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Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ)

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282.13

+8.60

(+3.14%)

At close: 04:00PM EDT

280.10

-2.03

(-0.72%)

Pre-market:

06:33AM EDT

In the money

Show:ListStraddle

Strike:485.00

Callsfor21 October 2022

Contract name	Last trade date	Expiry date	Last price	Bid	Ask	Change	% change	Volume	Open interest	Implied volatility
QQQ221216C00485000	2022-08-10 12:33PM EDT	2022-12-16	0.04	0.04	0.06	+0.01	+33.33%	2	303	43.75%
QQQ221230C00485000	2022-08-08 10:59AM EDT	2022-12-30	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.00	-	-	252	41.70%
QQQ230120C00485000	2022-08-08 10:29AM EDT	2023-01-20	0.08	0.10	0.14	0.00	-	3	6,937	39.26%
QQQ230317C00485000	2022-08-10 2:07PM EDT	2023-03-17	0.31	0.31	0.35	+0.07	+29.17%	92	53	35.60%
QQQ230616C00485000	2022-07-21 3:58PM EDT	2023-06-16	0.63	0.86	1.09	0.00	-	3	207	33.78%
QQQ230915C00485000	2022-08-11 10:00AM EDT	2023-09-15	2.40	2.04	2.32	+0.60	+33.33%	9	504	33.26%
QQQ231215C00485000	2022-08-08 9:30AM EDT	2023-12-15	3.29	3.59	3.94	0.00	-	7	336	33.14%
QQQ240119C00485000	2022-08-11 10:00AM EDT	2024-01-19	4.72	4.22	4.71	+1.15	+32.21%	2	3,525	33.25%
QQQ240621C00485000	2022-08-10 3:21PM EDT	2024-06-21	7.48	7.34	8.13	+1.09	+17.06%	1	2	33.26%

Putsfor21 October 2022

Contract name	Last trade date	Expiry date	Last price	Bid	Ask	% change	Volume	Open interest	Implied volatility
QQQ221216P00485000	2021-11-10 7:53AM EDT	2022-12-16	167.50	93.56	95.56	-	-	28	0.00%
QQQ230120P00485000	2021-11-16 11:22AM EDT	2023-01-20	96.44	96.97	100.00	-	-	5	0.00%
QQQ230616P00485000	2022-07-11 11:55AM EDT	2023-06-16	194.24	159.63	161.42	-	-	0	0.00%
QQQ240119P00485000	2021-11-04 2:59PM EDT	2024-01-19	104.72	118.50	123.00	-	-	12	0.00%