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QQQ Options Chain – 2026-09-18

Detailed QQQ options chain for 2026-09-18 – real-time call and put contracts with last price, bid/ask, volume, open interest, implied volatility, and in-the-money status.

Tip: Use this page together with the price chart, short-term prediction, and multi-expiry options overview to build a complete view of positioning and risk for QQQ.

QQQ Call Options — 2026-09-18 Expiration

This page focuses on a single options expiration date for QQQ – 2026-09-18 – and lists every available call and put contract in a clean chain view. Each row shows the contract symbol, last trade, bid/ask quotes, daily change, percentage change, trading volume, open interest, implied volatility (IV), and whether the option is currently in-the-money (ITM).

Traders often use a specific expiry’s options chain to identify key strike levels, unusual activity, and risk hedging behavior. High open interest around certain strikes or sudden spikes in volume can reveal where large traders and market makers are concentrating their positions for QQQ into 2026-09-18.

This QQQ 2026-09-18 options chain provides a complete strike-by-strike breakdown of pricing, liquidity and volatility. By comparing changes in volume, open interest distribution and IV across calls and puts, traders can understand where the market is positioning ahead of this specific expiration date.

QQQ Put Options — 2026-09-18 Expiration

The table below shows all call options on QQQ expiring on 2026-09-18. You can quickly compare strikes, pricing, liquidity (volume and open interest), and implied volatility to spot popular strike zones and potential directional bets.

