TQQQ Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, TQQQ traded between $0.52 and $0.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.2%, placing in the 5.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 41.2%). Max pain ranged from $0.49 to $0.52. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-03: Highest Volume — 302,304 contracts
  • 2012-08-03: Largest IV drop — 13.1% change
  • 2012-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 12.9%
  • 2012-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 14.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.60$0.52$0.62$0.53$0.62
Max Pain$0.50$0.49$0.52$0.49$0.52
ATM IV41.2%35.0%52.1%52.1%42.9%
Expected Move12.4%10.8%14.9%14.9%12.3%
HV 20d41.2%24.6%52.7%50.6%24.6%
HV 60d54.7%49.1%58.9%57.5%49.1%
IV Rank5.0%0.0%12.9%12.9%7.5%
IV Percentile9.0%0.0%34.5%34.5%14.3%
Term Structure7.3%0.6%13.9%0.6%8.4%
VWIV44.3%39.9%52.3%52.3%44.3%
Skew 25d9.9%6.6%13.2%9.4%12.0%
Skew 10d23.1%18.4%36.9%28.0%31.7%
Call IV 25d39.2%34.3%48.7%48.7%38.4%
Put IV 25d49.1%43.4%58.2%58.2%50.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %52.6636.1384.0754.4584.07
Gamma HHI0.140.060.750.060.07
Net GEX521.8K219.5K2.1M303.3K244.8K
Net DEX-17.1M-31.0M-5.5M-6.5M-10.8M
Net VEX-52.4K-59.2K-47.5K-54.1K-52.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.061.980.261.84
Total Volume64,449.39110,368302,30454,33610,368
Total OI1,030,902.261789,6001,265,760961,920885,216

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$0.53$0.4952.1%14.9%50.6%12.9%52.3%9.4%0.6%303.3K-6.5M-54.1K0.2654.45N/AN/A43,29611,040579,936381,984
2012-08-02$0.52$0.4949.0%14.0%50.7%10.0%47.9%10.0%2.9%304.0K-5.5M-53.3K0.4638.51N/AN/A44,83220,544578,784385,728
2012-08-03$0.55$0.4942.6%12.2%52.4%4.0%43.7%6.6%6.6%428.4K-11.0M-54.3K0.0957.99N/AN/A276,38425,920601,248392,736
2012-08-06$0.56$0.4941.8%13.2%52.7%3.2%48.0%10.6%9.3%884.0K-20.2M-59.2K0.1936.13N/AN/A72,38414,016786,432398,016
2012-08-07$0.58$0.4942.5%13.6%51.4%3.9%46.8%10.3%6.5%850.3K-23.8M-57.5K0.7543.73N/AN/A70,17652,416803,808399,936
2012-08-08$0.58$0.4938.9%13.2%50.9%0.5%46.5%10.2%8.0%860.0K-22.8M-58.7K1.9841.93N/AN/A13,44026,592805,248433,536
2012-08-09$0.58$0.4935.4%12.8%49.0%0.0%44.2%9.6%8.8%843.0K-24.3M-56.9K0.4239.31N/AN/A19,0088,064802,080445,344
2012-08-10$0.58$0.4935.0%12.6%47.5%0.0%39.9%8.7%8.9%798.6K-25.2M-53.3K0.2542.04N/AN/A19,4884,800802,176445,248
2012-08-13$0.59$0.4937.1%12.6%47.1%2.0%43.4%10.0%9.8%754.4K-26.0M-50.4K0.1844.80N/AN/A35,1366,240797,280445,824
2012-08-14$0.59$0.4937.4%12.1%47.1%2.3%46.6%10.8%10.0%702.4K-26.6M-49.1K1.1153.99N/AN/A18,04819,968788,832442,464
2012-08-15$0.59$0.4936.5%12.0%45.6%1.4%45.8%9.4%10.8%462.3K-27.2M-49.0K0.7943.35N/AN/A14,11211,136788,448448,704
2012-08-16$0.61$0.4939.8%11.4%45.8%4.6%41.0%8.5%12.5%322.7K-29.9M-48.0K0.0760.04N/AN/A101,2807,488774,240450,432
2012-08-17$0.62$0.4937.6%10.8%42.6%2.5%40.4%9.1%13.9%2.1M-31.0M-48.1K0.0651.04N/AN/A245,76014,112811,200454,560
2012-08-20$0.62$0.4938.3%11.0%39.0%3.1%41.7%9.9%6.2%241.3K-11.6M-47.5K0.6648.58N/AN/A33,21621,792461,376328,224
2012-08-21$0.62$0.5239.1%11.2%37.8%3.9%41.4%9.6%4.8%256.7K-11.6M-49.4K0.4350.07N/AN/A32,54414,016476,736335,904
2012-08-22$0.62$0.5240.3%11.5%35.6%5.0%40.5%8.5%6.3%257.0K-12.1M-51.1K1.5872.86N/AN/A14,68823,232482,976341,952
2012-08-23$0.61$0.5243.8%12.6%36.4%8.3%41.8%11.1%4.1%224.3K-10.2M-51.3K0.8655.73N/AN/A13,44011,616479,808346,752
2012-08-24$0.62$0.5240.8%11.7%28.1%5.4%43.3%9.6%6.8%242.6K-11.6M-50.2K1.4550.26N/AN/A16,32023,616486,816348,576
2012-08-27$0.62$0.5242.2%12.1%27.7%6.8%42.8%10.8%5.9%241.4K-11.7M-51.7K1.6550.91N/AN/A9,98416,512491,232366,336
2012-08-28$0.62$0.5242.6%12.2%27.7%7.2%46.8%9.9%5.5%229.2K-11.5M-52.8K0.3882.72N/AN/A9,0243,456494,784379,776
2012-08-29$0.62$0.5243.2%12.4%27.1%7.7%41.9%10.8%7.0%230.2K-11.7M-53.6K0.2248.37N/AN/A16,3203,552497,568380,160
2012-08-30$0.61$0.5248.2%13.8%29.8%12.4%47.9%13.2%3.4%219.5K-9.4M-54.4K0.2460.23N/AN/A10,4642,496500,928381,408
2012-08-31$0.62$0.5242.9%12.3%24.6%7.5%44.3%12.0%8.4%244.8K-10.8M-52.3K1.8484.07N/AN/A3,6486,720502,752382,464