TQQQ Options History — September 2021

In September 2021, TQQQ traded between $31.44 and $38.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.1%, placing in the 16.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.9% (HV 20d: 37.2%). Max pain ranged from $29.38 to $35.75. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2021-09-20: Highest Volume — 743,464 contracts
  • 2021-09-20: Largest IV spike — 36.7% change
  • 2021-09-20: Highest IV Rank — 40.9%
  • 2021-09-20: Largest Expected Move — 20.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.48$31.44$38.09$37.70$31.44
Max Pain$35.01$29.38$35.75$29.38$33.75
ATM IV53.1%43.9%70.2%44.7%67.0%
Expected Move15.2%11.7%20.1%11.7%19.4%
HV 20d37.2%29.4%50.6%30.0%50.3%
HV 60d35.8%32.5%41.9%33.2%41.8%
IV Rank16.6%3.5%40.9%4.5%36.3%
IV Percentile23.4%2.0%61.5%2.0%55.2%
Term Structure1.0%-0.7%2.7%1.4%0.6%
VWIV56.0%45.2%73.1%45.2%65.8%
Skew 25d22.1%16.4%29.8%16.4%27.1%
Skew 10d43.5%34.8%57.1%36.0%47.2%
Call IV 25d43.3%37.0%55.2%38.8%53.8%
Put IV 25d65.4%54.0%85.0%55.2%80.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.112.8725.947.4825.94
Gamma HHI0.080.040.150.090.06
Net GEX9.1M-26.4M41.8M41.7M-21.2M
Net DEX-1.35B-2.33B-239.1M-2.24B-244.9M
Net VEX-5.6M-6.4M-5.2M-5.5M-6.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.631.360.970.68
Total Volume417,441.905266,452743,464359,476372,144
Total OI1,774,878.6671,335,4242,046,7641,857,6922,046,764

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-09-01$37.70$29.3844.7%11.7%30.0%4.5%45.2%16.4%1.4%41.7M-2.24B-5.5M0.977.48N/AN/A182,172177,304934,620923,072
2021-09-02$37.40$35.5045.5%13.6%30.3%5.7%51.8%17.7%1.3%41.8M-2.14B-5.5M0.963.27N/AN/A160,536153,444957,596951,556
2021-09-03$37.87$35.7543.9%13.4%29.8%3.5%52.3%17.0%1.5%31.6M-2.33B-5.4M1.162.87N/AN/A194,488226,340978,668992,392
2021-09-07$38.09$35.7546.5%14.0%29.7%7.1%55.0%18.1%2.2%24.5M-2.03B-5.4M1.363.31N/AN/A112,888153,564824,432787,884
2021-09-08$37.52$35.7547.3%13.9%29.5%8.3%53.2%18.4%1.3%21.1M-1.89B-5.4M0.844.12N/AN/A180,976151,596858,380846,912
2021-09-09$37.43$35.7549.0%14.2%29.4%10.8%54.9%20.3%0.3%16.3M-1.82B-5.5M1.044.02N/AN/A161,812167,612897,832912,672
2021-09-10$36.47$35.5052.8%15.2%31.3%16.2%59.0%22.6%0.4%-26.4M-1.49B-5.4M1.174.91N/AN/A222,556260,676928,388947,248
2021-09-13$36.11$35.5052.7%15.1%31.7%16.1%56.8%22.7%0.7%8.9M-1.47B-5.4M0.965.26N/AN/A194,268185,740824,192815,124
2021-09-14$35.82$35.5052.0%14.9%31.8%15.2%56.3%22.4%0.7%1.2M-1.36B-5.3M0.688.13N/AN/A180,004122,160860,600882,984
2021-09-15$36.85$35.5047.1%13.5%30.7%8.2%50.0%20.8%0.0%20.0M-1.71B-5.2M0.707.65N/AN/A199,600139,800899,052948,936
2021-09-16$36.90$35.5046.4%13.3%30.2%7.1%50.5%19.8%0.1%25.2M-1.72B-5.4M0.775.84N/AN/A217,808167,096923,776986,952
2021-09-17$35.52$35.5051.4%14.6%34.0%14.2%54.6%23.1%0.9%-25.9M-1.21B-5.4M0.816.61N/AN/A349,180284,036969,2241,006,456
2021-09-20$32.72$35.5070.2%20.1%44.2%40.9%73.1%29.8%-0.7%-5.0M-559.8M-5.2M0.7811.85N/AN/A416,796326,668697,332638,092
2021-09-21$33.65$35.5061.5%17.8%42.3%28.6%61.5%27.4%1.1%-10.6M-624.1M-5.4M0.7211.27N/AN/A222,248159,812768,012741,836
2021-09-22$34.53$35.0055.4%15.7%43.4%19.9%56.8%25.1%1.4%6.1M-988.7M-5.9M0.7919.94N/AN/A219,816174,016894,768861,112
2021-09-23$35.44$35.0048.9%13.6%44.4%10.8%48.4%20.7%2.7%28.4M-1.36B-5.9M0.786.82N/AN/A246,264192,464943,488884,224
2021-09-24$35.53$34.7547.5%12.8%43.9%8.7%48.9%20.1%2.5%36.3M-1.46B-5.8M0.964.49N/AN/A228,272218,420988,640916,412
2021-09-27$34.68$35.0051.7%14.2%43.3%14.6%50.5%22.2%1.1%8.8M-1.08B-5.9M0.994.87N/AN/A199,840197,232820,212732,700
2021-09-28$31.79$35.0067.5%19.6%50.6%37.1%66.3%25.8%2.1%-9.6M-405.5M-5.8M0.7118.32N/AN/A406,184287,964866,124791,000
2021-09-29$31.67$34.8866.7%19.3%50.6%35.9%64.4%26.4%0.6%-20.9M-239.1M-6.0M0.6324.32N/AN/A216,460136,024929,156893,632
2021-09-30$31.44$33.7567.0%19.4%50.3%36.3%65.8%27.1%0.6%-21.2M-244.9M-6.4M0.6825.94N/AN/A221,132151,0121,061,600985,164