Contract Strike Last Bid Ask Volume Open Int. Implied Vol ITM
QQQ 260918C00915000 915.00 0.2 0.09 0.45 2 15124 22.44%
QQQ 260918C00690000 690.00 12.23 12.69 13.43 3004 10062 20.77%
QQQ 260918C00685000 685.00 14.1 14.21 14.81 105 9159 21.00%
QQQ 260918C00680000 680.00 15.42 15.69 16.31 45 8644 21.25%
QQQ 260918C00700000 700.00 10.89 10.41 10.97 200 6811 20.35%
QQQ 260918C00630000 630.00 37.35 36.57 37.42 15 6729 24.35%
QQQ 260918C00660000 660.00 23.06 22.58 23.41 1052 5989 22.35%
QQQ 260918C00800000 800.00 1.1 0.99 1.44 1 5768 19.21%
QQQ 260918C00610000 610.00 49.1 47.96 48.85 36 5016 25.87%
QQQ 260918C00675000 675.00 16 17.29 17.92 9 4567 21.51%
QQQ 260918C00560000 560.00 83.92 81.42 83.57 5 4502 30.43% YES
QQQ 260918C00650000 650.00 27.3 26.98 27.65 1167 4223 22.98%
QQQ 260918C00620000 620.00 42 42.07 42.95 87 3772 25.10%
QQQ 260918C00640000 640.00 31.5 31.62 32.32 146 2685 23.65%
QQQ 260918C00625000 625.00 40 39.27 40.13 30 2550 24.72%
QQQ 260918C00600000 600.00 54.66 52.96 55.56 68 2489 26.92% YES
QQQ 260918C00710000 710.00 8.32 8.36 8.91 13 2027 19.99%
QQQ 260918C00670000 670.00 18.72 19.02 19.64 3 1827 21.78%
QQQ 260918C00715000 715.00 7.93 7.52 7.98 486 1800 19.80%
QQQ 260918C00615000 615.00 46.22 44.97 45.85 131 1744 25.48%
QQQ 260918C00655000 655.00 23.01 24.63 25.57 4 1508 22.72%
QQQ 260918C00740000 740.00 4.21 4.24 4.69 58 1303 19.26%
QQQ 260918C00705000 705.00 8.3 9.23 9.89 8 1279 20.16%
QQQ 260918C00750000 750.00 3.51 3.22 3.76 126 1228 19.10%
QQQ 260918C00695000 695.00 11.46 11.51 12.15 4 1228 20.56%
QQQ 260918C00665000 665.00 19.08 20.85 21.47 1 1123 22.06%
QQQ 260918C00540000 540.00 97.42 96.19 100.06 10 1085 32.99% YES
QQQ 260918C00645000 645.00 27.26 29.08 29.93 1 1037 23.31%
QQQ 260918C00635000 635.00 34.46 33.97 34.92 113 974 24.05%
QQQ 260918C00490000 490.00 153.85 137.61 141.52 1 893 38.21% YES
QQQ 260918C00580000 580.00 69.5 67.15 70.16 27 835 29.26% YES
QQQ 260918C00595000 595.00 58 56.63 58.8 3 732 27.33% YES
QQQ 260918C00820000 820.00 0.74 0.57 1.12 40 709 19.73%
QQQ 260918C00575000 575.00 67 70.31 72.53 1 708 29.05% YES
QQQ 260918C00730000 730.00 5.3 5.18 5.81 167 660 19.45%
QQQ 260918C00745000 745.00 3.71 3.77 4.22 1 649 19.20%
QQQ 260918C00550000 550.00 87.34 88.66 92.28 65 625 32.03% YES
QQQ 260918C00720000 720.00 6.88 6.61 7.2 277 621 19.69%
QQQ 260918C00725000 725.00 5.92 5.86 6.47 167 614 19.56%
QQQ 260918C00590000 590.00 61.4 60.05 62.13 8 608 27.76% YES
QQQ 260918C00735000 735.00 4.63 4.58 5.22 7 603 19.35%
QQQ 260918C00570000 570.00 74.5 74.23 76.14 6 539 29.50% YES
QQQ 260918C00880000 880.00 0.35 0.25 0.58 9 534 21.31%
QQQ 260918C00805000 805.00 2.2 0.81 1.36 172 504 19.36%
QQQ 260918C00910000 910.00 0.23 0 0.47 1 501 22.30%
QQQ 260918C00765000 765.00 2.1 2.33 2.74 5 447 18.98%
QQQ 260918C00770000 770.00 2.11 1.93 2.48 1 413 18.98%
