QQQ Options History — November 2022

In November 2022, QQQ traded between $261.56 and $291.83. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.4%, placing in the 49.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.1% (HV 20d: 34.5%). Max pain ranged from $280.00 to $290.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.18.

Notable Days

  • 2022-11-11: Highest Volume — 3,487,480 contracts
  • 2022-11-10: Largest IV drop — 9.2% change
  • 2022-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 63.1%
  • 2022-11-01: Largest Expected Move — 9.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$279.42$261.56$291.83$275.33$291.83
Max Pain$285.76$280.00$290.00$280.00$285.00
ATM IV28.4%25.5%31.3%30.7%25.6%
Expected Move8.5%7.4%9.7%9.7%8.2%
HV 20d34.5%30.4%39.0%31.5%36.0%
HV 60d32.1%30.0%33.8%30.0%33.5%
IV Rank49.2%35.7%63.1%62.2%36.1%
IV Percentile43.7%25.0%64.3%59.9%25.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.7%1.9%0.4%-0.0%
VWIV29.3%25.2%33.7%33.7%27.8%
Skew 25d4.1%2.9%5.0%3.5%4.3%
Skew 10d8.1%5.8%9.8%6.8%8.1%
Call IV 25d26.4%23.1%29.5%28.7%23.5%
Put IV 25d30.5%27.8%33.1%32.2%27.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.190.811.730.811.19
Gamma HHI0.050.030.110.060.05
Net GEX-960.7M-2.92B942.1M-1.75B942.1M
Net DEX21.45B-14.20B67.34B37.13B-7.38B
Net VEX-373.8M-398.0M-332.6M-369.3M-378.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.180.961.551.281.16
Total Volume2,539,051.714792,5223,487,4801,595,4033,049,371
Total OI12,081,560.66711,194,89513,501,09011,194,89511,911,830

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-11-01$275.33$280.0030.7%9.7%31.5%62.2%33.7%3.5%0.4%-1.75B37.13B-369.3M1.280.81N/AN/A699,462895,9414,493,0856,701,810
2022-11-02$267.31$280.0030.9%9.7%33.0%63.1%33.2%3.6%-0.6%-2.83B57.38B-348.9M1.191.43N/AN/A1,367,4371,622,8504,614,8696,841,092
2022-11-03$261.56$290.0030.6%9.0%33.5%61.8%31.3%2.9%-0.7%-2.92B67.34B-332.6M1.251.16N/AN/A1,077,6521,352,5014,671,9206,818,430
2022-11-04$264.24$290.0029.5%8.9%30.6%54.7%30.9%2.9%0.3%-2.74B58.56B-346.7M1.361.28N/AN/A1,465,7261,991,9754,998,5307,025,815
2022-11-07$267.72$290.0029.6%8.8%30.9%54.5%30.5%3.1%0.4%-1.66B45.96B-351.7M1.151.02N/AN/A1,021,2501,178,1454,840,2906,830,830
2022-11-08$270.42$290.0030.3%9.0%30.4%56.9%29.9%3.4%0.3%-1.32B38.48B-360.1M1.551.38N/AN/A1,034,4531,608,0934,940,6326,880,392
2022-11-09$263.77$290.0031.3%9.3%31.8%61.2%31.4%3.6%-0.7%-2.25B57.17B-347.2M1.451.47N/AN/A1,151,9711,671,5025,091,6957,105,172
2022-11-10$281.82$285.0028.4%8.6%39.0%48.5%30.4%3.2%-0.7%121.2M5.03B-377.1M0.991.25N/AN/A1,563,2541,552,0165,146,3817,107,741
2022-11-11$288.03$285.0026.7%8.2%37.7%41.1%29.6%3.8%1.9%861.5M-14.20B-381.7M0.991.28N/AN/A1,749,6711,737,8095,406,8577,408,106
2022-11-14$286.60$285.0028.7%8.3%36.4%50.2%29.0%4.6%0.3%-25.9M-1.44B-380.0M1.151.40N/AN/A1,158,0271,333,4635,210,0867,144,466
2022-11-15$289.39$285.0028.4%8.2%36.5%48.8%29.0%5.0%0.3%496.5M-8.50B-385.3M1.141.73N/AN/A1,599,1161,829,2345,275,4897,238,729
2022-11-16$285.37$285.0028.8%8.3%36.9%50.5%28.7%4.9%-0.3%-642.7M5.24B-387.0M1.451.28N/AN/A1,086,8571,573,2015,449,9587,470,012
2022-11-17$283.97$286.0028.9%8.3%36.9%50.7%29.4%4.7%-0.3%-651.6M10.19B-391.8M1.301.27N/AN/A1,142,6231,481,1495,543,7457,573,427
2022-11-18$285.01$285.0028.1%8.1%35.9%47.4%28.0%4.4%-0.2%-439.6M6.61B-398.0M0.961.31N/AN/A1,239,9451,186,2805,720,0637,781,027
2022-11-21$281.91$285.0028.0%8.1%36.0%46.8%28.1%4.6%-0.6%-1.18B20.85B-389.8M0.981.15N/AN/A1,042,1611,024,0974,884,9776,642,638
2022-11-22$285.63$285.0026.5%7.7%35.6%40.3%25.5%4.6%-0.5%-6.0M9.83B-391.2M1.280.93N/AN/A1,100,1021,412,9014,957,0396,690,258
2022-11-23$288.35$285.0025.5%7.4%34.9%35.7%25.2%4.8%-0.6%361.0M2.28B-392.0M1.081.03N/AN/A1,277,1971,382,9165,039,7656,911,166
2022-11-25$287.08$285.0025.6%7.5%34.2%36.3%26.5%4.8%-0.5%-495.8M7.33B-391.2M0.970.88N/AN/A402,603389,9195,076,8916,869,614
2022-11-28$282.32$285.0027.2%8.4%33.5%43.3%28.3%4.9%-0.1%-1.64B23.35B-376.8M1.120.84N/AN/A908,1161,015,6304,886,8696,760,612
2022-11-29$280.23$285.0027.3%8.6%33.4%43.9%29.0%4.7%-0.1%-2.40B29.29B-371.8M1.050.85N/AN/A947,922995,5484,948,2046,802,262
2022-11-30$291.83$285.0025.6%8.2%36.0%36.1%27.8%4.3%-0.0%942.1M-7.38B-378.7M1.161.19N/AN/A1,410,4911,638,8805,038,7356,873,095