TQQQ Options History — April 2022

In April 2022, TQQQ traded between $18.51 and $30.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 83.0%, placing in the 63.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 87.0%). Max pain ranged from $23.75 to $27.50. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2022-04-29: Highest Volume — 717,814 contracts
  • 2022-04-11: Largest IV spike — 14.3% change
  • 2022-04-29: Highest IV Rank — 97.6%
  • 2022-04-29: Largest Expected Move — 31.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.02$18.51$30.57$28.38$18.51
Max Pain$25.94$23.75$27.50$27.50$23.75
ATM IV83.0%63.8%105.7%67.9%105.7%
Expected Move24.0%18.7%31.9%20.0%31.9%
HV 20d87.0%80.2%99.5%93.8%99.5%
HV 60d92.7%89.2%97.9%89.2%97.9%
IV Rank63.1%34.0%97.6%40.2%97.6%
IV Percentile86.6%65.9%99.2%73.8%99.2%
Term Structure-1.2%-5.1%1.7%1.7%-3.8%
VWIV80.7%67.4%101.7%70.7%101.7%
Skew 25d25.5%17.6%38.5%18.8%30.8%
Skew 10d43.2%32.7%54.0%36.2%51.7%
Call IV 25d69.9%56.0%89.8%59.4%89.8%
Put IV 25d95.4%73.9%122.3%78.2%120.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.452.4719.9814.354.74
Gamma HHI0.050.030.110.100.07
Net GEX1.8M-9.4M18.1M12.2M-4.2M
Net DEX82.1M-863.8M545.1M-417.0M545.1M
Net VEX-5.9M-7.5M-4.5M-7.2M-4.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.340.740.610.57
Total Volume478,439.3307,236717,814522,740717,814
Total OI1,967,878.21,751,5702,245,6082,020,8662,238,514

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-04-01$28.38$27.5067.9%20.0%93.8%40.2%70.7%18.8%1.7%12.2M-417.0M-7.2M0.6114.35N/AN/A324,572198,1681,096,404924,462
2022-04-04$30.57$27.5063.8%18.7%88.1%34.0%67.4%17.9%0.5%16.1M-863.8M-7.5M0.544.31N/AN/A228,624122,650947,520804,050
2022-04-05$28.63$27.5070.5%20.6%92.2%44.2%71.6%21.1%0.3%7.4M-441.0M-7.2M0.747.09N/AN/A195,750145,384998,944826,504
2022-04-06$27.00$27.5076.9%21.9%90.0%53.9%79.5%17.6%-2.1%-2.5M-97.5M-6.8M0.6319.98N/AN/A351,458221,4061,030,168862,382
2022-04-07$27.39$27.5073.8%21.2%88.1%49.2%75.3%22.0%0.2%5.0M-222.9M-7.0M0.504.10N/AN/A283,904140,7661,086,302896,000
2022-04-08$26.14$27.5074.0%21.3%87.6%49.5%72.3%22.3%1.6%-4.7M51.5M-6.5M0.644.10N/AN/A302,892193,4381,126,232916,924
2022-04-11$24.10$27.5084.6%23.8%89.4%65.5%79.4%25.5%-1.0%-5.2M230.3M-5.9M0.492.61N/AN/A265,248129,366980,746820,192
2022-04-12$23.71$26.0085.6%23.9%85.3%67.0%78.5%25.0%-1.9%-4.9M266.0M-5.8M0.633.39N/AN/A297,144187,1501,047,992841,264
2022-04-13$25.37$26.0073.5%20.6%82.9%48.7%71.5%22.6%-1.5%6.3M-23.9M-6.2M0.605.49N/AN/A249,856150,5561,099,934873,964
2022-04-14$23.64$25.5078.5%22.4%84.8%56.3%73.7%25.5%0.4%-6.9M309.7M-5.7M0.702.47N/AN/A260,598182,1261,147,122897,506
2022-04-18$23.23$25.5082.7%23.6%81.4%62.7%80.8%24.6%-0.6%-1.8M239.9M-5.5M0.662.88N/AN/A193,022126,738991,404778,762
2022-04-19$24.94$25.0074.5%21.3%85.7%50.3%73.7%23.3%-0.5%6.6M-44.4M-6.1M0.522.81N/AN/A213,134110,9501,043,242812,476
2022-04-20$24.19$25.0076.6%22.0%81.2%53.5%77.7%24.2%-0.6%3.9M95.3M-5.9M0.683.22N/AN/A182,560124,6761,081,410823,170
2022-04-21$22.49$25.0085.1%24.4%84.2%66.3%74.5%26.5%-1.1%-7.1M373.4M-5.4M0.623.92N/AN/A327,650202,6941,123,550860,166
2022-04-22$21.12$26.5092.5%26.7%84.1%77.5%87.4%27.7%-2.1%-9.4M507.0M-5.0M0.644.20N/AN/A410,612263,7621,183,732863,254
2022-04-25$21.33$25.0092.5%27.1%84.5%77.6%90.2%30.8%-2.5%687.3K274.6M-5.2M0.384.86N/AN/A326,058122,7141,093,638790,656
2022-04-26$19.39$25.00104.7%30.9%85.5%96.0%97.2%32.3%-5.1%-97.7K421.6M-4.7M0.343.77N/AN/A464,256156,2161,173,770808,572
2022-04-27$19.09$24.00103.0%30.8%80.2%93.5%98.4%38.5%-3.5%6.1M403.1M-4.7M0.384.44N/AN/A359,720138,4441,377,674843,354
2022-04-28$21.09$24.0092.7%27.6%91.1%77.9%91.9%32.7%-2.8%18.1M34.3M-5.4M0.376.29N/AN/A507,128189,5821,399,476846,132
2022-04-29$18.51$23.75105.7%31.9%99.5%97.6%101.7%30.8%-3.8%-4.2M545.1M-4.5M0.574.74N/AN/A456,000261,8141,358,402880,112