QQQ 260918C00760000 760.00 2.66 2.62 3.04 2 398 19.00%
QQQ 260918C00565000 565.00 78.06 77.66 79.79 2 393 29.94% YES
QQQ 260918C00500000 500.00 130.2 129.03 132.94 10 376 37.11% YES
QQQ 260918C00900000 900.00 0.24 0 0.5 12 373 21.96%
QQQ 260918C00605000 605.00 50.48 50.63 53.55 92 368 27.13% YES
QQQ 260918C00525000 525.00 101.38 108.6 112.08 6 363 34.47% YES
QQQ 260918C00530000 530.00 101.68 104.61 108.02 2 351 33.97% YES
QQQ 260918C00835000 835.00 0.8 0.39 0.93 1 349 20.09%
QQQ 260918C00755000 755.00 2.74 2.97 3.4 3 334 19.07%
QQQ 260918C00585000 585.00 59.46 63.19 66.69 3 285 28.82% YES
QQQ 260918C00545000 545.00 102.25 92.27 96.14 2 278 32.50% YES
QQQ 260918C00555000 555.00 80.68 84.57 88.41 3 264 31.53% YES
QQQ 260918C00875000 875.00 0.33 0.1 0.61 204 262 21.18%
QQQ 260918C00475000 475.00 151.81 151.2 154.57 5 247 39.89% YES
QQQ 260918C00440000 440.00 200.38 182.5 185.96 10 243 44.17% YES
QQQ 260918C00785000 785.00 2 1.31 1.87 2 242 19.05%
QQQ 260918C00515000 515.00 111.44 116.92 120.31 3 239 35.50% YES
QQQ 260918C00775000 775.00 4.25 1.67 2.26 1 236 19.00%
QQQ 260918C00895000 895.00 0.51 0.02 0.52 5 229 21.81%
QQQ 260918C00510000 510.00 112.74 120.77 124.48 1 203 36.03% YES
QQQ 260918C00450000 450.00 162.86 173.39 176.88 3 198 42.90% YES
QQQ 260918C00790000 790.00 2.98 1.15 1.78 1 196 19.24%
QQQ 260918C00830000 830.00 1.17 0.49 0.99 15 191 19.98%
QQQ 260918C00815000 815.00 0.99 0.72 1.21 2 179 19.65%
QQQ 260918C00505000 505.00 142.4 124.96 128.7 2 175 36.57% YES
QQQ 260918C00480000 480.00 165.08 146.31 150.18 3 164 39.31% YES
QQQ 260918C00870000 870.00 0.36 0.13 0.64 202 151 21.04%
QQQ 260918C00850000 850.00 0.5 0.25 0.78 5 142 20.47%
QQQ 260918C00485000 485.00 161.88 141.94 145.85 2 140 38.77% YES
QQQ 260918C00535000 535.00 97.4 100.62 104 1 138 33.46% YES
QQQ 260918C00825000 825.00 0.66 0.5 1.05 2 129 19.84%
QQQ 260918C00495000 495.00 146 133.3 137.21 2 123 37.65% YES
QQQ 260918C00885000 885.00 0.28 0.06 0.56 202 122 21.49%
QQQ 260918C00470000 470.00 158.29 155.62 158.98 1 115 40.47% YES
QQQ 260918C00455000 455.00 192 168.99 172.37 1 112 42.28% YES
QQQ 260918C00795000 795.00 1.33 1.02 1.64 1 111 19.31%
QQQ 260918C00840000 840.00 0.61 0.34 0.87 1 110 20.20%
QQQ 260918C00780000 780.00 2 1.47 2.04 1 108 18.99%
QQQ 260918C00520000 520.00 112.89 112.59 116.18 1 101 34.99% YES
QQQ 260918C00460000 460.00 161.94 164.55 167.89 3 86 41.67% YES
QQQ 260918C00400000 400.00 220 219.29 222.93 4 85 49.65% YES
QQQ 260918C00855000 855.00 0.83 0.22 0.74 40 84 20.61%
QQQ 260918C00890000 890.00 0.57 0.31 0.44 10 72 21.07%
QQQ 260918C00865000 865.00 0.39 0.15 0.67 7 69 20.89%
QQQ 260918C00465000 465.00 166 159.54 163.42 1 68 41.06% YES
QQQ 260918C00845000 845.00 0.59 0.29 0.82 1 64 20.32%
QQQ 260918C00350000 350.00 276 266.79 270.18 10 59 54.70% YES
