TQQQ Options History — November 2017

In November 2017, TQQQ traded between $5.39 and $5.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.7%, placing in the 14.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 32.6%). Max pain ranged from $4.33 to $4.71. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2017-11-29: Highest Volume — 572,064 contracts
  • 2017-11-29: Largest IV spike — 25.1% change
  • 2017-11-15: Highest IV Rank — 21.6%
  • 2017-11-29: Largest Expected Move — 12.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.62$5.39$5.86$5.41$5.72
Max Pain$4.47$4.33$4.71$4.58$4.71
ATM IV35.7%31.0%41.3%39.4%39.1%
Expected Move10.5%8.6%12.5%11.6%12.2%
HV 20d32.6%24.5%37.0%32.2%31.5%
HV 60d30.3%28.1%34.7%34.7%30.1%
IV Rank14.1%7.9%21.6%19.0%18.6%
IV Percentile42.8%15.9%80.2%65.1%68.3%
Term Structure0.9%-0.2%2.1%1.0%0.6%
VWIV36.1%29.0%48.8%48.8%43.4%
Skew 25d9.6%6.8%14.1%7.8%10.8%
Skew 10d20.9%12.1%35.3%20.5%22.2%
Call IV 25d32.3%28.5%35.4%35.4%34.7%
Put IV 25d41.9%36.0%49.3%43.3%45.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.5125.3647.4336.7343.31
Gamma HHI0.060.040.090.070.06
Net GEX7.4M2.3M12.9M7.8M11.4M
Net DEX-445.8M-532.6M-356.0M-407.2M-442.9M
Net VEX-1.3M-1.3M-1.2M-1.3M-1.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.521.050.520.87
Total Volume460,118.857368,904572,064493,416447,528
Total OI2,679,529.1432,511,4322,879,0162,606,5442,879,016

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-11-01$5.41$4.5839.4%11.6%32.2%19.0%48.8%7.8%1.0%7.8M-407.2M-1.3M0.5236.73N/AN/A325,608167,8081,300,7521,305,792
2017-11-02$5.39$4.3338.0%11.3%31.1%17.1%38.0%8.5%0.8%8.8M-406.8M-1.3M0.8525.48N/AN/A281,472239,1601,345,1521,321,344
2017-11-03$5.52$4.3335.3%10.5%32.0%13.5%35.7%8.6%1.3%6.8M-494.7M-1.3M0.7925.36N/AN/A280,224221,1841,374,2881,383,264
2017-11-06$5.59$4.3335.0%10.7%31.9%13.1%36.2%6.8%1.5%6.7M-451.8M-1.3M0.6029.48N/AN/A302,040182,1121,283,2081,277,352
2017-11-07$5.59$4.3335.8%10.8%31.9%14.2%38.3%7.5%2.0%9.3M-473.0M-1.3M1.0534.63N/AN/A228,312239,6641,323,0241,299,672
2017-11-08$5.66$4.3334.9%10.5%32.0%13.0%35.7%9.1%1.7%6.8M-491.1M-1.3M0.7531.73N/AN/A228,000172,1281,333,8721,377,960
2017-11-09$5.58$4.3337.4%11.1%32.6%16.4%39.8%10.0%1.4%5.3M-443.9M-1.3M0.8947.43N/AN/A259,656231,5521,340,1841,383,576
2017-11-10$5.57$4.3836.2%10.8%32.6%14.8%35.9%9.6%2.1%5.6M-446.5M-1.3M0.9529.12N/AN/A245,496234,3601,363,3681,428,216
2017-11-13$5.58$4.3837.1%10.8%32.6%15.9%35.1%11.6%0.1%5.9M-428.1M-1.3M1.0127.50N/AN/A244,632247,2961,267,2001,324,488
2017-11-14$5.53$4.3837.6%10.8%32.9%16.6%35.3%12.2%-0.1%5.2M-409.3M-1.3M0.7331.88N/AN/A235,416171,4561,301,9521,391,712
2017-11-15$5.43$4.3841.3%11.8%33.8%21.6%40.9%14.1%-0.2%2.3M-356.9M-1.3M0.7741.84N/AN/A224,976172,5601,310,4001,417,920
2017-11-16$5.67$4.3836.1%10.3%36.1%14.6%35.3%10.8%1.1%8.1M-472.1M-1.3M0.6733.00N/AN/A264,000177,6481,319,5681,448,592
2017-11-17$5.59$4.5834.5%9.8%36.8%12.5%33.8%10.1%0.9%7.3M-429.7M-1.3M0.7134.73N/AN/A253,680179,8081,329,1201,475,568
2017-11-20$5.57$4.5834.4%9.6%35.9%12.3%31.3%11.3%0.3%5.6M-392.8M-1.2M0.7930.00N/AN/A224,304177,2881,223,0401,288,392
2017-11-21$5.75$4.5831.6%8.9%37.0%8.6%29.9%9.2%0.3%7.5M-460.6M-1.2M0.6935.81N/AN/A303,648208,0321,242,4321,332,480
2017-11-22$5.79$4.5831.3%8.8%36.3%8.2%29.8%8.5%1.0%12.9M-487.9M-1.2M0.9042.66N/AN/A241,944218,3761,288,6081,373,664
2017-11-24$5.84$4.5831.9%8.6%36.0%9.0%29.0%7.2%0.5%10.4M-532.6M-1.2M0.7234.19N/AN/A244,776176,4721,315,5361,406,712
2017-11-27$5.84$4.5831.0%8.8%24.5%7.9%30.9%8.1%1.5%8.2M-483.5M-1.2M0.8626.95N/AN/A198,696170,2081,242,6481,324,368
2017-11-28$5.86$4.5831.8%9.2%24.5%8.8%32.6%8.2%1.9%8.5M-495.2M-1.2M0.6843.02N/AN/A278,592190,3201,266,7681,347,336
2017-11-29$5.59$4.5839.8%12.5%30.6%19.5%43.0%11.3%0.5%5.4M-356.0M-1.3M0.7939.89N/AN/A318,840253,2241,330,0321,381,536
2017-11-30$5.72$4.7139.1%12.2%31.5%18.6%43.4%10.8%0.6%11.4M-442.9M-1.3M0.8743.31N/AN/A239,304208,2241,431,7921,447,224