QQQ Options History — August 2024

In August 2024, QQQ traded between $433.80 and $481.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.4%, placing in the 41.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.8% (HV 20d: 29.1%). Max pain ranged from $460.00 to $473.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2024-08-01: Highest Volume — 4,496,876 contracts
  • 2024-08-05: Largest IV spike — 33.3% change
  • 2024-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2024-08-05: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$463.94$433.80$481.48$458.44$474.34
Max Pain$461.27$460.00$473.00$473.00$460.00
ATM IV22.4%17.3%37.0%24.3%17.3%
Expected Move6.4%5.1%9.9%7.5%5.1%
HV 20d29.1%23.2%32.3%25.7%23.2%
HV 60d20.9%17.6%22.0%17.6%21.6%
IV Rank41.3%15.3%100.0%98.2%15.3%
IV Percentile84.0%58.3%100.0%99.6%58.3%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.0%0.8%-0.9%0.8%
VWIV22.8%18.0%35.2%25.9%18.0%
Skew 25d5.4%3.5%12.4%4.3%4.2%
Skew 10d11.3%6.5%26.4%8.9%7.9%
Call IV 25d19.7%15.4%30.7%22.1%15.4%
Put IV 25d25.1%19.6%43.1%26.5%19.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.251.354.282.541.43
Gamma HHI0.030.020.100.030.03
Net GEX-243.8M-4.23B5.29B-3.41B865.1M
Net DEX-7.10B-55.92B68.79B24.35B-26.93B
Net VEX-474.1M-515.0M-437.5M-483.0M-455.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.881.540.941.32
Total Volume3,555,619.4552,840,3364,496,8764,496,8763,491,006
Total OI9,972,414.6369,171,14810,738,1719,818,0949,934,669

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-08-01$458.44$473.0024.3%7.5%25.7%98.2%25.9%4.3%-0.9%-3.41B24.35B-483.0M0.942.54N/AN/A2,312,3532,184,5233,712,1386,105,956
2024-08-02$447.65$470.0027.7%8.5%25.9%100.0%29.3%6.6%-1.0%-4.23B51.23B-496.5M1.143.12N/AN/A1,986,2332,260,9673,874,7506,164,980
2024-08-05$433.80$465.0037.0%9.9%27.4%100.0%35.2%12.4%-1.0%-3.62B68.79B-510.6M1.453.83N/AN/A1,578,9812,286,4313,648,2176,074,512
2024-08-06$443.19$460.0028.2%7.7%29.1%62.1%27.4%7.7%-0.6%-2.50B44.20B-492.2M1.132.87N/AN/A1,655,6611,864,6253,755,0976,170,961
2024-08-07$437.13$460.0029.5%8.1%28.5%68.0%27.7%8.0%-0.7%-3.57B54.50B-497.1M1.212.63N/AN/A1,828,1532,209,7673,946,2116,258,961
2024-08-08$447.52$460.0026.8%7.3%30.0%56.1%27.0%7.0%-0.5%-1.71B26.67B-515.0M1.404.28N/AN/A1,511,6042,117,2033,987,8866,372,626
2024-08-09$450.68$460.0024.2%6.8%30.1%45.3%24.7%6.0%-0.4%-2.05B19.47B-502.2M1.292.53N/AN/A1,286,8031,664,7884,063,7736,475,292
2024-08-12$450.38$460.0024.4%6.9%30.1%46.1%23.4%6.2%-0.4%-2.00B21.93B-492.2M1.402.00N/AN/A1,270,4651,782,0023,853,1906,343,323
2024-08-13$462.08$460.0022.3%6.4%31.9%36.8%21.5%5.4%-0.1%116.6M-12.28B-486.2M1.542.38N/AN/A1,463,5072,248,0253,878,2146,443,087
2024-08-14$462.08$460.0020.1%5.8%30.7%27.4%20.5%4.8%0.1%-639.4M-11.15B-474.0M1.091.99N/AN/A1,712,1861,861,9924,014,1896,594,709
2024-08-15$474.42$460.0018.7%5.3%32.3%21.6%19.0%3.6%-0.2%5.29B-55.92B-452.5M1.032.20N/AN/A1,879,7831,933,9114,118,2176,534,800
2024-08-16$474.63$460.0018.4%5.3%32.1%20.1%19.1%3.6%-0.0%4.13B-52.02B-458.6M1.171.63N/AN/A1,410,5771,653,2374,117,3296,620,842
2024-08-19$479.10$460.0017.9%5.1%31.8%18.0%19.1%3.5%-0.1%2.44B-49.32B-437.5M1.081.74N/AN/A1,365,1261,475,2103,270,3015,900,847
2024-08-20$480.55$460.0018.5%5.3%31.8%20.5%19.5%3.9%-0.1%1.62B-49.37B-443.0M0.981.79N/AN/A1,659,4801,623,7163,322,8765,984,417
2024-08-21$481.48$460.0019.1%5.5%29.2%23.0%19.7%3.9%-0.1%1.82B-47.03B-456.7M0.941.66N/AN/A1,617,0071,517,9393,349,0356,091,487
2024-08-22$474.55$460.0020.4%5.9%29.5%28.9%21.3%5.0%-0.4%-1.23B-25.95B-473.9M0.921.89N/AN/A2,222,1742,049,3373,437,1336,128,405
2024-08-23$478.95$460.0018.9%5.4%29.7%22.1%20.5%4.3%-0.1%2.11B-41.36B-461.9M1.012.13N/AN/A1,943,7161,965,2163,547,7326,247,832
2024-08-26$474.69$460.0019.7%5.7%29.9%25.7%20.7%4.6%-0.4%-1.30B-22.30B-460.4M0.881.54N/AN/A1,819,6691,609,8283,433,6026,207,798
2024-08-27$476.99$460.0019.1%5.5%29.1%23.1%20.0%4.4%-0.2%1.61B-34.95B-455.5M1.041.35N/AN/A1,443,8761,500,4293,485,9796,241,269
2024-08-28$472.24$460.0020.5%6.0%27.3%29.2%21.4%5.2%-0.2%-756.8M-19.79B-464.0M0.922.05N/AN/A1,664,6231,527,0663,444,2466,248,328
2024-08-29$471.73$460.0018.8%5.5%25.0%21.9%20.6%4.8%-0.1%1.66B-19.05B-461.9M1.061.95N/AN/A1,830,9131,933,5203,619,8556,368,051
2024-08-30$474.34$460.0017.3%5.1%23.2%15.3%18.0%4.2%0.8%865.1M-26.93B-455.0M1.321.43N/AN/A1,502,4771,988,5293,553,4736,381,196