QQQ 260918C00430000 430.00 208.52 191.54 195.11 1 56 45.48% YES
QQQ 260918C00905000 905.00 0.2 0 0.48 2 54 22.11%
QQQ 260918C00295000 295.00 345.49 333.85 337.66 0 50 88.28% YES
QQQ 260918C00335000 335.00 289.78 280.79 284.51 1 49 56.73% YES
QQQ 260918C00420000 420.00 220.86 200.71 204.33 5 46 46.84% YES
QQQ 260918C00365000 365.00 209.42 246.3 250.17 1 38 45.53% YES
QQQ 260918C00435000 435.00 201.1 187 190.53 2 33 44.83% YES
QQQ 260918C00415000 415.00 196.06 205.32 208.96 2 32 47.52% YES
QQQ 260918C00445000 445.00 197.91 177.9 181.41 3 30 43.53% YES
QQQ 260918C00860000 860.00 0.4 0.18 0.7 7 28 20.73%
QQQ 260918C00330000 330.00 303 285.43 289.3 1 27 57.38% YES
QQQ 260918C00425000 425.00 212.04 208.69 211.49 1 26 56.24% YES
QQQ 260918C00810000 810.00 0.98 0.73 1.26 1 24 19.45%
QQQ 260918C00340000 340.00 294.17 276.34 279.72 1 23 56.24% YES
QQQ 260918C00385000 385.00 256 246.63 249.66 1 23 64.58% YES
QQQ 260918C00410000 410.00 213.43 222.88 226.21 1 20 59.50% YES
QQQ 260918C00370000 370.00 262.4 247.31 251.17 1 19 51.38% YES
QQQ 260918C00380000 380.00 264.21 237.88 241.72 4 17 52.62% YES
QQQ 260918C00405000 405.00 204.51 214.5 218.26 2 17 48.93% YES
QQQ 260918C00320000 320.00 314.78 308.31 311.71 1 16 79.29% YES
QQQ 260918C00395000 395.00 227.2 239.18 242.92 2 16 64.85% YES
QQQ 260918C00290000 290.00 343.34 323.89 327.77 15 15 63.98% YES
QQQ 260918C00390000 390.00 234.24 241.76 244.96 1 15 63.48% YES
QQQ 260918C00345000 345.00 266.81 271.24 274.95 1 15 55.19% YES
QQQ 260918C00375000 375.00 236.01 243.05 246.44 1 13 51.01% YES
QQQ 260918C00280000 280.00 340.25 346.95 350.11 9 12 90.12% YES
QQQ 260918C00285000 285.00 325.31 328.72 332.59 1 11 64.85% YES
QQQ 260918C00300000 300.00 304.69 314.25 318.13 6 10 62.27% YES
QQQ 260918C00360000 360.00 273.15 272.5 276.06 2 8 72.65% YES
QQQ 260918C00315000 315.00 252.24 292.72 296.59 5 6 45.68% YES
QQQ 260918C00355000 355.00 188.15 190.95 200.95 0 5 0.00% YES
QQQ 260918C00305000 305.00 321.58 309.44 313.31 1 4 61.43% YES
QQQ 260918C00325000 325.00 316.93 290.22 294.09 2 4 58.17% YES
QQQ 260918C00310000 310.00 314.62 304.81 308.5 1 4 60.80% YES
QQQ 260918C00205000 205.00 397.79 406.61 410.12 4 3 81.02% YES
QQQ 260918C00240000 240.00 377.64 387.77 391.19 1 3 106.70% YES
QQQ 260918C00210000 210.00 403.69 414.69 417.88 1 2 113.76% YES
QQQ 260918C00235000 235.00 341.98 368.2 372.07 1 2 0.00% YES
QQQ 260918C00245000 245.00 200.43 289.52 293.18 3 2 0.00% YES
QQQ 260918C00265000 265.00 359 361.32 364.71 2 2 94.60% YES
QQQ 260918C00255000 255.00 344.02 373.27 376.75 5 2 101.57% YES
QQQ 260918C00260000 260.00 359.36 352.89 356.76 5 2 69.35% YES
QQQ 260918C00220000 220.00 361 382.45 386.32 1 1 0.00% YES
QQQ 260918C00275000 275.00 177.51 262.19 265.5 1 1 0.00% YES
QQQ 260918C00250000 250.00 364.71 378.1 381.53 1 0 103.22% YES

