TQQQ Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, TQQQ traded between $4.35 and $4.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.9%, placing in the 21.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.9% (HV 20d: 33.1%). Max pain ranged from $3.96 to $4.29. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-10: Highest Volume — 797,112 contracts
  • 2017-08-10: Largest IV spike — 25.9% change
  • 2017-08-10: Highest IV Rank — 31.1%
  • 2017-08-10: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.56$4.35$4.81$4.60$4.81
Max Pain$4.14$3.96$4.29$4.29$4.17
ATM IV40.9%36.3%48.4%39.8%37.0%
Expected Move11.6%10.0%14.0%11.1%10.0%
HV 20d33.1%19.3%42.8%28.7%42.8%
HV 60d40.5%39.3%42.0%39.3%42.0%
IV Rank21.1%14.9%31.1%19.5%15.9%
IV Percentile64.1%39.3%92.5%63.5%40.5%
Term Structure1.0%-1.1%2.9%-0.3%1.3%
VWIV44.6%38.0%60.2%41.8%38.0%
Skew 25d14.0%11.3%18.5%12.3%12.3%
Skew 10d28.2%23.0%37.1%25.5%24.7%
Call IV 25d34.5%31.1%40.5%34.4%31.3%
Put IV 25d48.5%43.0%57.0%46.7%43.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.7918.4938.4722.0532.34
Gamma HHI0.060.020.450.040.04
Net GEX2.8M-7.3M8.7M344.6K8.6M
Net DEX-206.4M-314.0M-126.2M-217.7M-314.0M
Net VEX-1.5M-1.6M-1.4M-1.4M-1.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.851.140.910.86
Total Volume683,737.043592,800797,112642,120653,040
Total OI2,690,117.2172,383,8243,013,8242,383,8242,832,720

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$4.60$4.2939.8%11.1%28.7%19.5%41.8%12.3%-0.3%344.6K-217.7M-1.4M0.9122.05N/AN/A335,352306,7681,106,9281,276,896
2017-08-02$4.64$4.2939.3%10.8%27.5%18.9%40.4%11.6%0.0%899.3K-234.0M-1.4M0.9337.72N/AN/A364,920339,0961,127,8321,305,288
2017-08-03$4.60$3.9637.7%11.6%24.5%16.8%45.4%11.9%0.6%578.8K-228.4M-1.4M1.0933.65N/AN/A302,496330,5521,173,8881,356,912
2017-08-04$4.59$3.9636.9%11.3%22.5%15.7%46.0%11.3%0.6%-7.3M-236.3M-1.4M0.9723.22N/AN/A380,448370,1041,194,6241,382,088
2017-08-07$4.69$3.9636.3%10.9%22.4%14.9%42.6%11.5%1.3%2.3M-263.0M-1.4M0.9522.45N/AN/A330,144313,7281,148,4241,312,728
2017-08-08$4.67$4.1337.9%11.5%22.7%17.0%44.1%13.1%1.9%4.2M-266.8M-1.4M0.9736.87N/AN/A353,976343,3921,208,9761,327,200
2017-08-09$4.65$4.1338.5%11.4%19.3%17.8%42.7%13.6%1.3%3.3M-242.3M-1.5M0.9533.21N/AN/A358,272339,2401,236,5281,396,944
2017-08-10$4.37$4.1348.4%14.0%30.5%31.1%60.2%18.5%0.5%-1.3M-150.3M-1.5M1.1438.47N/AN/A372,984424,1281,268,0641,422,384
2017-08-11$4.46$4.1346.4%13.5%30.2%28.4%51.6%16.9%0.8%2.0M-160.7M-1.6M0.8532.64N/AN/A410,400349,1761,301,1121,532,640
2017-08-14$4.62$4.1740.0%11.6%32.8%19.9%47.4%15.1%0.1%5.2M-240.2M-1.6M0.9022.72N/AN/A384,840347,0641,292,9761,458,000
2017-08-15$4.66$4.1737.6%10.8%32.4%16.6%41.6%13.7%2.1%7.6M-250.0M-1.5M1.0426.94N/AN/A325,368337,0081,317,0481,501,368
2017-08-16$4.65$4.1737.7%10.8%31.5%16.8%41.9%14.5%2.7%8.7M-250.6M-1.5M0.9835.41N/AN/A328,896322,1761,328,0881,517,160
2017-08-17$4.40$4.1746.4%13.2%37.0%28.4%52.3%18.2%2.9%1.3M-144.6M-1.5M0.8536.99N/AN/A426,360361,0081,350,4561,526,136
2017-08-18$4.40$4.1746.4%13.1%37.0%28.4%47.4%16.5%1.8%3.8M-139.3M-1.5M0.9425.85N/AN/A399,288374,9521,442,4961,571,328
2017-08-21$4.35$4.1747.2%13.3%36.4%29.4%46.9%15.9%0.1%452.7K-126.2M-1.4M0.8925.98N/AN/A342,192305,1121,208,2321,390,896
2017-08-22$4.55$4.1740.7%11.3%40.5%20.8%42.9%14.1%0.5%4.6M-198.4M-1.5M0.9222.35N/AN/A362,040333,0961,253,3041,408,152
2017-08-23$4.51$4.1741.8%11.4%40.5%22.2%42.1%14.0%0.7%4.4M-187.4M-1.5M1.0627.76N/AN/A300,336317,3041,291,3921,449,600
2017-08-24$4.46$4.1742.6%11.7%40.0%23.3%44.3%13.7%0.7%2.5M-163.2M-1.5M1.1024.22N/AN/A306,504337,4881,291,5121,466,664
2017-08-25$4.44$4.1742.2%11.2%39.9%22.8%43.2%13.6%-1.1%-858.4K-152.9M-1.4M1.1325.77N/AN/A306,696347,5441,304,3521,505,160
2017-08-28$4.46$4.1741.0%11.2%39.9%21.2%41.7%13.9%1.2%2.0M-160.2M-1.4M1.0118.49N/AN/A297,600301,2721,220,9041,430,688
2017-08-29$4.53$4.1741.1%11.0%40.3%21.2%40.7%12.6%2.1%3.9M-179.7M-1.4M0.9629.36N/AN/A303,096289,7041,242,9121,448,016
2017-08-30$4.66$4.1738.9%10.6%41.6%18.3%40.5%14.4%1.7%6.9M-241.5M-1.4M0.9127.64N/AN/A362,424328,3681,274,8801,468,800
2017-08-31$4.81$4.1737.0%10.0%42.8%15.9%38.0%12.3%1.3%8.6M-314.0M-1.4M0.8632.34N/AN/A351,744301,2961,327,7761,504,944