QQQ Options History — April 2023

In April 2023, QQQ traded between $310.50 and $321.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.4%, placing in the 4.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 16.5%). Max pain ranged from $305.00 to $315.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2023-04-20: Highest Volume — 3,446,850 contracts
  • 2023-04-25: Largest IV spike — 12.5% change
  • 2023-04-25: Highest IV Rank — 14.6%
  • 2023-04-25: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$317.09$310.50$321.85$320.00$321.85
Max Pain$310.95$305.00$315.00$305.00$315.00
ATM IV21.4%18.9%23.1%22.1%18.9%
Expected Move6.1%5.4%6.6%5.9%5.4%
HV 20d16.5%13.9%20.4%20.4%16.2%
HV 60d20.9%19.6%21.8%21.8%19.6%
IV Rank4.2%0.0%14.6%4.1%0.0%
IV Percentile2.0%0.0%6.7%0.8%0.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.4%0.1%0.1%-0.0%
VWIV21.9%19.8%24.4%21.8%19.8%
Skew 25d5.5%4.8%7.0%5.2%5.0%
Skew 10d10.3%9.0%12.5%10.5%9.6%
Call IV 25d18.8%16.6%20.6%20.0%16.6%
Put IV 25d24.3%21.6%26.1%25.1%21.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.371.121.701.231.37
Gamma HHI0.040.030.050.030.05
Net GEX83.4M-2.53B2.25B640.0M1.55B
Net DEX-23.33B-37.50B8.70B-37.50B-31.60B
Net VEX-450.4M-462.8M-436.7M-453.8M-444.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.941.481.391.39
Total Volume2,572,236.5262,114,5153,446,8502,314,5702,865,384
Total OI12,602,511.47411,873,10213,700,53712,186,95612,735,638

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-04-03$320.00$305.0022.1%5.9%20.4%4.1%21.8%5.2%0.1%640.0M-37.50B-453.8M1.391.23N/AN/A967,1921,347,3784,422,7387,764,218
2023-04-04$318.00$305.0022.9%6.1%19.8%8.1%21.6%5.5%0.1%-33.0M-30.12B-461.3M1.241.44N/AN/A1,045,6101,297,6474,459,6907,841,272
2023-04-05$315.82$305.0023.0%6.0%20.1%8.5%21.6%5.3%0.1%-716.2M-21.89B-462.8M1.151.33N/AN/A1,092,8451,258,3714,523,9357,951,245
2023-04-06$318.17$305.0022.4%6.4%18.5%3.2%23.5%5.1%0.1%1.03B-31.23B-459.4M1.341.12N/AN/A1,078,5791,447,3874,584,6617,924,316
2023-04-10$317.35$306.0023.1%6.6%17.0%7.4%22.9%5.6%-0.2%435.1M-27.25B-450.2M1.201.14N/AN/A1,015,5791,214,3964,452,5457,756,838
2023-04-11$315.94$309.0023.1%6.5%16.8%7.1%24.4%5.6%-0.3%36.0M-22.96B-452.2M0.941.12N/AN/A1,167,7461,097,1354,490,2777,863,666
2023-04-12$313.46$309.0023.0%6.5%17.1%6.9%22.8%5.5%-0.2%-642.8M-15.20B-449.5M1.091.28N/AN/A1,450,7591,579,8444,566,5077,944,647
2023-04-13$319.56$310.0021.7%6.2%18.0%0.0%22.3%5.1%-0.2%2.25B-37.38B-443.2M1.461.31N/AN/A1,061,1861,551,5594,651,4097,979,238
2023-04-14$318.63$310.0020.9%6.0%15.1%0.0%22.6%4.9%-0.1%658.1M-33.01B-447.7M1.181.46N/AN/A1,332,8571,570,9014,719,5928,229,072
2023-04-17$318.31$310.0020.6%5.9%14.9%0.0%21.4%4.8%0.0%711.4M-30.05B-436.7M1.181.50N/AN/A1,018,2611,198,9964,595,6418,157,289
2023-04-18$318.74$314.0020.1%5.7%14.9%0.0%21.0%4.8%0.0%860.1M-30.97B-438.0M1.011.50N/AN/A1,152,3101,168,6454,660,7888,320,869
2023-04-19$318.77$315.0019.7%5.7%13.9%0.0%20.4%5.2%0.1%869.5M-30.29B-439.4M1.321.47N/AN/A912,1391,202,3764,752,1658,459,813
2023-04-20$315.58$315.0020.6%5.9%14.4%4.2%21.5%5.8%-0.0%-1.02B-17.02B-449.8M1.481.70N/AN/A1,389,9432,056,9074,832,5568,569,041
2023-04-21$316.08$315.0020.2%5.8%14.4%2.2%20.9%5.6%-0.0%-983.9M-19.08B-452.4M1.351.44N/AN/A1,104,0451,488,8474,877,1208,823,417
2023-04-24$315.83$315.0020.2%5.8%14.4%2.2%21.1%6.0%-0.2%-1.24B-9.47B-450.8M1.051.26N/AN/A1,159,0031,214,4504,211,9787,661,124
2023-04-25$310.50$315.0022.7%6.6%15.6%14.6%23.0%7.0%-0.4%-2.53B8.70B-462.7M1.101.56N/AN/A1,316,4881,446,1174,258,5457,770,682
2023-04-26$311.78$315.0022.0%6.4%15.2%11.1%22.5%6.7%-0.4%-1.51B2.08B-458.5M1.391.28N/AN/A1,119,5971,553,4964,402,9157,844,290
2023-04-27$320.43$315.0019.9%5.8%16.3%0.9%21.9%5.7%-0.2%1.21B-29.01B-445.3M1.481.43N/AN/A1,181,1501,747,3694,433,1257,954,856
2023-04-28$321.85$315.0018.9%5.4%16.2%0.0%19.8%5.0%-0.0%1.55B-31.60B-444.6M1.391.37N/AN/A1,197,8271,667,5574,509,6558,225,983