TQQQ Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, TQQQ traded between $7.14 and $8.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.2%, placing in the 16.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 48.6%). Max pain ranged from $7.63 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-11: Highest Volume — 721,632 contracts
  • 2019-10-11: Largest IV drop — 14.5% change
  • 2019-10-02: Highest IV Rank — 38.8%
  • 2019-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 19.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.00$7.14$8.74$7.54$8.61
Max Pain$7.76$7.63$8.00$7.63$8.00
ATM IV51.2%38.6%66.9%60.1%42.2%
Expected Move14.6%11.7%19.3%16.8%12.3%
HV 20d48.6%40.5%53.4%45.7%40.5%
HV 60d57.9%53.8%59.6%55.7%53.8%
IV Rank16.2%0.0%38.8%28.9%5.0%
IV Percentile34.2%0.0%73.8%61.1%5.6%
Term Structure0.5%-2.7%6.3%-1.3%2.1%
VWIV52.4%43.1%64.4%55.6%47.2%
Skew 25d16.8%9.3%25.3%19.1%13.5%
Skew 10d32.3%24.9%40.6%37.0%27.8%
Call IV 25d43.4%36.0%57.1%52.1%37.5%
Put IV 25d60.1%47.4%77.0%71.2%51.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.452.8919.433.887.44
Gamma HHI0.070.030.150.030.05
Net GEX8.1M-958.3K16.0M3.9M8.5M
Net DEX-233.4M-396.5M7.1M-110.8M-339.1M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.1M-1.8M-1.9M-1.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.331.190.871.03
Total Volume289,765.217162,024721,632244,224251,984
Total OI1,912,324.1741,731,8802,093,2561,757,3441,930,768

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$7.54$7.6360.1%16.8%45.7%28.9%55.6%19.1%-1.3%3.9M-110.8M-1.9M0.873.88N/AN/A130,912113,312972,968784,376
2019-10-02$7.14$7.6366.9%19.3%47.5%38.8%62.3%22.0%-1.8%-958.3K7.1M-1.8M0.513.33N/AN/A297,984151,024998,944834,944
2019-10-03$7.32$7.6362.9%17.7%44.2%33.1%61.3%23.3%-0.6%1.9M-68.4M-1.9M0.509.33N/AN/A275,800136,6561,081,648869,736
2019-10-04$7.68$7.6355.4%16.1%48.0%22.1%55.1%20.7%-0.0%8.3M-215.6M-2.0M0.655.88N/AN/A236,728153,1521,121,384904,240
2019-10-07$7.65$7.6358.9%16.7%47.8%27.2%60.6%22.4%0.2%5.3M-161.0M-2.0M0.8711.66N/AN/A112,92898,800990,416811,696
2019-10-08$7.32$7.6362.7%18.1%49.8%32.8%64.4%9.3%6.3%2.5M-70.2M-1.9M0.625.88N/AN/A201,840124,5361,042,288854,904
2019-10-09$7.51$7.6365.3%17.6%49.2%36.4%61.4%23.4%-2.6%5.2M-125.7M-2.0M0.6819.43N/AN/A96,22465,8001,085,248915,888
2019-10-10$7.62$7.6359.7%16.9%48.4%28.4%63.0%25.3%-1.6%8.0M-165.4M-2.0M0.835.71N/AN/A131,264108,7521,114,832933,144
2019-10-11$8.02$7.6351.1%15.2%51.9%15.8%54.3%10.1%-0.3%15.2M-349.4M-2.1M0.338.81N/AN/A542,584179,0481,136,112957,144
2019-10-14$7.95$7.6350.9%14.5%51.6%15.5%54.7%19.9%5.1%7.4M-216.6M-2.0M1.046.10N/AN/A85,76089,368994,288842,208
2019-10-15$8.25$7.7546.3%13.3%53.2%8.9%49.7%17.1%0.4%11.4M-328.9M-2.0M0.855.04N/AN/A143,264121,8961,025,536889,872
2019-10-16$8.16$7.7547.7%13.7%53.3%11.0%51.4%16.9%1.2%10.5M-290.2M-2.0M1.1910.79N/AN/A79,91294,7361,050,184923,480
2019-10-17$8.24$7.8845.9%13.2%53.4%8.3%48.4%15.2%1.6%13.2M-327.0M-2.1M0.986.47N/AN/A119,784116,8721,057,816938,232
2019-10-18$8.06$7.8848.4%13.8%52.8%11.9%49.9%15.9%0.2%9.0M-235.9M-2.0M0.564.59N/AN/A265,472148,8401,069,912973,408
2019-10-21$8.20$7.7546.0%13.0%53.2%8.4%47.6%16.0%0.3%7.3M-244.0M-2.0M0.733.44N/AN/A130,43295,528921,304810,576
2019-10-22$8.03$7.8849.1%13.7%50.4%13.0%47.1%15.3%-2.7%7.0M-196.6M-2.0M0.885.64N/AN/A105,79293,568972,904859,072
2019-10-23$8.04$7.8146.8%13.4%48.5%9.6%48.1%15.9%0.5%7.4M-192.3M-2.0M0.394.04N/AN/A154,95259,768996,328887,904
2019-10-24$8.26$7.8845.6%12.7%49.0%7.9%45.4%13.9%-1.1%14.3M-296.3M-2.0M0.765.68N/AN/A136,728104,5201,024,552918,232
2019-10-25$8.47$7.8841.5%11.7%46.3%2.0%43.9%14.9%-0.1%16.0M-396.5M-2.0M0.652.94N/AN/A237,368155,4081,039,304934,880
2019-10-28$8.74$7.8841.4%11.8%46.4%1.8%44.1%12.2%1.8%8.1M-384.4M-1.9M0.883.87N/AN/A165,160145,000922,304831,384
2019-10-29$8.54$8.0044.3%12.7%46.6%6.0%46.8%12.7%0.5%7.5M-314.7M-2.0M1.052.89N/AN/A96,512101,704972,328880,864
2019-10-30$8.65$8.0038.6%12.1%40.7%0.0%43.1%10.6%3.8%8.6M-347.0M-1.9M0.705.53N/AN/A121,65685,272987,536918,368
2019-10-31$8.61$8.0042.2%12.3%40.5%5.0%47.2%13.5%2.1%8.5M-339.1M-1.9M1.037.44N/AN/A124,160127,824995,144935,624