-20$367.90$354.0016.2%4.7%9.2%7.1%18.8%7.7%0.6%768.9M-29.42B-327.2M1.471.40N/AN/A521,985766,5483,073,0836,269,287
2021-08-23$373.45$355.0015.1%4.3%10.7%2.6%17.1%6.5%0.7%584.6M-32.59B-309.9M1.171.23N/AN/A681,760797,8112,509,1055,148,189
2021-08-24$374.32$355.0015.3%4.2%9.4%3.5%17.5%6.5%0.4%837.8M-34.80B-305.1M1.391.35N/AN/A346,809482,0052,521,7505,217,204
2021-08-25$375.01$355.0014.9%4.0%9.1%1.7%16.7%6.9%-0.2%1.20B-35.72B-307.0M1.391.37N/AN/A410,589572,6632,646,0205,427,828
2021-08-26$372.57$355.0016.2%4.5%9.5%7.1%18.2%7.9%-1.0%-65.0M-27.42B-320.4M1.911.48N/AN/A401,867765,7002,639,1445,459,474
2021-08-27$376.38$355.0013.7%3.7%9.6%0.0%16.0%5.9%0.4%942.6M-38.97B-297.5M1.711.40N/AN/A446,214762,9792,679,5785,688,766
2021-08-30$380.49$357.0014.1%3.7%10.1%1.7%15.4%5.4%0.2%1.27B-45.38B-293.8M1.531.14N/AN/A507,064775,3212,658,9335,587,028
2021-08-31$379.99$358.0014.5%3.8%10.0%3.2%15.2%6.3%0.2%913.1M-41.90B-300.7M1.791.07N/AN/A329,145589,0532,640,0105,535,995