QQQJ Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, QQQJ traded between $30.38 and $33.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.5%. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.3% (HV 20d: 17.2%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.10.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-04: Highest Volume — 9,724 contracts
  • 2021-01-27: Largest IV spike — 24.4% change
  • 2021-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.15$30.38$33.06$30.38$31.41
Max Pain$30.05$29.00$31.00$29.00$31.00
ATM IV29.5%22.9%37.7%31.2%37.7%
Expected Move8.7%7.8%10.8%8.2%10.8%
HV 20d17.2%14.4%23.2%14.4%23.2%
Term Structure2.5%-2.9%4.9%4.0%-2.9%
VWIV30.2%26.9%36.1%28.8%34.5%
Skew 25d3.5%0.0%10.8%2.9%3.6%
Skew 10d1.8%-6.4%9.3%-5.5%7.5%
Call IV 25d29.3%22.7%36.3%28.4%34.9%
Put IV 25d32.8%29.9%38.9%31.2%38.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %50.1640.1960.0360.0345.20
Gamma HHI0.300.230.370.280.32
Net GEX4.3M3.1M5.9M3.4M3.1M
Net DEX-80.1M-99.2M-56.5M-56.5M-62.5M
Net VEX-387.7K-408.5K-345.2K-360.8K-345.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.100.010.990.990.07
Total Volume4,559.2631,9389,7249,7242,836
Total OI68,939.36861,11577,04869,67261,203

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$30.38$29.0031.2%8.2%14.4%0.0%28.8%2.9%4.0%3.4M-56.5M-360.8K0.9960.03N/AN/A4,8864,83865,7873,885
2021-01-05$30.82$29.0027.2%8.2%14.6%0.0%27.4%6.8%3.2%3.4M-59.2M-365.1K0.0656.24N/AN/A2,25013565,2978,847
2021-01-06$31.05$29.0025.6%7.8%14.7%0.0%26.9%10.8%2.4%4.1M-64.3M-367.3K0.0359.54N/AN/A3,53510865,6198,872
2021-01-07$31.89$29.0022.9%7.8%17.2%0.0%27.7%3.8%1.8%5.1M-80.0M-389.5K0.0540.19N/AN/A7,37636365,6658,833
2021-01-08$32.20$30.0026.4%8.5%15.7%0.0%29.7%2.0%2.7%5.5M-87.0M-395.1K0.0142.25N/AN/A6,6737966,2978,938
2021-01-11$32.26$30.0030.6%8.9%15.4%0.0%31.2%3.2%2.9%5.4M-90.2M-405.4K0.0449.40N/AN/A5,84021466,7348,985
2021-01-12$32.58$30.0025.3%9.0%15.5%0.0%31.9%3.8%3.5%5.8M-94.8M-400.3K0.0447.27N/AN/A4,11615466,5499,115
2021-01-13$32.50$30.0029.7%8.5%15.7%0.0%29.1%3.6%3.0%5.7M-93.5M-398.5K0.0140.98N/AN/A3,7592266,7719,133
2021-01-14$32.81$30.0031.2%8.9%15.7%0.0%30.4%3.2%1.9%5.9M-99.2M-406.0K0.0142.98N/AN/A6,4037066,7899,147
2021-01-15$32.28$30.0030.8%8.8%17.3%0.0%31.3%2.7%4.9%4.5M-90.4M-406.7K0.0444.92N/AN/A3,76515067,9359,113
2021-01-19$32.72$30.0029.9%8.6%17.4%0.0%30.3%0.5%4.5%3.8M-83.4M-397.4K0.0846.34N/AN/A2,74423359,6802,412
2021-01-20$33.06$30.0029.1%8.3%17.6%0.0%29.2%0.0%1.1%4.0M-88.6M-408.3K0.1554.93N/AN/A3,32848760,0812,608
2021-01-21$33.03$30.0028.6%8.2%17.6%0.0%28.6%4.5%0.6%4.1M-87.5M-406.6K0.0355.48N/AN/A1,8766260,3622,837
2021-01-22$33.03$30.0028.1%8.1%17.2%0.0%28.9%2.6%1.6%3.9M-87.5M-408.5K0.1051.99N/AN/A2,41924660,2772,871
2021-01-25$32.81$31.0029.4%8.4%17.5%0.0%30.0%4.4%3.6%4.0M-83.2M-393.0K0.1056.66N/AN/A4,64644260,0673,042
2021-01-26$32.40$31.0029.3%8.4%18.1%0.0%29.7%3.6%1.3%3.8M-77.5M-385.1K0.0855.92N/AN/A3,41926159,2363,256
2021-01-27$31.44$31.0036.5%10.5%21.0%0.0%36.1%2.6%4.7%3.1M-67.6M-372.4K0.0746.28N/AN/A6,37146559,0273,463
2021-01-28$32.09$31.0031.7%9.1%21.8%0.0%32.0%2.4%3.6%3.4M-69.1M-355.0K0.0456.50N/AN/A1,9777857,2893,826
2021-01-29$31.41$31.0037.7%10.8%23.2%0.0%34.5%3.6%-2.9%3.1M-62.5M-345.2K0.0745.20N/AN/A2,66217457,3183,885