QQQ Options History — August 2022

In August 2022, QQQ traded between $300.97 and $333.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.1%, placing in the 46.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 26.9%). Max pain ranged from $300.00 to $325.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.39.

Notable Days

  • 2022-08-26: Highest Volume — 3,156,804 contracts
  • 2022-08-22: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2022-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 63.9%
  • 2022-08-30: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$319.22$300.97$333.27$315.29$301.32
Max Pain$320.04$300.00$325.00$300.00$325.00
ATM IV26.1%22.7%30.7%26.5%30.5%
Expected Move7.5%6.6%8.8%7.6%8.8%
HV 20d26.9%23.4%28.9%27.5%24.8%
HV 60d32.1%30.3%36.2%36.2%30.9%
IV Rank46.8%34.1%63.9%48.4%62.5%
IV Percentile54.0%36.9%74.2%57.1%72.6%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.9%1.0%0.3%-0.8%
VWIV27.3%23.9%30.7%27.8%30.5%
Skew 25d6.3%5.0%7.4%6.2%6.9%
Skew 10d11.7%9.9%13.8%11.6%13.1%
Call IV 25d23.2%20.4%27.1%23.7%27.0%
Put IV 25d29.5%25.5%34.1%29.9%33.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.040.751.281.220.75
Gamma HHI0.040.030.130.050.06
Net GEX-1.06B-3.68B2.12B333.6M-3.35B
Net DEX826.5M-40.57B60.29B-9.97B57.45B
Net VEX-388.0M-404.0M-371.9M-379.3M-389.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.391.011.751.371.27
Total Volume2,284,588.3481,487,6603,156,8042,297,0712,481,801
Total OI11,355,636.60910,444,25712,621,62610,444,25711,951,934

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-08-01$315.29$300.0026.5%7.6%27.5%48.4%27.8%6.2%0.3%333.6M-9.97B-379.3M1.371.22N/AN/A969,8031,327,2683,919,9776,524,280
2022-08-02$315.12$300.0027.6%8.0%27.3%52.6%29.2%7.1%0.2%-199.7M-6.71B-384.1M1.431.15N/AN/A810,4041,159,6983,944,5096,573,686
2022-08-03$323.44$300.0026.2%7.4%28.3%47.4%27.8%6.6%-0.9%819.8M-27.99B-378.2M1.541.26N/AN/A1,109,5341,705,1484,059,4196,761,509
2022-08-04$323.59$315.0025.8%7.5%27.9%45.7%27.4%6.3%-0.9%207.5M-24.05B-382.0M1.751.17N/AN/A762,7711,337,6774,010,6186,886,579
2022-08-05$321.38$320.0024.9%7.3%28.2%42.5%27.5%6.0%-0.9%-1.09B-16.46B-384.6M1.491.05N/AN/A1,062,6541,578,7934,106,6297,274,277
2022-08-08$320.60$320.0025.3%7.5%26.5%43.9%28.3%6.0%0.4%-1.55B-10.88B-381.8M1.400.97N/AN/A1,064,0701,488,8263,961,8557,002,373
2022-08-09$316.96$320.0026.4%7.8%26.4%48.2%28.1%6.0%0.3%-1.23B-1.07B-384.0M1.241.08N/AN/A832,6321,036,1244,032,5646,955,949
2022-08-10$325.86$321.0023.5%7.0%27.6%37.3%26.2%5.1%-0.5%1.21B-28.72B-376.0M1.381.16N/AN/A1,044,6181,444,0664,257,9067,096,639
2022-08-11$323.52$320.0023.8%7.1%28.0%38.5%25.9%5.4%-0.5%90.0M-19.57B-379.2M1.421.08N/AN/A1,002,1651,426,8304,192,5707,118,650
2022-08-12$329.99$322.0022.7%6.9%28.2%34.1%25.5%5.0%0.9%2.12B-35.93B-381.5M1.301.16N/AN/A920,3121,195,1274,312,6727,499,595
2022-08-15$333.27$323.0023.1%6.8%27.6%35.6%25.5%5.2%0.6%1.03B-40.57B-371.9M1.511.22N/AN/A801,1621,207,4884,205,3327,284,790
2022-08-16$332.80$325.0023.2%6.7%26.1%36.0%25.6%5.4%0.3%369.2M-35.36B-380.0M1.751.28N/AN/A727,7381,274,4894,243,0487,506,094
2022-08-17$328.74$325.0024.2%6.9%26.4%39.7%25.0%5.9%-0.3%-1.01B-21.46B-390.5M1.381.11N/AN/A1,148,6751,579,4134,349,2357,813,810
2022-08-18$329.85$325.0023.0%6.6%26.3%35.5%23.9%5.7%-0.3%-369.9M-24.75B-389.4M1.441.17N/AN/A711,3051,027,3274,339,2037,898,837
2022-08-19$322.85$325.0024.3%7.0%26.8%40.3%24.9%6.3%1.0%-2.12B148.1M-399.8M1.210.87N/AN/A1,129,7291,371,9894,439,0598,182,567
2022-08-22$313.73$325.0027.9%7.9%28.9%53.7%28.1%7.0%0.4%-2.74B33.12B-399.1M1.320.89N/AN/A1,039,3091,372,9623,772,9796,901,199
2022-08-23$314.03$325.0027.7%7.8%28.1%53.1%27.0%7.0%0.4%-2.53B30.59B-400.1M1.090.83N/AN/A759,512829,2863,837,6746,981,514
2022-08-24$315.73$325.0027.0%7.5%23.4%50.5%26.2%6.8%-0.6%-2.17B25.73B-404.0M1.010.86N/AN/A912,216921,3914,028,5997,125,924
2022-08-25$319.83$325.0026.0%7.2%23.7%46.8%26.6%6.6%-0.6%-1.38B13.74B-403.4M1.200.92N/AN/A675,279812,3814,107,4487,119,645
2022-08-26$307.79$325.0029.1%8.3%26.4%58.3%29.1%7.3%0.3%-3.43B49.43B-401.0M1.350.89N/AN/A1,344,9591,811,8454,243,9907,277,275
2022-08-29$305.46$325.0030.1%8.7%26.5%62.4%30.2%7.4%0.2%-3.68B52.00B-394.8M1.710.87N/AN/A966,3591,656,5484,162,1557,324,926
2022-08-30$300.97$325.0030.7%8.8%26.9%63.9%30.7%7.0%0.3%-3.60B60.29B-389.1M1.490.92N/AN/A1,086,6091,617,2404,196,4777,393,672
2022-08-31$301.32$325.0030.5%8.8%24.8%62.5%30.5%6.9%-0.8%-3.35B57.45B-389.6M1.270.75N/AN/A1,092,1351,389,6664,389,5127,562,422