QQQ Put Options Chain – 2026-09-18

The table below lists all put options on QQQ expiring on 2026-09-18. Use it to track downside protection demand, hedge activity, and deep out-of-the-money puts that may indicate tail-risk hedging or speculation.

Contract Strike Last Bid Ask Volume Open Int. Implied Vol ITM
QQQ 260918P00600000 600.00 33.24 33.31 34.14 594 26626 20.64%
QQQ 260918P00550000 550.00 19.48 19.5 20.13 4770 21112 24.24%
QQQ 260918P00590000 590.00 30.04 29.96 30.78 163 19910 21.38%
QQQ 260918P00620000 620.00 41.3 41.13 42.13 553 11901 19.23% YES
QQQ 260918P00580000 580.00 26.84 26.95 27.84 60 10314 22.18%
QQQ 260918P00575000 575.00 26 25.55 26.37 4 9612 22.51%
QQQ 260918P00410000 410.00 4.21 3.87 4.47 3 9339 35.11%
QQQ 260918P00400000 400.00 3.7 3.48 4.03 69 8925 36.01%
QQQ 260918P00450000 450.00 6.67 6.25 6.79 3 8748 31.67%
QQQ 260918P00500000 500.00 11.5 11.16 11.8 506 8044 27.93%
QQQ 260918P00595000 595.00 31.87 31.6 32.41 5023 8035 21.01%
QQQ 260918P00540000 540.00 17.51 17.47 18.11 139 7870 24.98%
QQQ 260918P00530000 530.00 16.4 15.65 16.29 192 7544 25.72%
QQQ 260918P00560000 560.00 22.04 21.74 22.59 8 7027 23.65%
QQQ 260918P00420000 420.00 4.65 4.38 4.87 125 7015 34.07%
QQQ 260918P00570000 570.00 24.86 24.22 24.99 21 6375 22.86%
QQQ 260918P00430000 430.00 5.09 5 5.42 130 5718 33.22%
QQQ 260918P00535000 535.00 16.58 16.54 17.18 1 5552 25.35%
QQQ 260918P00585000 585.00 28.64 28.42 29.22 32 4813 21.75%
QQQ 260918P00520000 520.00 14.76 14 14.63 8 4703 26.45%
QQQ 260918P00605000 605.00 35.4 35.11 36.08 65 4662 20.33%
QQQ 260918P00555000 555.00 20.66 20.6 21.35 6217 4448 23.96%
QQQ 260918P00510000 510.00 13.02 12.51 13.14 16 4391 27.18%
QQQ 260918P00460000 460.00 7.32 7.18 7.55 5 4355 30.85%
QQQ 260918P00480000 480.00 9.29 8.87 9.61 3 3945 29.54%
QQQ 260918P00545000 545.00 19.04 18.46 19.1 4 3719 24.62%
QQQ 260918P00565000 565.00 22.99 22.95 23.76 41 3536 23.25%
QQQ 260918P00525000 525.00 17.78 14.8 15.45 2 2928 26.09%
QQQ 260918P00670000 670.00 78.82 67.28 70.71 1 2433 16.04% YES
QQQ 260918P00625000 625.00 43.03 43.36 43.9 73 2317 18.62% YES
QQQ 260918P00610000 610.00 36.65 37.02 38.01 48 2281 19.97% YES
QQQ 260918P00250000 250.00 0.8 0.59 0.95 1 2206 52.05%
QQQ 260918P00640000 640.00 52.88 50.66 51.7 1 2164 17.74% YES
QQQ 260918P00300000 300.00 1.28 1.02 1.51 33 2144 46.74%
QQQ 260918P00375000 375.00 2.83 2.54 3.12 2 1909 38.39%
QQQ 260918P00395000 395.00 3.4 3.25 3.81 10 1790 36.44%
QQQ 260918P00615000 615.00 39.95 39.02 40.01 1060 1672 19.60% YES
QQQ 260918P00475000 475.00 10.27 8.37 8.98 2 1648 29.79%
QQQ 260918P00470000 470.00 9.83 7.9 8.52 7 1644 30.19%
QQQ 260918P00365000 365.00 3.17 2.26 2.82 1 1435 39.38%
QQQ 260918P00630000 630.00 47.53 45.68 46.68 11 1268 18.48% YES
QQQ 260918P00660000 660.00 64.01 60.69 64.6 780 1241 17.05% YES
QQQ 260918P00320000 320.00 1.54 1.29 1.82 3 1136 44.29%
QQQ 260918P00340000 340.00 2.25 1.67 2.21 10 1039 42.04%
QQQ 260918P00360000 360.00 2.87 2.13 2.68 2 948 39.88%
QQQ 260918P00635000 635.00 54.1 48.09 49.13 3 934 18.11% YES
QQQ 260918P00515000 515.00 13.51 13.25 13.87 3 923 26.82%
QQQ 260918P00280000 280.00 1.27 0.8 1.26 10 899 49.38%
QQQ 260918P00490000 490.00 10.39 9.96 10.7 55 862 28.78%
QQQ 260918P00505000 505.00 14.33 11.82 12.48 1 824 27.58%
QQQ 260918P00455000 455.00 8.89 6.62 7.2 4 800 31.31%
QQQ 260918P00425000 425.00 4.24 4.64 5.24 1 781 33.81%
QQQ 260918P00390000 390.00 3.72 3.04 3.49 17 756 36.62%
QQQ 260918P00440000 440.00 6.92 5.54 6.14 6 756 32.54%
QQQ 260918P00645000 645.00 51.11 53.35 54.39 14 669 17.36% YES
