QQQ Options History — October 2021

In October 2021, QQQ traded between $352.39 and $385.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.0%, placing in the 17.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 18.4%). Max pain ranged from $369.00 to $373.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.49.

Notable Days

  • 2021-10-04: Highest Volume — 2,228,404 contracts
  • 2021-10-04: Largest IV spike — 15.0% change
  • 2021-10-04: Highest IV Rank — 44.5%
  • 2021-10-04: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$368.82$352.39$385.10$360.21$385.10
Max Pain$370.14$369.00$373.00$370.00$373.00
ATM IV18.0%15.1%24.8%21.6%15.6%
Expected Move5.2%4.4%7.0%6.2%4.5%
HV 20d18.4%15.0%21.3%16.7%15.1%
HV 60d14.6%13.8%15.0%13.8%14.6%
IV Rank17.4%5.7%44.5%31.5%7.9%
IV Percentile24.5%3.2%70.2%46.4%10.7%
Term Structure0.0%-0.7%0.6%0.4%0.5%
VWIV20.0%17.1%25.1%22.5%18.0%
Skew 25d6.7%5.2%9.1%8.4%5.3%
Skew 10d13.3%10.0%17.3%15.4%10.8%
Call IV 25d15.3%13.0%20.3%17.4%13.6%
Put IV 25d22.0%18.8%29.5%25.9%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.501.182.472.221.53
Gamma HHI0.040.030.110.080.11
Net GEX-1.38B-4.76B2.26B-4.76B2.26B
Net DEX-6.65B-42.80B36.10B23.44B-42.80B
Net VEX-344.4M-364.4M-328.1M-364.4M-340.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.491.022.541.371.80
Total Volume1,489,123.19988,7892,228,4041,928,5451,730,461
Total OI8,690,986.9057,663,7229,235,4148,655,4009,002,309

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-10-01$360.21$370.0021.6%6.2%16.7%31.5%22.5%8.4%0.4%-4.76B23.44B-364.4M1.372.22N/AN/A812,7501,115,7952,801,4355,853,965
2021-10-04$352.39$373.0024.8%7.0%17.9%44.5%25.1%9.1%0.0%-3.76B36.10B-360.0M1.342.47N/AN/A953,7801,274,6242,717,2275,602,377
2021-10-05$358.38$373.0022.2%6.4%19.2%34.1%22.6%8.9%0.2%-3.59B22.54B-360.7M1.581.61N/AN/A510,741808,2502,797,9495,714,275
2021-10-06$358.67$370.0022.1%6.3%19.3%33.9%24.3%8.8%-0.3%-3.04B19.11B-363.1M1.471.84N/AN/A644,834945,6802,943,8945,928,203
2021-10-07$363.20$370.0019.8%5.8%20.0%24.5%21.7%8.2%-0.7%-2.57B7.62B-361.7M1.661.67N/AN/A475,124790,8962,930,5306,021,313
2021-10-08$361.29$370.0019.4%5.8%19.9%22.7%20.8%8.0%0.6%-2.72B11.63B-358.6M1.361.18N/AN/A604,512823,7153,020,4556,110,494
2021-10-11$359.32$370.0020.6%6.0%20.0%27.5%22.1%8.4%0.2%-3.81B17.88B-351.0M1.591.34N/AN/A460,362734,1782,879,4395,936,175
2021-10-12$356.71$370.0020.9%6.1%20.1%29.0%21.9%7.8%0.2%-4.17B24.39B-349.3M1.481.61N/AN/A453,409670,0512,889,6415,993,102
2021-10-13$359.61$370.0019.2%5.5%19.9%22.1%20.1%7.4%-0.4%-4.27B16.57B-344.1M1.241.27N/AN/A513,630635,1522,957,8436,148,893
2021-10-14$366.32$369.0016.5%4.8%21.3%11.3%17.9%6.3%-0.3%-1.57B-4.96B-334.1M1.321.59N/AN/A627,743828,7042,964,3156,105,883
2021-10-15$368.49$369.0015.5%4.6%21.0%7.1%18.1%5.9%0.3%-282.6M-13.62B-330.2M1.381.27N/AN/A558,270767,6683,084,4906,150,924
2021-10-18$372.61$369.0015.7%4.6%18.8%8.1%17.5%5.6%0.5%360.4M-22.29B-328.1M1.021.24N/AN/A614,142629,1962,554,5715,109,151
2021-10-19$374.95$369.0015.4%4.5%18.7%7.0%17.8%5.4%0.3%538.7M-25.50B-328.5M1.731.22N/AN/A415,927718,4682,549,7715,282,011
2021-10-20$374.77$369.0015.6%4.5%18.4%7.7%20.3%5.6%-0.2%-302.0M-23.96B-337.9M1.671.41N/AN/A530,974885,4972,750,2225,608,448
2021-10-21$376.83$369.0015.1%4.4%18.3%5.7%17.4%5.5%-0.3%574.1M-28.28B-334.9M1.701.23N/AN/A366,854621,9352,742,3735,693,765
2021-10-22$373.96$369.0015.5%4.5%18.5%7.3%18.4%5.8%0.4%-1.74B-19.04B-342.3M1.371.28N/AN/A768,9291,052,4732,820,0065,881,982
2021-10-25$377.98$369.0015.3%4.4%18.6%6.3%17.4%5.2%-0.1%1.12B-30.56B-332.3M1.121.47N/AN/A695,152780,5582,810,0955,639,084
2021-10-26$379.90$369.0015.6%4.5%15.2%7.6%17.1%5.2%-0.1%883.3M-34.12B-329.0M1.251.23N/AN/A867,7931,080,5722,799,2845,692,603
2021-10-27$381.23$370.0016.2%4.7%15.2%10.2%17.5%5.4%-0.2%891.3M-36.38B-339.5M1.331.50N/AN/A807,6061,075,9463,003,8565,996,213
2021-10-28$383.23$373.0015.9%4.6%15.0%8.8%21.5%5.4%-0.1%905.5M-37.46B-342.5M2.541.39N/AN/A457,1061,162,1302,954,7276,067,432
2021-10-29$385.10$373.0015.6%4.5%15.1%7.9%18.0%5.3%0.5%2.26B-42.80B-340.8M1.801.53N/AN/A617,6871,112,7743,015,7925,986,517