TQQQ Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, TQQQ traded between $1.94 and $2.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.4%, placing in the 37.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 45.9%). Max pain ranged from $1.67 to $1.92. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-04: Highest Volume — 445,200 contracts
  • 2015-02-10: Largest IV drop — 12.2% change
  • 2015-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 61.9%
  • 2015-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 16.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.17$1.94$2.35$1.94$2.31
Max Pain$1.73$1.67$1.92$1.92$1.73
ATM IV43.4%36.2%55.1%55.1%36.7%
Expected Move12.5%10.0%16.6%16.6%10.2%
HV 20d45.9%28.6%57.3%57.3%29.8%
HV 60d45.9%44.4%46.7%44.4%45.8%
IV Rank37.6%22.6%61.9%61.9%23.6%
IV Percentile57.4%26.2%88.9%88.9%29.8%
Term Structure0.6%-2.3%4.7%0.1%-1.6%
VWIV45.2%34.7%55.5%55.5%38.4%
Skew 25d12.3%-1.1%19.9%19.9%9.5%
Skew 10d27.6%15.7%39.3%39.3%17.8%
Call IV 25d38.9%32.5%54.7%48.7%32.5%
Put IV 25d51.3%40.8%68.6%68.6%42.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %62.2238.4678.9077.2478.84
Gamma HHI0.050.040.090.040.09
Net GEX1.8M595.5K3.0M859.3K595.5K
Net DEX-102.3M-139.0M-43.5M-43.5M-122.2M
Net VEX-286.2K-319.7K-244.0K-300.8K-254.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.291.550.291.18
Total Volume330,881.68452,512445,20081,984339,648
Total OI1,281,738.9471,157,3281,421,2321,170,3841,238,544

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$1.94$1.9255.1%16.6%57.3%61.9%55.5%19.9%0.1%859.3K-43.5M-300.8K0.2977.24N/AN/A63,74418,240733,776436,608
2015-02-03$1.99$1.9250.6%15.0%55.3%52.5%48.7%15.1%0.3%1.5M-61.2M-305.2K0.9672.10N/AN/A222,528213,264783,504447,888
2015-02-04$1.98$1.9249.7%14.5%53.1%50.6%46.8%17.1%3.7%1.8M-63.0M-319.7K0.9878.90N/AN/A224,448220,752810,000475,824
2015-02-05$2.04$1.6748.9%14.1%52.4%48.9%50.4%13.8%-2.3%2.6M-77.5M-308.8K0.9547.73N/AN/A208,560197,136838,320475,968
2015-02-06$1.99$1.6749.1%13.7%49.2%49.3%53.0%-1.1%-1.2%1.6M-72.0M-315.9K1.0053.21N/AN/A203,664202,848854,496481,824
2015-02-09$1.99$1.6750.3%14.7%48.9%52.0%53.0%16.7%0.3%1.7M-63.1M-311.7K1.0838.46N/AN/A186,336200,400796,848452,880
2015-02-10$2.08$1.6744.2%13.8%49.8%39.2%47.0%14.0%4.7%2.6M-87.4M-299.4K1.2056.47N/AN/A178,704214,608834,624484,560
2015-02-11$2.10$1.6744.8%12.7%49.6%40.4%45.2%15.1%0.8%3.0M-95.4M-310.6K1.0556.09N/AN/A203,184212,736851,328502,512
2015-02-12$2.17$1.6741.5%12.6%50.4%33.6%43.6%6.2%3.7%2.7M-122.8M-291.6K1.2455.73N/AN/A189,600235,248893,760503,664
2015-02-13$2.22$1.6938.4%11.3%47.5%27.2%42.5%9.0%1.1%2.3M-137.4M-280.4K1.1658.94N/AN/A197,040228,960904,704516,528
2015-02-17$2.22$1.6940.5%11.7%46.6%31.5%45.2%14.2%0.1%2.1M-118.4M-294.3K1.1858.21N/AN/A162,432192,000832,704472,752
2015-02-18$2.24$1.7141.4%11.9%46.4%33.3%45.5%13.0%0.4%2.0M-123.0M-288.6K1.2267.79N/AN/A152,016185,136838,032493,632
2015-02-19$2.28$1.7139.5%11.3%46.4%29.5%42.1%13.7%0.6%2.0M-129.8M-270.5K0.7263.89N/AN/A30,52821,984824,688488,688
2015-02-20$2.32$1.7140.6%11.5%43.7%31.8%42.9%16.0%2.3%1.5M-139.0M-261.6K0.5868.36N/AN/A47,61627,504822,720498,192
2015-02-23$2.33$1.7339.6%10.8%43.7%29.7%42.4%6.9%0.2%1.5M-119.6M-260.1K1.4855.71N/AN/A131,568194,064736,848420,480
2015-02-24$2.33$1.7139.9%10.4%43.7%30.3%39.0%11.7%-0.5%1.4M-121.4M-258.1K1.5563.26N/AN/A130,128201,264743,376439,440
2015-02-25$2.32$1.7338.4%10.0%30.0%27.0%42.0%14.0%-1.5%1.3M-118.7M-262.3K1.4065.71N/AN/A136,896191,376750,144454,752
2015-02-26$2.35$1.7336.2%10.0%28.6%22.6%34.7%9.9%0.9%1.8M-128.1M-244.0K1.1865.57N/AN/A147,120173,472760,176458,256
2015-02-27$2.31$1.7336.7%10.2%29.8%23.6%38.4%9.5%-1.6%595.5K-122.2M-254.3K1.1878.84N/AN/A155,808183,840776,640461,904