QQQ Options History — October 2024

In October 2024, QQQ traded between $480.50 and $501.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.1%, placing in the 31.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.4% (HV 20d: 14.6%). Max pain ranged from $475.00 to $485.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2024-10-23: Highest Volume — 5,057,509 contracts
  • 2024-10-07: Largest IV spike — 17.3% change
  • 2024-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 42.7%
  • 2024-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 7.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$491.02$480.50$501.14$481.27$485.97
Max Pain$480.57$475.00$485.00$475.00$485.00
ATM IV21.1%19.5%23.6%19.8%23.6%
Expected Move6.2%5.5%7.6%5.7%7.6%
HV 20d14.6%12.9%16.7%16.4%16.7%
HV 60d21.7%17.5%23.5%23.4%18.0%
IV Rank31.7%24.8%42.7%26.2%42.7%
IV Percentile85.0%75.4%96.4%77.8%96.4%
Term Structure0.1%-1.1%2.6%2.2%-0.4%
VWIV22.8%21.0%26.8%22.4%26.8%
Skew 25d6.2%5.5%7.7%6.0%6.8%
Skew 10d12.7%10.7%15.6%13.0%13.1%
Call IV 25d18.0%16.1%20.2%17.0%20.2%
Put IV 25d24.3%21.6%27.4%23.0%27.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.401.011.861.281.76
Gamma HHI0.040.030.070.030.03
Net GEX598.5M-4.52B3.92B-2.05B-4.52B
Net DEX-32.32B-57.26B-2.03B-12.81B-2.03B
Net VEX-437.2M-468.5M-413.0M-453.5M-459.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.821.521.080.91
Total Volume3,676,413.132,889,1935,057,5094,829,8934,343,992
Total OI8,960,810.1748,137,7539,698,8288,537,3969,055,001

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-10-01$481.27$475.0019.8%5.7%16.4%26.2%22.4%6.0%2.2%-2.05B-12.81B-453.5M1.081.28N/AN/A2,327,5142,502,3792,908,0885,629,308
2024-10-02$482.94$475.0019.6%5.5%16.4%25.2%21.0%5.8%2.2%-155.2M-19.53B-460.2M1.451.22N/AN/A1,291,6291,871,1103,005,5645,793,961
2024-10-03$480.50$480.0021.2%6.4%16.5%32.1%23.5%6.5%2.1%-1.87B-11.47B-468.5M1.211.53N/AN/A1,476,2451,780,9363,004,1635,843,214
2024-10-04$486.89$480.0019.6%6.1%14.1%25.5%22.1%5.5%2.6%1.75B-31.64B-452.1M1.101.63N/AN/A1,791,4631,977,4963,022,6755,865,984
2024-10-07$481.30$480.0023.0%6.6%15.1%40.0%23.0%7.7%-0.5%-1.83B-12.46B-456.3M1.101.86N/AN/A1,615,1681,781,3182,957,2645,803,258
2024-10-08$489.48$480.0021.7%6.1%15.6%34.4%21.5%6.8%-0.8%2.76B-38.57B-438.9M1.491.51N/AN/A1,397,1072,085,1223,051,8935,886,012
2024-10-09$492.84$480.0021.4%5.9%14.7%33.1%21.4%6.4%-0.9%2.88B-44.53B-436.5M1.281.55N/AN/A1,583,2812,024,5503,061,8976,006,754
2024-10-10$492.14$480.0021.6%6.1%14.2%33.9%23.8%6.6%-0.2%1.12B-41.72B-440.4M1.171.42N/AN/A1,522,1421,783,5303,158,6666,113,645
2024-10-11$494.01$480.0020.9%5.9%14.1%30.7%21.6%6.1%-0.6%2.51B-47.73B-435.3M1.121.36N/AN/A1,360,4341,528,7593,193,2806,169,067
2024-10-14$498.06$480.0020.3%5.7%14.1%28.2%22.7%5.6%0.5%3.77B-57.26B-415.8M1.101.36N/AN/A1,427,2851,572,6633,131,1795,990,296
2024-10-15$489.86$480.0021.6%6.2%15.6%33.7%22.3%6.6%0.1%-2.34B-28.22B-437.2M0.931.54N/AN/A2,351,2902,178,1053,175,4876,152,786
2024-10-16$490.70$480.0020.8%6.0%15.6%30.6%21.6%6.2%0.0%826.9M-35.14B-435.2M1.021.44N/AN/A1,619,0291,646,3113,311,6086,277,185
2024-10-17$491.74$480.0020.5%5.9%13.0%29.1%21.2%5.8%-0.1%1.56B-40.89B-428.3M0.881.70N/AN/A1,931,0141,698,8293,324,7226,319,706
2024-10-18$494.23$480.0019.5%5.5%13.0%24.8%21.9%5.6%0.5%3.92B-47.63B-421.2M1.331.31N/AN/A1,322,1231,754,1883,309,7756,389,053
2024-10-21$494.36$480.0020.5%5.9%13.0%29.1%21.9%5.8%-0.7%348.1M-31.87B-416.8M1.211.01N/AN/A1,634,2791,969,4272,743,1535,394,600
2024-10-22$496.33$480.0020.4%5.9%12.9%28.8%21.9%5.8%-0.8%1.67B-38.19B-413.0M1.241.31N/AN/A1,761,8952,181,0382,827,2875,501,445
2024-10-23$488.31$480.0022.0%6.4%14.3%35.5%23.2%6.5%-1.0%-3.21B-13.24B-433.2M0.821.32N/AN/A2,781,7752,275,7342,918,5225,578,163
2024-10-24$492.41$480.0021.2%6.2%14.3%32.3%23.3%6.5%-0.9%1.79B-30.65B-434.7M1.231.21N/AN/A1,561,9621,916,3843,115,3475,693,063
2024-10-25$495.75$483.0021.7%6.3%14.3%34.2%23.3%6.5%-1.1%2.29B-37.68B-435.0M1.271.25N/AN/A2,136,2652,717,3083,065,7985,836,079
2024-10-28$496.05$485.0021.5%6.6%14.3%33.5%24.7%6.3%-0.2%407.5M-34.45B-430.8M1.141.15N/AN/A1,560,3371,776,8782,991,9295,678,009
2024-10-29$501.14$485.0021.1%6.6%14.0%31.8%24.3%5.7%-0.2%2.61B-50.03B-423.5M1.241.15N/AN/A1,483,1551,835,7983,040,9385,831,982
2024-10-30$497.15$485.0021.5%6.8%14.5%33.6%24.2%6.1%-0.2%-472.0M-35.63B-431.1M1.521.33N/AN/A1,357,4702,062,7853,046,5895,924,239
2024-10-31$485.97$485.0023.6%7.6%16.7%42.7%26.8%6.8%-0.4%-4.52B-2.03B-459.2M0.911.76N/AN/A2,269,8762,074,1163,090,4045,964,597