QQQ 260918P00415000 415.00 5.25 4.11 4.71 48 668 34.67%
QQQ 260918P00205000 205.00 0.42 0.2 0.67 12 659 58.35%
QQQ 260918P00330000 330.00 2.09 1.47 2.01 2 629 43.16%
QQQ 260918P00255000 255.00 0.76 0.57 1.01 4 581 51.16%
QQQ 260918P00370000 370.00 2.5 2.4 2.96 1 560 38.86%
QQQ 260918P00700000 700.00 96.34 90.57 94.1 2 544 14.32% YES
QQQ 260918P00485000 485.00 9.96 9.4 10.03 10 458 29.05%
QQQ 260918P00495000 495.00 11.02 10.55 11.18 2 444 28.30%
QQQ 260918P00350000 350.00 2.4 1.89 2.43 16 410 40.94%
QQQ 260918P00445000 445.00 7.59 5.89 6.46 10 346 32.11%
QQQ 260918P00465000 465.00 9.14 7.45 8.02 6 329 30.52%
QQQ 260918P00220000 220.00 0.45 0.28 0.76 2 316 56.01%
QQQ 260918P00685000 685.00 81.71 78.28 82.16 1 295 15.41% YES
QQQ 260918P00655000 655.00 69.38 59.13 60.17 2 286 16.61% YES
QQQ 260918P00650000 650.00 61.35 56.17 57.22 1 275 16.99% YES
QQQ 260918P00380000 380.00 3.01 2.71 3.27 20 269 37.87%
QQQ 260918P00675000 675.00 57.83 70.83 74.48 98 261 15.87% YES
QQQ 260918P00325000 325.00 1.87 1.38 1.91 2 257 43.71%
QQQ 260918P00435000 435.00 5.32 5.22 5.83 36 249 32.97%
QQQ 260918P00315000 315.00 1.69 1.21 1.74 1 243 44.90%
QQQ 260918P00680000 680.00 78.26 74.49 78.36 12 230 15.71% YES
QQQ 260918P00295000 295.00 0.98 0.96 1.44 1 198 47.36%
QQQ 260918P00260000 260.00 0.8 0.55 1.07 4 183 50.28%
QQQ 260918P00405000 405.00 4.08 3.64 4.27 2 164 35.61%
QQQ 260918P00305000 305.00 1.7 1.08 1.58 1 155 46.11%
QQQ 260918P00385000 385.00 4.02 2.86 3.45 1 135 37.41%
QQQ 260918P00310000 310.00 1.67 1.14 1.66 1 129 45.51%
QQQ 260918P00335000 335.00 1.98 1.58 2.08 1 121 42.49%
QQQ 260918P00290000 290.00 1.15 0.91 1.38 2 114 48.05%
QQQ 260918P00345000 345.00 2.57 1.78 2.31 1 114 41.46%
QQQ 260918P00275000 275.00 1.02 0.69 1.22 42 112 50.17%
QQQ 260918P00245000 245.00 0.81 0.47 0.93 1 105 52.45%
QQQ 260918P00265000 265.00 0.95 0.6 1.12 87 96 51.62%
QQQ 260918P00210000 210.00 0.38 0.2 0.7 42 93 57.37%
QQQ 260918P00215000 215.00 0.49 0.24 0.72 121 89 56.62%
QQQ 260918P00270000 270.00 0.76 0.64 1.17 2 88 50.90%
QQQ 260918P00355000 355.00 2.6 2 2.55 8 79 40.40%
QQQ 260918P00230000 230.00 0.44 0.32 0.82 6 69 54.35%
QQQ 260918P00665000 665.00 76.23 63.91 67.35 2 63 16.40% YES
QQQ 260918P00225000 225.00 0.65 0.29 0.79 7 59 55.10%
QQQ 260918P00240000 240.00 0.75 0.44 0.89 1 29 53.20%
QQQ 260918P00285000 285.00 1.07 0.83 1.26 3 13 48.36%
QQQ 260918P00690000 690.00 70.51 82.23 86.1 3 12 15.12% YES
QQQ 260918P00695000 695.00 91.5 86.32 89.81 2 11 14.51% YES
QQQ 260918P00235000 235.00 0.52 0.42 0.86 1 10 54.03%
QQQ 260918P00710000 710.00 101.66 99.48 103.29 7 9 14.41% YES
QQQ 260918P00720000 720.00 98.17 108.94 112.59 4 8 14.41% YES
QQQ 260918P00715000 715.00 112.65 104.15 108.03 5 5 14.56% YES
QQQ 260918P00705000 705.00 98.67 94.96 98.45 3 5 14.11% YES
QQQ 260918P00725000 725.00 113.95 114 119 4 2 16.70% YES
QQQ 260918P00800000 800.00 202.64 188.86 192.36 1 1 20.53% YES
QQQ 260918P00735000 735.00 124.33 109.3 113.29 2 0 0.00% YES
QQQ 260918P00730000 730.00 110.2 118.86 122.52 2 0 15.20% YES
QQQ 260918P00740000 740.00 155.35 147 152 0 0 32.51% YES
QQQ 260918P00750000 750.00 118.5 125.5 130.5 1 0 0.00% YES
QQQ 260918P00755000 755.00 218.43 197 202 0 0 53.44% YES
QQQ 260918P00770000 770.00 233.51 212 217 0 0 55.35% YES
QQQ 260918P00780000 780.00 244.8 263.02 266.9 0 0 78.43% YES
QQQ 260918P00790000 790.00 202.06 183 188 0 0 27.03% YES
QQQ 260918P00830000 830.00 210.2 218.86 222.52 0 0 23.01% YES
QQQ 260918P00805000 805.00 207.66 193.86 197.35 0 0 20.88% YES

