QQQ Options History — September 2022

In September 2022, QQQ traded between $269.06 and $310.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 67.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 28.9%). Max pain ranged from $296.00 to $320.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.41.

Notable Days

  • 2022-09-23: Highest Volume — 3,559,415 contracts
  • 2022-09-13: Largest IV spike — 15.3% change
  • 2022-09-27: Highest IV Rank — 84.4%
  • 2022-09-27: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$288.75$269.06$310.34$297.59$269.06
Max Pain$310.38$296.00$320.00$320.00$296.00
ATM IV31.9%26.7%36.2%30.9%34.4%
Expected Move9.2%7.8%10.6%9.0%10.2%
HV 20d28.9%23.8%32.0%24.9%31.5%
HV 60d28.7%27.6%30.9%30.9%28.6%
IV Rank67.2%46.6%84.4%63.9%77.5%
IV Percentile78.3%54.0%95.6%75.0%90.5%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.0%0.8%-0.9%0.7%
VWIV32.4%27.5%36.9%32.5%35.1%
Skew 25d6.9%5.9%8.0%7.0%7.2%
Skew 10d12.5%10.6%14.8%12.9%13.5%
Call IV 25d28.4%24.0%31.9%27.9%30.4%
Put IV 25d35.3%30.2%39.8%34.9%37.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.080.771.590.910.94
Gamma HHI0.060.050.110.050.07
Net GEX-3.09B-4.66B-902.6M-3.50B-2.98B
Net DEX63.00B19.51B84.12B64.11B76.06B
Net VEX-370.1M-385.3M-350.3M-385.2M-350.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.411.021.791.401.33
Total Volume2,810,829.4291,757,2303,559,4152,771,9532,994,464
Total OI11,890,411.23810,571,54813,204,88411,754,32111,980,729

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-09-01$297.59$320.0030.9%9.0%24.9%63.9%32.5%7.0%-0.9%-3.50B64.11B-385.2M1.400.91N/AN/A1,154,3301,617,6234,300,7527,453,569
2022-09-02$293.99$320.0031.1%9.0%25.1%64.6%31.2%6.9%0.2%-4.35B72.42B-378.9M1.250.77N/AN/A1,465,9191,826,8014,550,4347,697,233
2022-09-06$293.45$312.0032.0%8.9%25.1%68.4%32.1%7.2%0.4%-3.80B70.77B-368.8M1.521.26N/AN/A1,184,0731,800,6264,337,9127,503,204
2022-09-07$299.33$312.0030.0%8.4%26.4%59.7%29.0%7.1%-0.7%-2.49B52.26B-379.1M1.201.15N/AN/A1,191,9091,435,3394,472,1037,647,389
2022-09-08$299.16$310.0029.1%8.2%23.8%55.9%30.2%6.7%-0.7%-2.75B51.80B-376.9M1.411.14N/AN/A974,4771,371,8794,549,4877,622,730
2022-09-09$307.32$310.0026.7%7.8%26.2%46.6%29.1%6.1%0.4%-902.6M24.51B-385.3M1.571.12N/AN/A1,093,6731,718,6174,768,4807,785,909
2022-09-12$310.34$310.0027.7%8.0%25.3%50.6%27.5%5.9%0.4%-1.43B19.51B-380.7M1.181.08N/AN/A1,200,2781,420,9704,598,2787,719,769
2022-09-13$293.08$318.0032.0%9.1%31.2%67.7%31.0%7.3%0.8%-3.78B73.22B-374.0M1.721.59N/AN/A1,099,1291,894,5364,697,1467,811,640
2022-09-14$296.34$316.0031.1%8.8%31.8%64.0%31.4%6.9%-0.8%-3.57B63.52B-379.8M1.791.27N/AN/A1,011,4531,807,1934,965,0718,041,630
2022-09-15$291.59$316.0030.8%8.8%32.0%62.7%31.5%6.8%-0.8%-4.35B76.64B-370.0M1.611.35N/AN/A1,015,4531,632,9764,892,6998,059,743
2022-09-16$288.63$316.0031.5%9.1%31.8%65.8%31.7%6.7%0.2%-4.66B84.12B-367.3M1.711.14N/AN/A1,234,1352,115,4205,082,5328,122,352
2022-09-19$290.60$315.0031.1%8.9%31.6%64.2%32.3%6.1%0.1%-2.74B54.57B-370.4M1.600.88N/AN/A919,9131,468,4673,815,6636,755,885
2022-09-20$289.57$312.0032.2%9.3%30.4%68.6%32.7%6.0%0.2%-2.82B54.30B-376.7M1.280.91N/AN/A771,810985,4203,904,2086,819,555
2022-09-21$284.03$310.0033.3%9.6%30.8%73.1%32.6%6.6%-0.9%-3.40B67.04B-367.2M1.021.35N/AN/A1,539,9781,567,7964,079,3086,918,738
2022-09-22$282.64$310.0031.4%9.1%30.6%65.1%31.5%6.0%-0.8%-3.42B68.15B-363.6M1.200.97N/AN/A1,183,3411,415,7724,229,9066,933,502
2022-09-23$275.45$308.0033.4%9.8%30.6%73.2%34.0%6.9%0.2%-3.78B81.77B-355.7M1.461.09N/AN/A1,447,7482,111,6674,509,2077,107,223
2022-09-26$275.24$305.0035.0%10.3%28.3%79.8%36.1%7.2%0.4%-3.01B73.12B-355.1M1.310.98N/AN/A1,292,9691,699,4554,414,5976,914,803
2022-09-27$274.14$302.0036.2%10.6%28.3%84.4%36.9%7.9%0.4%-2.64B70.89B-354.3M1.230.93N/AN/A1,139,2181,396,5824,488,7786,836,991
2022-09-28$280.70$300.0033.9%9.8%29.9%75.2%35.2%7.8%-0.9%-1.72B52.66B-374.1M1.540.82N/AN/A1,283,6501,976,8234,683,2656,981,617
2022-09-29$271.57$300.0035.4%10.4%31.6%81.2%36.5%8.0%-1.0%-2.73B71.44B-359.3M1.290.98N/AN/A1,121,6761,443,8604,707,5846,937,015
2022-09-30$269.06$296.0034.4%10.2%31.5%77.5%35.1%7.2%0.7%-2.98B76.06B-350.3M1.330.94N/AN/A1,284,7891,709,6754,915,2757,065,454