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Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 · XNAS · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$739.77▲ +1.84 · +0.3%from $737.93 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$740.19
High
$745.10
Low
$739.46
Day's range
$5.60.76% of the previous close
VWAP
$741.80close −0.27% from it
Volume, shares
29.8M0.90× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$22.12B
Trades
551K54 shares per trade
Previous close
$737.93+1.84 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range5% of the way up
$739.46$745.10
52-week range95% of the way up
$555.60 Mar 30$748.65 Jun 3

−1.2% from the high · +33% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
put-heavy
options read
calls 42% · puts 58% of OI
1.40
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 1.46
$723.00
max pain
−2.3% from the close
$760.00
most call OI
81K contracts · +2.7% from the close
▲ +4.5%
option OI on the day
+514K contracts · 12M open

Put-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 1.40 puts per call by open interest, option OI +4.5% on the day, the most call OI sits at $760.00, the most put OI at $700.00, max pain $723.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 30 expiries listed

QQQ options carry 12M contracts of open interest across 30 expiries, 14% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 1.40 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 30 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Oct 11 day159K+78.2K178K+93.2K1.122.8169
Oct 22 days258K+15.6K484K+21.8K1.886.2178
Oct 55 days44.1K+13.9K119K+30.7K2.711.4160
Oct 66 days18.2K+2.34K41.8K+7.62K2.300.50149
Oct 77 days19.4K+3.6K46.6K+29.4K2.410.55149
Oct 88 days9.95K+2.31K16.4K+3.42K1.650.22149
Oct 99 days96.6K+11.3K143K+31.9K1.482.0178
Oct 1212 days6.89K+2.14K8.87K+2.62K1.290.13160

72% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 282 strikes listed for it · 12M contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 672K calls and 983K puts, the most call OI at $760.00 and the most put OI at $700.00; max pain $723.00, −2.3% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
672K+9.44K on the day
Put OI, contracts
983K+9.74K on the day
Puts per call, by OI
1.46all expiries 1.40
Max pain
$723.00−2.3% from the close
Strikes listed
282for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
40K
$775.00
81K
$760.00
40.3K
$750.00
$705.00
42.6K
$700.00
61.9K
$670.00
49.2K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+7.94K
$770.00
+709
$763.00
+3.33K
$750.00
$730.00
+1.56K
$725.00
+6.84K
$690.00
+2.7K
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close
131 sessions on file · from Mar 25
QQQ close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close584.31681.57778.83axis spans 33%S&P 500QQQApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 33 percent.

Shareholding

quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F

No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.

Held by 13F managers
—
Shares held
460M+1.6% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
3,8443,681 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—MORGAN STANLEY
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of QQQ
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
MORGAN STANLEY42.3M—$31.15B−769K
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/33.9M—$24.94B−636K
LPL Financial LLC21.2M—$15.62B+96.7K
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN14.5M—$10.67B+1.49M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC12.8M—$9.44B+1.87M
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP11.7M—$8.58B−5.18M
Rokos Capital Management LLP11.4M—$8.42B—
UBS Group AG11.4M—$8.38B−862K
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA8.52M—$6.27B+552K
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC8.44M—$6.21B+271K

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $0.75 a share, ex-date Sep 21, 2026.

Actionsex-dates · upcoming first, then the last eight · dividends in dollars a share, splits as ratios
Corporate actions of QQQ, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Sep 21, 2026dividend$0.75—
Jun 22, 2026dividend$0.81—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
—a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$0.75ex-date Sep 21, 2026

Price history

131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day

QQQ is +4.5% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 1.2% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 15% annualised.

Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
WindowFrom $QQQ %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$610.17▲ +21%▲ +12%+9.1
60 sessionssince Jul 7$709.41▲ +4.3%▲ +2.0%+2.3
20 sessionssince Sep 1$707.64▲ +4.5%▲ +0.11%+4.4
5 sessionssince Sep 23$741.18▼ −0.19%▼ −0.67%+0.48
1 sessionsince Sep 29$737.93▲ +0.25%▼ −0.21%+0.46
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$739.97close −0.03% from it
20-session average
$724.54close +2.1% from it
50-session average
$714.93close +3.5% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$9.81.3% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$7.51.0% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
0.90×29.8M vs 33M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
15%≈ ±0.95% a session · moved more than that on 5 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
19%≈ ±1.2% a session · moved more than that on 16 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
1.52moved with S&P 500 on 46 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
12 up · 8 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
30 up · 30 downof 60
Best session, 250
▲ +3.4%Aug 4
Worst session, 250
▼ −4.8%Jun 5

2 headlines on QQQ

latest Sep 30, 2026 · links go to the publisher

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 65% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 59% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
QQQ daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 20266.48M10M64.8%
Sep 29, 20264.92M8.92M55.2%
Sep 28, 202610.4M14.9M69.7%
Sep 25, 20266.03M10.5M57.7%
Sep 24, 20264.75M8.82M53.8%
Sep 23, 20267.03M12.9M54.6%
Sep 22, 20268.18M13.4M60.9%
Sep 21, 20268.76M16.4M53.5%
Sep 18, 202612.8M16.8M76.6%
Sep 17, 20266.37M12.6M50.7%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
QQQ SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Aug 28, 2026NPORT-PJun 30, 2026
Aug 20, 2026N-PXJun 30, 2026
Jun 10, 2026497K—
Jun 10, 2026497—
Jun 1, 2026N-CSRSMar 31, 2026
May 28, 2026NPORT-PMar 31, 2026
Apr 30, 2026497K—
Apr 30, 2026497—
Mar 3, 2026N-CENDec 19, 2025
Feb 27, 2026NPORT-PDec 31, 2025
Jan 30, 202640-17G—
Dec 23, 2025497J—
Dec 19, 2025DEFA14A—
Dec 19, 2025497K—
Dec 19, 2025485BPOS—
Dec 19, 2025N-8A/A—
Dec 12, 2025DEFA14A—
Dec 11, 2025DEFA14A—
Dec 8, 2025DEFA14A—
Dec 5, 2025DEFA14A—
Dec 5, 2025485BXT—
Dec 4, 2025DEFA14A—
Dec 3, 2025DEFA14A—
Dec 2, 2025DEFA14A—
Nov 26, 2025CORRESP—

About Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

SEC and exchange records
Company
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Exchange
XNAS
SEC CIK
1067839
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 08:49 pm IST

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