TQQQ Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, TQQQ traded between $2.10 and $2.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.9%, placing in the 34.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 40.6%). Max pain ranged from $2.08 to $2.29. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.92.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-24: Highest Volume — 407,472 contracts
  • 2015-04-30: Largest IV spike — 10.0% change
  • 2015-04-01: Highest IV Rank — 47.6%
  • 2015-04-01: Largest Expected Move — 13.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.27$2.10$2.45$2.10$2.25
Max Pain$2.13$2.08$2.29$2.15$2.29
ATM IV41.9%37.0%48.3%48.3%44.9%
Expected Move11.9%10.4%13.5%13.5%13.4%
HV 20d40.6%34.3%46.3%46.2%38.9%
HV 60d40.8%37.6%44.8%44.8%39.0%
IV Rank34.4%24.3%47.6%47.6%40.6%
IV Percentile52.6%32.9%74.6%74.6%69.0%
Term Structure0.1%-2.7%2.6%1.0%-0.5%
VWIV41.9%37.5%47.6%47.6%41.6%
Skew 25d11.2%2.7%17.3%12.7%12.6%
Skew 10d21.8%1.1%35.5%24.9%29.2%
Call IV 25d37.3%32.5%45.1%43.9%37.1%
Put IV 25d48.5%43.1%56.6%56.6%49.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.8233.0269.9966.2354.39
Gamma HHI0.090.030.530.050.06
Net GEX1.9M-205.7K7.1M-205.7K1.3M
Net DEX-61.6M-111.4M-30.4M-30.4M-45.5M
Net VEX-277.2K-299.8K-259.7K-267.9K-296.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.920.541.281.010.85
Total Volume328,297.14366,624407,472329,712402,432
Total OI1,014,818.286871,4401,160,640941,2801,160,640

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$2.10$2.1548.3%13.5%46.2%47.6%47.6%12.7%1.0%-205.7K-30.4M-267.9K1.0166.23N/AN/A164,160165,552544,704396,576
2015-04-02$2.12$2.1046.2%13.2%46.3%43.4%43.8%12.0%-0.1%511.2K-34.7M-273.1K1.0733.02N/AN/A150,768161,472559,008419,616
2015-04-06$2.17$2.0846.7%13.4%45.4%44.4%47.5%11.2%-0.9%849.3K-42.7M-264.4K0.9036.57N/AN/A163,680147,936517,008362,688
2015-04-07$2.16$2.0844.8%13.2%45.1%40.5%45.5%15.5%-0.9%1.1M-46.2M-278.9K1.0352.98N/AN/A164,736168,960558,480393,792
2015-04-08$2.20$2.0843.9%12.2%41.0%38.5%42.1%17.3%-2.7%1.7M-51.5M-278.3K0.5461.57N/AN/A43,34423,280586,224410,976
2015-04-09$2.24$2.0842.4%11.8%40.8%35.5%42.3%2.7%-0.7%2.7M-63.2M-280.4K1.2849.13N/AN/A139,200177,648616,704428,256
2015-04-10$2.27$2.0839.7%11.7%40.5%29.9%40.1%4.0%2.5%7.1M-69.2M-275.8K1.2459.25N/AN/A147,312181,968618,960435,024
2015-04-13$2.25$2.0843.0%12.3%40.2%36.8%45.9%14.7%0.1%1.7M-61.1M-274.3K1.0455.95N/AN/A148,080153,936568,608392,448
2015-04-14$2.23$2.0843.1%12.4%38.3%36.9%44.4%13.2%-0.5%1.5M-54.4M-276.4K1.0051.64N/AN/A152,016151,488597,168408,672
2015-04-15$2.28$2.0840.0%11.5%39.0%30.5%41.3%12.4%-0.1%2.3M-63.8M-269.6K1.0059.27N/AN/A158,832158,928606,960422,736
2015-04-16$2.27$2.1539.6%11.2%37.7%29.7%40.8%11.2%2.5%2.3M-63.3M-272.2K0.9462.64N/AN/A158,928148,944615,360435,120
2015-04-17$2.16$2.1543.2%12.4%41.3%37.2%42.0%11.9%-1.4%695.1K-37.6M-267.9K0.9360.14N/AN/A189,648175,728617,040437,136
2015-04-20$2.26$2.1539.3%11.2%43.9%29.0%38.7%11.2%-0.1%838.7K-53.2M-259.7K0.9051.84N/AN/A167,040150,912499,152372,288
2015-04-21$2.29$2.1540.0%11.3%44.2%30.4%39.0%11.8%-0.5%1.6M-63.2M-268.6K1.0049.70N/AN/A157,488158,208549,264394,032
2015-04-22$2.32$2.1340.2%11.0%44.3%31.0%37.5%11.5%-0.8%2.0M-71.9M-267.8K0.7055.47N/AN/A211,584149,136578,688395,472
2015-04-23$2.35$2.1337.9%10.4%35.0%26.0%38.8%10.3%-0.3%3.0M-87.9M-291.0K0.6951.90N/AN/A223,776154,032665,568415,104
2015-04-24$2.45$2.1337.0%10.6%36.6%24.3%38.0%9.9%-0.1%2.2M-111.4M-281.6K0.7759.84N/AN/A230,208177,264691,968428,976
2015-04-27$2.42$2.1339.8%11.2%37.2%30.0%41.7%7.8%1.2%1.9M-86.1M-284.4K0.7662.25N/AN/A203,280155,328614,496403,584
2015-04-28$2.40$2.1538.4%11.5%35.8%27.2%41.5%10.7%2.6%1.9M-82.3M-293.4K0.7968.43N/AN/A204,240160,416645,264430,512
2015-04-29$2.37$2.2540.8%11.2%34.3%32.2%39.7%10.9%2.2%1.7M-73.2M-299.8K0.8169.99N/AN/A216,480175,872663,744453,168
2015-04-30$2.25$2.2944.9%13.4%38.9%40.6%41.6%12.6%-0.5%1.3M-45.5M-296.4K0.8554.39N/AN/A217,056185,376687,936472,704