How QQQ Holdings Are Weighted, and Capped
How QQQ holdings are weighted: the Nasdaq-100 uses modified market cap weighting with capping rules at every rebalance. The thresholds, dates and data.
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How QQQ holdings are weighted: the Nasdaq-100 uses modified market cap weighting with capping rules at every rebalance. The thresholds, dates and data.
NDX vs QQQ options compared on contract size, cash or share settlement, exercise style, AM or PM expiry and 60/40 tax, with same-day IV and volume data.
July 30, 2026, measured from the tape: index scoreboard, breadth, sector spread, options flow, the quote tape, rates and calendar, every figure query-backed.
July 29, 2026, measured from the tape: index scoreboard, breadth, sector spread, options flow, the quote tape, rates and calendar, every figure query-backed.
QQQ implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
NVDA woke up and led the whole tape a day after sitting out. META doubled down, MU cooled, small caps slipped, and the index barely moved. Friday in numbers.
A one-day chip bounce the index barely felt: most semis green, NVDA up a second day, MU the heaviest dollar name, and a broad tape more than two-to-one red.
A semiconductor break the index barely felt: chips down hard, NVDA green through it, a two-to-one red tape, and SPY quoting its tightest spread in a month.
Holiday-eve rotation: green breadth under a falling Nasdaq, tech last of the eleven sector funds, memory-rout day two, and the split that faked a crash.
The second half opened quiet at the index and violent underneath: the memory complex broke, META jumped, and most S&P sectors still closed green.
The quarter's last session in numbers: a technology-led index gain over a mostly red tape, the memory complex on top, and a same-day options tape at the close.