QQQ 2026-09-18 Options Chain FAQ

1. What does this QQQ options chain for 2026-09-18 show?

This page displays the full QQQ options chain for contracts expiring on 2026-09-18. Both call and put tables include contract symbols, last trade price, bid/ask quotes, daily change and percentage change, trading volume, open interest, implied volatility, and an in-the-money (ITM) flag. It is designed to give you a complete snapshot of how the market is pricing risk and direction for this specific expiry.

2. How can I use this QQQ options chain around key events?

Around earnings, macro data releases, or company-specific news, traders often focus on a single expiration such as 2026-09-18. By monitoring changes in implied volatility, volume, and open interest for each strike, you can see where traders are concentrating their bets and hedges. Large shifts in activity on out-of-the-money calls or puts can be early signs of expected volatility or directional moves in QQQ.

3. What is the difference between in-the-money and out-of-the-money options here?

The ITM column highlights whether a contract is currently in-the-money for QQQ: call options are ITM when their strike is below the current stock price, while put options are ITM when their strike is above the current stock price. ITM contracts have intrinsic value, while out-of-the-money options are purely time and volatility value. This distinction helps you quickly identify which strikes are already “in the money” for this expiry.

4. How should I read implied volatility (IV) in this QQQ options table?

Implied volatility reflects how much movement the market expects for QQQ between now and 2026-09-18. Higher IV typically means options are more expensive and the market is pricing in larger potential moves. You can compare IV across strikes and between calls and puts to identify skew – for example, expensive downside puts may indicate demand for crash protection, while rich upside calls can signal speculative interest.

5. Can this single-expiry chain replace a full multi-expiry options overview?

No. This 2026-09-18 options chain gives a granular view for one maturity only. For a complete picture of positioning in QQQ, you should also review the multi-expiry options overview where you can compare put/call ratios, total open interest and volume across different expiration dates. Combining both perspectives helps you understand whether traders are focused on very short-term moves or longer-dated themes.

6. How often is this QQQ options chain for 2026-09-18 updated?

The QQQ options data on this page is refreshed regularly during market hours to reflect the latest trades, mid-market quotes, and open interest updates. Intraday changes in volume, open interest, and implied volatility can provide important signals about how sentiment and risk pricing are evolving as 2026-09-18 approaches.