TQQQ Options History — April 2019

In April 2019, TQQQ traded between $7.36 and $8.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.5%, placing in the 9.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.4% (HV 20d: 32.1%). Max pain ranged from $6.38 to $7.13. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2019-04-26: Highest Volume — 307,184 contracts
  • 2019-04-24: Largest IV spike — 9.9% change
  • 2019-04-09: Highest IV Rank — 16.2%
  • 2019-04-09: Largest Expected Move — 13.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.91$7.36$8.46$7.36$8.24
Max Pain$6.81$6.38$7.13$6.38$7.13
ATM IV43.5%40.2%48.1%45.5%42.8%
Expected Move12.6%11.5%13.7%13.1%12.4%
HV 20d32.1%18.3%46.4%46.4%20.1%
HV 60d40.1%33.2%48.3%48.3%33.8%
IV Rank9.9%5.3%16.2%12.6%9.0%
IV Percentile23.3%6.3%44.0%33.3%21.4%
Term Structure-0.1%-3.9%1.7%0.2%0.4%
VWIV46.1%42.7%50.8%48.3%43.6%
Skew 25d11.7%5.2%14.2%12.3%11.7%
Skew 10d24.4%19.9%36.0%22.7%24.1%
Call IV 25d38.9%35.7%41.7%40.4%38.1%
Put IV 25d50.6%46.0%55.5%52.6%49.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.373.8422.4713.023.84
Gamma HHI0.090.050.440.060.05
Net GEX9.5M6.3M22.6M6.3M6.9M
Net DEX-364.7M-454.8M-271.8M-271.8M-366.0M
Net VEX-1.8M-1.9M-1.8M-1.8M-1.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.350.850.470.76
Total Volume185,803.048106,128307,184147,064188,192
Total OI1,517,463.2381,378,6641,623,3921,426,1361,542,824

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-04-01$7.36$6.3845.5%13.1%46.4%12.6%48.3%12.3%0.2%6.3M-271.8M-1.8M0.4713.02N/AN/A99,81647,248851,936574,200
2019-04-02$7.46$6.5044.8%12.8%46.4%11.7%47.3%12.0%0.1%8.0M-302.8M-1.8M0.7413.78N/AN/A60,88845,240884,312592,424
2019-04-03$7.55$6.5042.7%13.4%44.9%8.9%49.6%12.1%-3.9%8.2M-331.1M-1.8M0.707.19N/AN/A151,840106,488897,600608,136
2019-04-04$7.54$6.6346.5%13.4%41.4%14.0%50.8%11.8%-0.2%8.9M-330.8M-1.8M0.6222.47N/AN/A105,28865,024934,608617,560
2019-04-05$7.67$6.5044.7%13.0%41.0%11.6%46.1%11.9%0.6%9.0M-380.9M-1.8M0.545.30N/AN/A129,67270,624956,696630,304
2019-04-08$7.73$6.5045.3%13.0%35.9%12.4%47.0%12.9%0.3%7.7M-330.2M-1.8M0.626.18N/AN/A69,14442,952870,296565,592
2019-04-09$7.65$6.7548.1%13.7%36.3%16.2%49.9%14.0%-0.3%7.5M-313.0M-1.8M0.776.86N/AN/A79,41660,760890,112587,136
2019-04-10$7.76$6.7545.4%13.1%35.7%12.5%47.8%14.2%0.1%8.6M-345.1M-1.8M0.634.61N/AN/A78,94449,544917,472618,880
2019-04-11$7.70$6.7544.9%12.8%35.8%11.8%47.8%14.1%-0.5%8.9M-325.8M-1.8M0.634.72N/AN/A81,18451,376938,192632,848
2019-04-12$7.80$6.8841.3%12.0%35.4%6.9%43.7%12.3%1.3%12.3M-375.6M-1.8M0.664.20N/AN/A118,65678,296959,568642,344
2019-04-15$7.81$6.8843.2%12.4%35.4%9.6%44.9%12.3%0.3%8.4M-334.5M-1.8M0.355.70N/AN/A119,17642,192889,000587,552
2019-04-16$7.87$6.8842.8%12.2%35.4%8.9%44.2%12.2%-0.1%9.6M-358.7M-1.8M0.564.48N/AN/A130,80873,344917,480610,048
2019-04-17$7.97$7.0041.2%11.8%34.8%6.8%44.4%11.7%1.7%11.9M-396.5M-1.8M0.575.59N/AN/A130,29674,232960,752637,200
2019-04-18$7.98$7.0040.2%11.5%31.9%5.3%43.1%10.8%0.6%12.4M-398.3M-1.8M0.494.58N/AN/A159,90477,808965,008658,384
2019-04-22$8.06$7.0041.5%11.8%18.3%7.1%43.7%11.9%0.2%6.5M-339.8M-1.8M0.475.16N/AN/A103,81648,440847,720530,944
2019-04-23$8.33$7.0040.2%12.3%19.9%5.3%45.2%5.2%-1.3%7.9M-419.5M-1.9M0.529.77N/AN/A168,36086,904885,608552,896
2019-04-24$8.35$7.0044.1%12.9%19.8%10.8%47.2%10.6%-0.8%8.6M-419.7M-1.9M0.467.42N/AN/A147,77667,712911,480574,232
2019-04-25$8.44$7.0043.7%12.6%19.4%10.1%46.2%10.1%-0.6%11.5M-454.8M-1.9M0.859.09N/AN/A120,704102,424958,400598,992
2019-04-26$8.38$7.0041.2%11.7%20.0%6.8%42.7%10.4%0.2%22.6M-445.1M-1.8M0.695.86N/AN/A182,152125,032984,864620,552
2019-04-29$8.46$7.0042.6%12.3%19.7%8.7%44.5%11.3%0.3%7.2M-419.3M-1.9M0.605.03N/AN/A100,12060,072897,576565,000
2019-04-30$8.24$7.1342.8%12.4%20.1%9.0%43.6%11.7%0.4%6.9M-366.0M-1.9M0.763.84N/AN/A106,77681,416947,776595,048