TQQQ Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, TQQQ traded between $32.81 and $37.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.4%, placing in the 5.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.0% (HV 20d: 34.4%). Max pain ranged from $24.75 to $31.25. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-27: Highest Volume — 592,096 contracts
  • 2021-08-27: Largest IV drop — 14.7% change
  • 2021-08-18: Highest IV Rank — 17.8%
  • 2021-08-18: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.55$32.81$37.55$33.09$37.40
Max Pain$26.96$24.75$31.25$30.75$28.75
ATM IV47.4%41.3%56.2%52.7%43.0%
Expected Move13.3%10.5%16.1%14.2%11.0%
HV 20d34.4%27.1%41.3%41.0%30.1%
HV 60d36.7%33.1%45.5%45.5%33.2%
IV Rank5.2%0.0%17.8%11.1%2.3%
IV Percentile5.6%0.0%23.0%12.7%0.8%
Term Structure1.5%0.0%3.1%0.2%1.5%
VWIV49.7%38.3%58.6%51.5%43.2%
Skew 25d17.6%14.4%23.8%18.2%16.0%
Skew 10d35.0%29.5%44.8%35.7%33.3%
Call IV 25d40.0%34.1%45.5%45.3%37.8%
Put IV 25d57.6%50.8%68.8%63.5%53.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.733.4729.245.708.00
Gamma HHI0.100.040.220.050.13
Net GEX39.6M8.6M82.7M19.8M42.7M
Net DEX-1.74B-2.41B-1.19B-1.42B-2.25B
Net VEX-5.5M-5.7M-5.1M-5.7M-5.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.641.471.190.95
Total Volume362,014.727226,236592,096287,660266,320
Total OI1,795,496.5451,598,0002,001,5401,598,0001,732,556

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$33.09$30.7552.7%14.2%41.0%11.1%51.5%18.2%0.2%19.8M-1.42B-5.7M1.195.70N/AN/A131,324156,336872,900725,100
2021-08-03$33.68$31.2548.7%12.5%41.2%5.5%48.2%17.2%1.3%32.4M-1.61B-5.7M0.896.78N/AN/A158,584140,584922,292779,508
2021-08-04$34.02$31.2549.9%12.3%41.3%7.2%50.1%16.6%0.8%43.4M-1.74B-5.7M0.904.40N/AN/A144,488129,620960,036844,476
2021-08-05$34.45$24.7547.2%14.3%40.1%3.4%54.5%16.5%0.7%61.5M-1.95B-5.7M0.975.22N/AN/A159,292154,724991,996878,696
2021-08-06$34.03$24.7545.9%14.0%39.8%1.5%52.1%14.4%0.9%82.0M-1.86B-5.5M0.839.03N/AN/A248,760207,2481,019,928905,360
2021-08-09$34.30$25.0046.2%13.7%39.8%1.8%55.8%15.3%1.7%27.2M-1.66B-5.4M1.474.89N/AN/A91,496134,740867,220758,948
2021-08-10$33.71$25.0048.2%14.3%40.4%4.7%53.9%16.2%1.7%24.8M-1.49B-5.5M0.925.39N/AN/A142,428131,056920,044814,812
2021-08-11$33.56$25.0047.4%14.0%40.3%3.7%51.7%16.2%1.4%19.4M-1.41B-5.4M0.675.89N/AN/A151,992102,188947,468863,200
2021-08-12$33.98$25.5046.0%13.9%38.9%1.7%51.9%15.8%3.1%35.8M-1.56B-5.6M0.655.07N/AN/A177,652114,816979,444905,832
2021-08-13$34.24$25.7543.3%12.8%37.8%0.0%49.2%14.4%1.9%67.4M-1.74B-5.5M1.093.92N/AN/A151,684165,0481,006,888928,824
2021-08-16$34.18$26.0045.6%13.2%33.9%3.1%50.1%16.9%2.8%30.6M-1.61B-5.4M0.8827.79N/AN/A226,180199,468877,020779,456
2021-08-17$33.16$26.0052.0%15.0%30.0%12.1%53.9%19.2%1.2%16.3M-1.32B-5.4M0.738.08N/AN/A224,452164,088907,476805,584
2021-08-18$32.81$26.2556.2%16.1%30.2%17.8%58.6%20.4%0.0%8.6M-1.19B-5.6M0.648.30N/AN/A153,78498,948971,116876,280
2021-08-19$32.97$26.2555.3%15.7%29.0%16.6%54.7%23.8%3.0%9.1M-1.23B-5.6M0.7524.37N/AN/A270,996204,1081,016,500932,308
2021-08-20$34.01$26.5049.4%13.9%27.9%8.5%51.1%20.7%1.8%57.9M-1.71B-5.4M0.876.68N/AN/A257,912224,3681,046,260955,280
2021-08-23$35.54$26.8845.5%12.5%32.1%3.0%44.0%18.8%1.6%33.6M-1.91B-5.4M0.894.37N/AN/A303,956269,496860,216742,312
2021-08-24$35.79$27.5045.2%12.2%28.2%2.5%44.5%18.0%1.6%43.5M-2.10B-5.5M1.275.94N/AN/A142,256181,272919,776785,616
2021-08-25$35.98$27.5043.5%11.6%27.1%0.3%45.7%18.4%1.6%58.3M-2.19B-5.4M1.157.00N/AN/A114,408132,108996,176876,956
2021-08-26$35.28$27.5048.4%13.3%28.3%7.1%48.0%21.7%1.3%43.4M-1.85B-5.6M1.0229.24N/AN/A207,996213,1041,018,092925,724
2021-08-27$36.36$27.5041.3%10.7%28.6%0.0%42.7%16.7%1.9%82.7M-2.41B-5.2M0.9924.60N/AN/A297,840294,2561,029,484951,560
2021-08-30$37.55$27.5042.1%10.5%30.2%1.1%38.3%15.1%1.8%31.6M-2.17B-5.1M0.783.47N/AN/A294,136228,812830,024772,180
2021-08-31$37.40$28.7543.0%11.0%30.1%2.3%43.2%16.0%1.5%42.7M-2.25B-5.3M0.958.00N/AN/A136,360129,960894,620837,936