TQQQ Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, TQQQ traded between $0.87 and $1.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.3%, placing in the 37.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 39.5%). Max pain ranged from $0.90 to $0.94. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-11: Highest Volume — 838,752 contracts
  • 2013-10-07: Largest IV spike — 19.6% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 90.4%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 16.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.00$0.87$1.09$0.97$1.08
Max Pain$0.92$0.90$0.94$0.90$0.94
ATM IV42.3%35.6%59.1%38.7%36.2%
Expected Move12.1%10.2%16.5%11.1%10.4%
HV 20d39.5%23.9%45.5%25.4%41.9%
HV 60d35.1%30.7%37.0%31.8%36.4%
IV Rank37.7%16.5%90.4%26.4%18.4%
IV Percentile52.4%17.9%98.8%42.9%22.2%
Term Structure1.8%-2.5%4.7%2.9%3.5%
VWIV44.1%36.5%55.5%41.1%36.6%
Skew 25d9.5%5.6%15.8%9.7%6.6%
Skew 10d20.1%10.2%30.3%19.2%14.5%
Call IV 25d38.3%32.8%50.3%36.0%33.5%
Put IV 25d47.8%39.1%66.0%45.7%40.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %45.4918.3582.1554.4472.26
Gamma HHI0.130.080.210.120.08
Net GEX1.4M291.2K3.3M611.5K1.3M
Net DEX-45.4M-97.2M545.5K-18.1M-66.1M
Net VEX-125.3K-155.1K-92.3K-92.3K-140.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.111.820.540.64
Total Volume243,017.73967,200838,75291,39268,928
Total OI1,637,730.783958,7522,169,888958,7521,876,992

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$0.97$0.9038.7%11.1%25.4%26.4%41.1%9.7%2.9%611.5K-18.1M-92.3K0.5454.44N/AN/A59,52031,872487,968470,784
2013-10-02$0.96$0.9140.7%11.7%23.9%32.6%48.2%10.3%2.3%598.7K-17.8M-96.3K1.3851.54N/AN/A28,22438,976504,864492,480
2013-10-03$0.93$0.9146.6%13.3%28.1%51.0%46.4%11.7%0.6%380.1K-10.1M-101.2K0.3948.57N/AN/A326,592126,336521,088509,376
2013-10-04$0.96$0.9143.0%13.0%29.1%39.8%49.6%11.0%1.1%1.1M-22.4M-119.8K0.3120.36N/AN/A178,27255,872768,672580,128
2013-10-07$0.93$0.9151.4%14.6%28.7%66.3%51.6%13.6%-1.1%865.2K-15.0M-119.2K0.4719.23N/AN/A67,68031,872798,240602,880
2013-10-08$0.88$0.9159.1%16.5%35.3%90.4%55.5%15.7%-2.5%291.2K498.5K-111.9K0.4818.35N/AN/A270,816129,408831,360607,200
2013-10-09$0.87$0.9057.6%16.2%35.5%85.9%53.2%15.8%-2.4%471.2K545.5K-118.3K0.6618.79N/AN/A106,84870,560970,848630,144
2013-10-10$0.92$0.9047.8%13.7%42.0%55.0%49.5%11.9%0.9%1.7M-21.2M-129.5K0.5026.82N/AN/A268,512134,9761,012,608647,424
2013-10-11$0.95$0.9045.6%13.1%42.7%47.9%46.3%12.0%1.5%2.6M-35.4M-134.4K0.1130.18N/AN/A758,01680,7361,118,208690,336
2013-10-14$0.96$0.9045.9%13.2%42.9%49.0%47.6%10.9%-0.4%3.0M-55.2M-152.9K0.5627.13N/AN/A159,55289,1841,292,640711,840
2013-10-15$0.95$0.9149.3%14.1%42.8%59.7%51.1%13.1%1.0%2.5M-47.2M-155.1K1.1426.74N/AN/A115,392131,4241,291,584762,336
2013-10-16$0.99$0.9141.8%12.0%42.5%36.2%46.6%10.7%1.5%3.3M-68.8M-139.4K1.3035.38N/AN/A91,200118,4641,309,440840,480
2013-10-17$1.00$0.9138.4%11.0%42.8%25.3%40.4%7.6%3.5%3.2M-75.3M-123.5K1.8240.75N/AN/A83,712152,0641,245,504826,656
2013-10-18$1.05$0.9236.7%10.5%45.4%19.9%37.9%6.2%3.3%1.2M-97.2M-109.7K1.0348.79N/AN/A198,048204,8641,263,744906,144
2013-10-21$1.06$0.9435.6%10.2%45.2%16.5%37.9%6.0%4.7%966.1K-56.2M-119.6K1.5552.16N/AN/A63,64898,592820,032604,704
2013-10-22$1.06$0.9437.6%10.8%45.1%22.8%40.2%5.6%3.9%834.7K-55.1M-131.6K0.9355.34N/AN/A61,63257,504840,192656,928
2013-10-23$1.05$0.9438.5%11.0%45.5%25.5%42.1%6.8%3.0%880.1K-51.0M-133.8K0.1957.73N/AN/A394,75276,416863,616676,224
2013-10-24$1.06$0.9436.9%10.6%45.2%20.8%37.7%6.5%3.6%1.1M-57.3M-138.5K0.7663.29N/AN/A42,72032,352934,080710,688
2013-10-25$1.08$0.9436.0%10.3%45.3%17.7%38.5%6.5%3.5%1.1M-66.2M-129.0K1.0762.64N/AN/A93,792100,608964,032736,128
2013-10-28$1.08$0.9437.4%10.7%45.1%22.2%40.1%6.4%2.1%1.2M-68.1M-131.9K0.9462.48N/AN/A38,97636,5761,008,192743,424
2013-10-29$1.09$0.9435.7%10.2%44.3%16.8%38.7%6.7%3.2%1.2M-71.5M-123.9K1.0971.22N/AN/A34,46437,7281,016,064748,320
2013-10-30$1.08$0.9437.1%10.7%44.3%21.5%36.5%6.0%1.5%1.3M-68.9M-128.7K0.7982.15N/AN/A134,688107,0401,024,128749,088
2013-10-31$1.08$0.9436.2%10.4%41.9%18.4%36.6%6.6%3.5%1.3M-66.1M-140.4K0.6472.26N/AN/A42,14426,7841,080,768796,224