TQQQ Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, TQQQ traded between $2.28 and $2.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.3%, placing in the 22.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 53.2%). Max pain ranged from $1.87 to $2.31. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.98.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-18: Highest Volume — 883,968 contracts
  • 2015-12-11: Largest IV spike — 21.6% change
  • 2015-12-11: Highest IV Rank — 40.8%
  • 2015-12-11: Largest Expected Move — 18.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.45$2.28$2.60$2.60$2.40
Max Pain$1.98$1.87$2.31$2.31$1.98
ATM IV51.3%43.3%65.3%43.7%52.5%
Expected Move14.8%12.6%18.8%13.0%14.8%
HV 20d53.2%40.5%59.9%40.7%59.9%
HV 60d52.7%48.4%55.8%53.0%48.8%
IV Rank22.1%11.2%40.8%11.8%23.6%
IV Percentile68.3%38.9%90.9%42.5%74.6%
Term Structure0.5%-1.9%2.9%1.1%0.3%
VWIV53.2%46.8%63.6%47.1%51.7%
Skew 25d15.7%2.7%20.4%14.0%19.6%
Skew 10d30.7%17.1%39.7%25.2%31.9%
Call IV 25d44.1%37.0%55.1%37.0%43.6%
Put IV 25d59.8%48.8%75.5%51.0%63.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.3846.8466.4547.2266.45
Gamma HHI0.060.020.190.040.06
Net GEX1.4M-1.1M4.6M1.1M63.6K
Net DEX-62.7M-111.3M-1.8M-101.2M-37.8M
Net VEX-533.9K-566.1K-500.5K-500.5K-549.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.980.751.551.550.90
Total Volume601,016.72799,744883,96899,744729,456
Total OI2,124,499.6361,867,2962,574,5281,893,5522,171,280

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$2.60$2.3143.7%13.0%40.7%11.8%47.1%14.0%1.1%1.1M-101.2M-500.5K1.5547.22N/AN/A39,12060,624890,6401,002,912
2015-12-02$2.55$2.3145.0%13.7%40.5%13.5%50.1%17.8%2.0%1.0M-92.0M-507.6K1.0558.15N/AN/A256,368269,616914,0641,021,152
2015-12-03$2.42$1.8753.2%15.3%44.1%24.6%54.4%2.7%-1.9%-1.1M-42.5M-504.0K1.0462.51N/AN/A307,344318,576941,0401,045,968
2015-12-04$2.59$1.8743.3%13.6%50.8%11.2%49.1%10.9%0.2%3.2M-111.3M-502.6K0.9649.98N/AN/A365,376349,440994,4641,129,872
2015-12-07$2.56$1.9046.5%13.8%51.0%15.6%52.3%14.7%0.6%1.4M-92.0M-520.4K1.1450.61N/AN/A67,24876,560940,8001,009,920
2015-12-08$2.57$1.8748.9%14.1%49.6%18.7%53.3%15.4%0.4%1.3M-96.0M-532.2K1.0252.03N/AN/A259,104265,056988,6561,069,104
2015-12-09$2.43$1.8753.5%15.4%53.3%24.9%58.0%18.1%0.2%-372.6K-49.5M-541.8K0.8949.80N/AN/A304,800271,0081,014,6241,110,192
2015-12-10$2.46$1.8753.8%15.3%53.4%25.3%58.1%18.6%-0.7%-295.7K-62.6M-553.4K0.8946.84N/AN/A283,152251,7601,039,4881,154,640
2015-12-11$2.30$1.9665.3%18.8%56.9%40.8%63.6%20.4%1.0%226.9K-1.8M-539.5K0.9750.22N/AN/A353,280344,3521,063,8721,176,672
2015-12-14$2.35$1.9863.3%18.2%53.4%38.2%63.2%17.5%-0.8%-66.9K-24.8M-538.3K1.1547.36N/AN/A299,184342,8161,034,2561,140,960
2015-12-15$2.40$1.9857.9%16.6%52.3%30.8%60.8%17.3%-0.2%414.6K-48.9M-566.1K0.9749.49N/AN/A354,576343,4881,067,4241,228,752
2015-12-16$2.50$1.9850.7%14.5%54.3%21.3%52.8%18.4%-0.9%2.0M-85.2M-540.1K1.0562.78N/AN/A321,024335,6641,148,5921,241,712
2015-12-17$2.41$2.0052.1%14.9%52.3%23.0%54.1%12.5%0.5%1.1M-56.7M-540.9K0.7560.25N/AN/A447,600335,9041,185,8401,252,704
2015-12-18$2.28$1.9856.1%16.0%55.4%28.5%55.2%19.0%-0.8%-174.4K-3.3M-521.7K0.8658.33N/AN/A474,480409,4881,304,4481,270,080
2015-12-21$2.33$1.9855.4%16.0%55.7%27.4%53.9%16.0%0.9%549.2K-28.1M-521.9K0.9849.83N/AN/A331,056323,808940,992926,304
2015-12-22$2.37$1.9850.0%14.2%56.3%20.3%52.3%15.0%2.0%1.6M-45.1M-538.8K0.8161.61N/AN/A369,744301,0561,053,264981,312
2015-12-23$2.43$1.9846.5%13.3%57.2%15.6%46.8%15.5%2.9%3.8M-72.5M-553.6K0.9855.30N/AN/A298,176291,6001,110,432993,744
2015-12-24$2.43$1.9846.4%13.5%57.2%15.5%47.2%13.9%2.7%4.6M-75.7M-552.0K1.0357.75N/AN/A295,008304,9921,133,5201,012,080
2015-12-28$2.42$1.9849.8%14.5%57.1%20.0%50.8%15.1%0.8%1.8M-57.2M-526.1K0.9058.87N/AN/A308,256278,496959,664940,848
2015-12-29$2.54$1.9846.7%12.6%59.7%15.9%47.5%14.8%0.5%4.4M-108.2M-536.5K0.7959.63N/AN/A381,360302,3521,028,640978,432
2015-12-30$2.48$1.9849.1%13.4%59.2%19.0%48.3%18.3%1.1%4.4M-87.4M-558.4K0.9863.32N/AN/A303,168296,8321,111,8241,013,808
2015-12-31$2.40$1.9852.5%14.8%59.9%23.6%51.7%19.6%0.3%63.6K-37.8M-549.6K0.9066.45N/AN/A384,864344,5921,113,9841,057,296