TQQQ Options History — February 2022

In February 2022, TQQQ traded between $22.69 and $32.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 83.2%, placing in the 69.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.0% (HV 20d: 91.1%). Max pain ranged from $30.25 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2022-02-24: Highest Volume — 789,902 contracts
  • 2022-02-03: Largest IV spike — 25.1% change
  • 2022-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 95.5%
  • 2022-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 29.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.69$22.69$32.27$31.43$25.73
Max Pain$32.97$30.25$35.00$35.00$30.25
ATM IV83.2%68.8%99.2%71.5%89.9%
Expected Move24.2%20.0%29.3%21.1%27.6%
HV 20d91.1%77.3%102.8%77.3%101.2%
HV 60d74.3%65.8%80.1%65.8%80.0%
IV Rank69.1%45.4%95.5%49.9%80.2%
IV Percentile91.8%79.4%99.2%83.7%95.2%
Term Structure-1.6%-10.3%1.3%0.5%-1.9%
VWIV82.0%71.8%96.5%74.0%92.9%
Skew 25d26.8%19.1%38.1%23.7%30.2%
Skew 10d45.5%35.5%53.1%42.4%50.3%
Call IV 25d69.2%57.1%82.8%61.6%74.5%
Put IV 25d96.0%78.6%109.3%85.3%104.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.323.628.255.308.25
Gamma HHI0.050.030.130.040.03
Net GEX6.6M-15.6M33.8M22.3M6.9M
Net DEX120.6M-752.8M650.8M-515.3M62.6M
Net VEX-6.6M-8.0M-5.1M-7.5M-6.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.490.870.810.76
Total Volume491,477.684305,918789,902550,912396,482
Total OI2,018,712.9471,793,0322,200,7841,927,5401,871,744

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-02-01$31.43$35.0071.5%21.1%77.3%49.9%74.0%23.7%0.5%22.3M-515.3M-7.5M0.815.30N/AN/A303,896247,0161,142,908784,632
2022-02-02$32.27$35.0068.8%20.3%78.4%45.4%71.8%22.6%1.3%33.8M-752.8M-8.0M0.544.52N/AN/A337,374180,9721,212,652864,068
2022-02-03$28.50$34.0086.1%24.1%84.1%73.9%80.6%26.7%-0.8%7.7M178.1M-7.1M0.686.05N/AN/A298,818201,7421,208,410885,496
2022-02-04$29.68$33.7578.1%22.3%86.3%60.8%79.1%22.9%-0.9%9.3M-11.9M-7.4M0.665.64N/AN/A366,180240,3281,270,362930,422
2022-02-07$28.74$33.7579.1%22.7%86.4%62.4%72.1%22.9%0.2%4.8M120.7M-6.9M0.685.85N/AN/A198,166135,6981,073,820796,052
2022-02-08$29.52$33.7574.4%21.7%87.5%54.6%73.8%23.9%1.2%7.9M34.1M-7.1M0.614.31N/AN/A193,620118,4761,102,466835,790
2022-02-09$31.32$33.7574.0%20.0%88.2%54.0%72.5%19.1%-7.1%20.4M-354.2M-7.5M0.627.75N/AN/A225,118140,5401,131,014857,280
2022-02-10$29.10$33.7579.5%23.0%90.4%63.0%78.6%21.6%1.3%4.7M134.3M-7.0M0.875.02N/AN/A274,536237,6721,169,750886,320
2022-02-11$26.59$33.7592.0%26.6%92.2%83.7%86.1%26.6%0.3%-15.6M650.8M-6.2M0.707.09N/AN/A399,868278,2881,208,442938,488
2022-02-14$26.59$33.0092.3%26.5%91.9%84.1%87.1%30.2%-1.6%-707.8K383.8M-6.3M0.565.52N/AN/A242,264136,3661,090,012831,776
2022-02-15$28.41$33.0079.4%22.8%92.9%62.8%79.3%28.9%0.5%7.8M122.9M-6.7M0.814.53N/AN/A198,710160,3841,143,892855,158
2022-02-16$28.71$32.7576.7%22.0%93.1%58.3%75.9%26.9%0.2%10.8M96.7M-6.8M0.583.77N/AN/A193,280112,6381,176,940884,856
2022-02-17$26.42$32.5086.2%24.8%96.1%74.0%83.6%31.0%-2.7%-3.4M492.1M-6.1M0.703.62N/AN/A229,852160,6721,215,934891,418
2022-02-18$25.44$32.5088.9%25.7%92.6%78.6%85.5%30.8%-3.6%-6.5M612.6M-5.8M0.674.53N/AN/A397,222266,9681,264,720922,566
2022-02-22$24.64$32.5092.3%27.2%92.7%84.1%90.5%26.7%-4.7%-596.6K370.2M-5.6M0.495.22N/AN/A331,672163,3881,048,414744,618
2022-02-23$22.69$31.5099.2%29.3%96.3%95.5%96.5%26.5%-2.4%-1.7M490.6M-5.1M0.503.69N/AN/A304,824152,3861,153,236776,996
2022-02-24$24.61$30.7590.4%27.0%101.2%81.1%92.5%29.7%-0.7%4.1M238.7M-5.7M0.606.09N/AN/A494,512295,3901,234,020802,970
2022-02-25$25.82$31.2581.5%24.6%102.8%66.4%85.8%38.1%-10.3%13.5M-63.0M-6.2M0.624.41N/AN/A447,090275,6681,292,854855,050
2022-02-28$25.73$30.2589.9%27.6%101.2%80.2%92.9%30.2%-1.9%6.9M62.6M-6.2M0.768.25N/AN/A224,860171,6221,105,918765,826