TQQQ Options History — November 2010

In November 2010, TQQQ traded between $0.32 and $0.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.5%, placing in the 26.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 19.0% (HV 20d: 37.5%). Max pain ranged from $0.30 to $0.33. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.19.

Notable Days

  • 2010-11-12: Highest Volume — 581,760 contracts
  • 2010-11-18: Largest IV drop — 18.2% change
  • 2010-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 38.8%
  • 2010-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 18.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.35$0.32$0.37$0.34$0.34
Max Pain$0.31$0.30$0.33$0.33$0.33
ATM IV56.5%47.2%65.9%65.6%64.1%
Expected Move16.4%14.7%18.9%18.8%18.4%
HV 20d37.5%30.5%49.7%39.4%49.7%
HV 60d44.7%42.6%48.8%48.6%42.7%
IV Rank26.4%14.1%38.8%38.4%36.3%
IV Percentile36.5%16.9%59.6%58.2%58.4%
Term Structure3.2%-5.8%11.4%-5.8%-2.0%
VWIV59.7%52.1%68.6%64.1%62.9%
Skew 25d12.7%8.9%16.0%13.9%13.4%
Skew 10d25.6%-0.1%40.5%15.5%36.7%
Call IV 25d51.0%45.1%58.6%58.6%58.6%
Put IV 25d63.7%56.2%72.6%72.6%72.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %60.8050.1689.6270.8263.26
Gamma HHI0.140.070.460.100.08
Net GEX83.2K-301.4K294.0K88.6K78.9K
Net DEX-6.8M-11.8M2.6M-5.9M-4.7M
Net VEX-36.1K-44.5K-30.8K-34.5K-44.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.190.192.720.620.19
Total Volume237,001.14356,064581,76089,08882,560
Total OI1,530,276.5711,012,6081,970,6881,286,7841,613,952

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-11-01$0.34$0.3365.6%18.8%39.4%38.4%64.1%13.9%-5.8%88.6K-5.9M-34.5K0.6270.82N/AN/A54,91234,176554,880731,904
2010-11-02$0.35$0.3365.9%18.9%33.1%38.8%67.5%10.3%-3.6%152.3K-7.7M-36.6K1.6168.97N/AN/A44,92872,192593,280746,880
2010-11-03$0.36$0.3360.8%17.4%30.5%32.1%63.5%14.4%-1.1%204.6K-8.6M-34.6K2.5089.62N/AN/A26,11265,280612,480758,016
2010-11-04$0.37$0.3353.6%15.4%31.6%22.6%58.2%9.7%1.2%294.0K-11.8M-35.0K2.7270.14N/AN/A120,576327,936632,448786,048
2010-11-05$0.37$0.3049.8%15.4%31.7%17.6%59.9%10.8%6.9%162.3K-10.4M-34.8K1.9455.10N/AN/A23,80846,080604,800831,360
2010-11-08$0.37$0.3049.2%15.0%31.7%16.7%57.2%10.5%8.8%214.7K-11.2M-32.0K0.6050.16N/AN/A40,70424,576620,160835,200
2010-11-09$0.36$0.3048.9%15.1%32.9%16.5%53.1%10.6%6.8%160.4K-10.0M-32.0K1.0758.54N/AN/A97,536104,064628,992849,024
2010-11-10$0.37$0.3047.2%15.2%32.6%14.1%54.3%11.2%6.2%217.4K-10.4M-35.6K0.6152.54N/AN/A77,18446,848655,104868,992
2010-11-11$0.36$0.3052.6%15.1%33.5%21.3%57.0%12.6%7.1%110.9K-9.2M-33.1K0.8255.33N/AN/A223,488183,936657,024886,656
2010-11-12$0.35$0.3059.8%17.1%33.8%30.7%62.6%14.9%3.2%-25.3K-4.5M-38.5K1.0254.00N/AN/A288,000293,760728,064942,336
2010-11-15$0.34$0.3159.8%17.1%34.1%30.7%59.9%13.2%5.4%5.7K-4.2M-36.1K0.6659.47N/AN/A83,71254,912777,984974,208
2010-11-16$0.32$0.3164.6%18.5%36.0%37.1%64.7%15.8%2.3%-215.4K2.6M-33.9K0.7157.41N/AN/A302,592214,656789,888977,280
2010-11-17$0.33$0.3164.5%18.5%35.4%36.9%68.6%16.0%2.5%-62.2K135.4K-33.9K1.8757.74N/AN/A77,184144,000876,2881,002,624
2010-11-18$0.34$0.3152.7%15.1%38.7%21.4%52.1%13.6%10.4%126.7K-7.1M-31.6K1.7459.54N/AN/A163,584284,928872,4481,018,752
2010-11-19$0.34$0.3251.7%14.8%38.3%20.0%52.9%12.2%11.4%-301.4K-4.9M-33.4K0.6354.38N/AN/A163,584103,680869,3761,101,312
2010-11-22$0.35$0.3251.1%14.7%38.9%19.3%53.4%12.1%3.5%51.6K-5.8M-30.8K0.8754.30N/AN/A183,168158,592492,672519,936
2010-11-23$0.34$0.3256.1%16.1%42.9%25.8%59.1%12.7%3.8%72.1K-3.9M-38.6K1.2952.68N/AN/A129,024166,656645,504654,720
2010-11-24$0.36$0.3252.8%15.2%47.3%21.6%52.4%8.9%2.3%167.2K-9.3M-41.4K0.5365.61N/AN/A145,92076,800710,784707,712
2010-11-26$0.35$0.3356.9%16.3%47.4%26.9%63.0%15.7%-1.6%127.9K-8.2M-44.3K1.7066.23N/AN/A20,73635,328731,904758,784
2010-11-29$0.35$0.3359.5%17.1%47.7%30.3%66.6%15.3%-1.5%116.2K-7.1M-43.4K1.3760.95N/AN/A79,872109,440743,808772,224
2010-11-30$0.34$0.3364.1%18.4%49.7%36.3%62.9%13.4%-2.0%78.9K-4.7M-44.5K0.1963.26N/AN/A69,50413,056800,256813,696