QQQ Options History — October 2022

In October 2022, QQQ traded between $261.27 and $284.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.2%, placing in the 76.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 32.2%). Max pain ranged from $280.00 to $295.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.24.

Notable Days

  • 2022-10-13: Highest Volume — 4,046,075 contracts
  • 2022-10-28: Largest IV drop — 5.9% change
  • 2022-10-12: Highest IV Rank — 90.7%
  • 2022-10-11: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$273.35$261.27$284.21$274.12$278.40
Max Pain$286.67$280.00$295.00$295.00$280.00
ATM IV34.2%30.1%37.7%33.9%30.1%
Expected Move10.0%9.4%10.6%9.9%9.5%
HV 20d32.2%27.8%34.1%32.5%32.7%
HV 60d29.7%28.9%30.6%28.9%30.0%
IV Rank76.5%59.6%90.7%75.2%59.6%
IV Percentile83.8%55.6%97.6%87.3%55.6%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.2%0.6%0.3%0.4%
VWIV35.1%33.0%38.9%35.0%33.1%
Skew 25d5.7%3.6%7.6%7.6%3.6%
Skew 10d10.9%7.1%14.4%14.4%7.1%
Call IV 25d31.4%28.0%34.7%30.0%28.3%
Put IV 25d37.1%32.0%40.8%37.5%32.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.090.821.490.820.85
Gamma HHI0.050.040.070.050.05
Net GEX-1.58B-3.03B-62.1M-1.92B-1.48B
Net DEX45.07B10.44B73.18B55.07B29.31B
Net VEX-369.6M-389.1M-343.0M-361.6M-371.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.241.001.491.411.18
Total Volume2,603,612.9521,986,3634,046,0752,478,3332,200,545
Total OI11,718,991.95210,970,35212,745,89510,980,42011,293,168

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-10-03$274.12$295.0033.9%9.9%32.5%75.2%35.0%7.6%0.3%-1.92B55.07B-361.6M1.410.82N/AN/A1,027,9641,450,3694,395,7196,584,701
2022-10-04$281.26$295.0032.5%9.4%34.1%69.6%33.6%7.1%0.3%-1.15B35.99B-380.5M1.260.87N/AN/A1,018,1031,284,3574,473,6556,566,792
2022-10-05$283.12$295.0032.6%9.4%33.3%70.1%33.5%7.2%-0.8%-915.4M31.05B-389.1M1.260.98N/AN/A1,110,0021,403,3024,637,8096,840,149
2022-10-06$280.10$290.0033.7%9.6%33.4%74.7%33.4%6.9%-1.0%-1.67B39.92B-388.3M1.141.10N/AN/A930,2641,056,0994,617,5186,829,299
2022-10-07$268.62$290.0034.8%10.1%34.1%79.0%34.5%6.3%0.6%-3.03B68.89B-360.4M1.081.32N/AN/A1,480,1991,592,5394,851,1866,968,180
2022-10-10$267.08$290.0036.6%10.3%33.5%86.2%36.5%6.4%0.4%-2.60B66.43B-351.0M1.391.31N/AN/A1,087,0871,512,1034,699,2196,754,390
2022-10-11$262.57$290.0037.5%10.6%28.2%90.0%36.7%6.4%0.6%-2.53B73.18B-343.0M1.171.40N/AN/A1,120,7131,314,4194,749,4476,860,118
2022-10-12$263.55$290.0037.7%10.5%27.8%90.7%36.9%6.1%-1.1%-2.36B69.73B-351.1M1.231.22N/AN/A1,017,1451,254,7344,970,2017,057,828
2022-10-13$268.98$290.0036.8%10.4%29.0%86.9%38.9%6.0%-1.1%-1.89B54.96B-366.9M1.301.49N/AN/A1,758,6482,287,4274,976,2516,965,913
2022-10-14$261.27$286.0036.4%10.4%30.2%85.2%36.6%5.7%0.3%-2.87B73.11B-346.1M1.001.20N/AN/A1,515,7511,512,0085,304,8507,296,969
2022-10-17$269.91$285.0035.5%10.2%32.8%81.8%36.2%6.0%0.1%-1.35B49.46B-364.8M1.191.11N/AN/A1,082,4831,285,7635,072,9106,962,726
2022-10-18$271.40$285.0035.0%10.0%33.0%79.9%35.2%5.5%-0.2%-1.57B46.07B-370.6M1.401.27N/AN/A1,080,0251,510,9365,101,6547,000,926
2022-10-19$269.68$285.0035.2%10.1%32.5%80.6%35.3%5.8%-0.9%-1.98B51.59B-366.9M1.191.33N/AN/A1,149,1831,371,7245,260,6987,224,857
2022-10-20$268.77$285.0034.7%10.1%32.5%78.4%34.8%5.6%-1.2%-1.98B52.52B-364.5M1.221.06N/AN/A1,096,9271,343,1735,277,0967,172,611
2022-10-21$275.59$285.0033.6%9.8%32.7%74.3%35.1%5.3%0.2%-283.5M31.78B-380.0M1.321.09N/AN/A1,366,5101,799,1805,405,2547,340,641
2022-10-24$278.70$282.0034.2%10.1%32.9%76.4%35.7%4.9%-0.6%-421.3M21.99B-384.4M1.120.89N/AN/A1,192,7701,330,1404,432,8406,537,512
2022-10-25$284.21$282.0032.8%9.8%33.5%70.9%34.7%4.5%-0.5%-62.1M10.44B-388.7M1.090.91N/AN/A998,0021,092,3594,465,7026,609,937
2022-10-26$278.51$280.0032.0%9.7%33.3%67.4%33.9%4.4%-0.7%-1.27B26.59B-380.3M1.280.98N/AN/A1,246,9671,597,4024,589,9216,875,192
2022-10-27$273.37$280.0032.2%9.9%31.8%68.2%34.4%4.2%-0.8%-1.80B40.20B-370.8M1.310.97N/AN/A919,6161,209,1434,569,0756,849,137
2022-10-28$281.06$280.0030.3%9.4%33.0%60.5%33.0%4.0%0.1%-131.9M18.12B-380.1M1.490.82N/AN/A1,231,9041,837,8874,711,7306,945,050
2022-10-31$278.40$280.0030.1%9.5%32.7%59.6%33.1%3.6%0.4%-1.48B29.31B-371.9M1.180.85N/AN/A1,009,6221,190,9234,521,5416,771,627