QQQJ Options History — March 2026

In March 2026, QQQJ traded between $34.58 and $38.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.9%, placing in the 22.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 22.1%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2026-03-20: Highest Volume — 127 contracts
  • 2026-03-20: Largest IV spike — 45.9% change
  • 2026-03-27: Highest IV Rank — 31.7%
  • 2026-03-20: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.74$34.58$38.13$38.13$36.19
Max Pain$35.91$35.00$37.00$35.00$36.00
ATM IV20.9%16.9%26.0%19.1%22.6%
Expected Move6.0%4.8%7.5%5.5%6.5%
HV 20d22.1%17.6%31.0%21.8%31.0%
HV 60d19.5%17.4%23.8%17.4%23.8%
IV Rank22.3%15.1%31.7%19.1%25.5%
IV Percentile77.3%54.4%94.0%69.4%86.9%
Term Structure-0.4%-5.6%2.7%-2.0%-0.8%
VWIV21.0%9.8%25.4%20.9%20.7%
Skew 25d9.0%-2.5%14.1%9.5%7.8%
Skew 10d11.6%4.1%20.8%18.8%13.5%
Call IV 25d14.5%9.9%22.0%14.7%19.0%
Put IV 25d23.6%16.0%30.1%24.2%26.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.1924.3764.2233.2327.33
Gamma HHI0.220.160.440.200.19
Net GEX78.3K38.0K128.8K100.7K48.4K
Net DEX-1.4M-2.1M-572.1K-2.1M-784.8K
Net VEX-4.6K-5.3K-3.8K-5.2K-4.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.003.330.050.17
Total Volume42.04501272021
Total OI1,337.8648671,6191,438920

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-03-02$38.13$35.0019.1%5.5%21.8%19.1%20.9%9.5%-2.0%100.7K-2.1M-5.2K0.0533.23N/AN/A1911,023415
2026-03-03$37.33$35.0022.2%6.4%22.7%24.8%20.1%9.1%-3.1%84.0K-1.7M-5.3K0.3033.89N/AN/A44131,032416
2026-03-04$37.75$35.0017.1%4.9%23.1%15.5%20.7%8.5%-0.5%100.5K-1.9M-5.1K1.8332.04N/AN/A6111,050424
2026-03-05$37.36$36.0020.0%5.5%22.9%20.7%0.0%5.8%-0.4%83.1K-1.7M-5.1K0.0064.22N/AN/A801,049433
2026-03-06$36.73$36.0021.8%5.9%22.3%24.1%0.0%10.7%-1.9%60.3K-1.4M-5.2K3.3360.77N/AN/A6201,053433
2026-03-09$37.30$36.0018.9%5.7%18.3%18.8%9.8%11.4%0.0%66.6K-1.7M-4.6K0.0649.28N/AN/A10871,055427
2026-03-10$37.29$36.0020.6%5.6%17.6%21.9%25.4%10.8%1.0%97.3K-1.8M-4.8K1.6758.86N/AN/A6101,154424
2026-03-11$37.30$36.0019.0%5.5%17.6%19.0%0.0%10.3%2.2%101.8K-1.7M-4.8K0.0058.39N/AN/A001,156432
2026-03-12$36.37$36.0022.6%6.2%19.3%25.6%0.0%9.0%0.3%54.6K-1.3M-4.7K0.0030.79N/AN/A5901,156432
2026-03-13$36.24$36.0021.0%7.2%18.3%22.6%0.0%14.1%1.3%48.3K-1.2M-4.8K0.1532.67N/AN/A2641,176431
2026-03-16$36.93$36.0020.1%5.8%19.6%20.9%22.6%13.2%0.7%101.2K-1.7M-4.5K1.2730.00N/AN/A37471,185434
2026-03-17$37.26$36.0016.9%4.8%19.8%15.1%0.0%9.6%2.7%128.8K-1.8M-4.4K0.0036.74N/AN/A1601,189410
2026-03-18$37.02$36.0019.1%5.3%19.5%19.1%22.1%7.2%2.5%110.8K-1.7M-4.4K0.0434.16N/AN/A2611,184410
2026-03-19$37.22$36.0017.2%5.7%19.6%15.6%19.1%11.1%-0.5%111.1K-1.7M-4.5K1.0034.89N/AN/A26261,171410
2026-03-20$35.89$37.0025.1%7.5%23.2%30.0%25.4%7.8%-5.6%118.2K-1.3M-4.2K0.2228.53N/AN/A104231,166403
2026-03-23$36.65$36.0019.8%5.6%24.4%20.4%19.8%-2.5%1.7%54.4K-1.0M-4.5K0.0032.22N/AN/A800721146
2026-03-24$36.62$36.0019.3%5.3%23.8%19.5%19.4%9.8%-0.8%53.6K-982.1K-4.5K0.0530.06N/AN/A221722145
2026-03-25$36.94$36.0021.2%6.3%24.1%22.9%24.0%13.1%-1.2%60.4K-1.1M-4.5K0.0226.52N/AN/A571724145
2026-03-26$36.05$36.0023.8%6.8%25.3%27.7%20.7%12.9%-1.8%53.3K-946.6K-4.4K0.0024.37N/AN/A90778146
2026-03-27$35.20$36.0026.0%7.5%26.0%31.7%21.7%8.1%-0.3%47.5K-721.8K-4.1K0.0329.34N/AN/A662785146
2026-03-30$34.58$36.0025.6%7.3%26.3%30.9%24.0%1.5%-1.9%38.0K-572.1K-3.8K0.5029.92N/AN/A84776146
2026-03-31$36.19$36.0022.6%6.5%31.0%25.5%20.7%7.8%-0.8%48.4K-784.8K-4.0K0.1727.33N/AN/A183770150