TQQQ Options History — August 2022

In August 2022, TQQQ traded between $14.15 and $19.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 77.3%, placing in the 46.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 79.6%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $15.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2022-08-05: Highest Volume — 1,257,346 contracts
  • 2022-08-10: Largest IV drop — 12.5% change
  • 2022-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 64.7%
  • 2022-08-30: Largest Expected Move — 26.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.15$14.15$19.48$16.66$14.19
Max Pain$14.91$14.00$15.50$14.00$15.00
ATM IV77.3%68.2%91.4%78.2%89.8%
Expected Move22.1%19.5%26.2%22.5%26.2%
HV 20d79.6%69.8%85.6%81.5%74.8%
HV 60d97.4%91.9%110.6%110.6%93.6%
IV Rank46.7%34.9%64.7%48.0%62.1%
IV Percentile54.9%39.7%74.6%57.9%71.4%
Term Structure0.4%-2.1%3.8%-1.5%-1.6%
VWIV76.7%66.0%88.0%79.6%88.0%
Skew 25d17.5%13.7%20.9%17.8%20.3%
Skew 10d32.1%26.5%37.4%31.3%34.8%
Call IV 25d68.7%61.3%79.5%69.9%78.8%
Put IV 25d86.1%75.2%100.4%87.7%99.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.231.543.933.931.72
Gamma HHI0.080.030.190.050.04
Net GEX16.0M-2.2M36.3M10.9M5.1M
Net DEX-685.3M-1.59B146.8M-628.2M6.7M
Net VEX-5.4M-6.2M-4.2M-5.2M-4.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.340.890.490.41
Total Volume713,783.913429,6821,257,346754,242526,338
Total OI2,657,134.7832,200,4202,936,0982,200,4202,859,366

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-08-01$16.66$14.0078.2%22.5%81.5%48.0%79.6%17.8%-1.5%10.9M-628.2M-5.2M0.493.93N/AN/A505,604248,6381,489,810710,610
2022-08-02$16.62$14.0081.7%23.4%80.9%52.5%82.4%19.9%-2.1%19.1M-762.7M-5.4M0.672.67N/AN/A321,458216,3661,702,954778,376
2022-08-03$17.93$14.0076.2%21.8%83.7%45.3%80.1%17.3%-1.0%27.3M-1.23B-5.7M0.492.78N/AN/A521,238253,4561,757,256796,614
2022-08-04$17.95$15.5076.4%21.8%82.7%45.6%76.1%16.6%-1.3%36.3M-1.29B-5.8M0.892.22N/AN/A347,744310,4641,847,478854,510
2022-08-05$17.57$15.5074.5%21.5%83.6%43.1%79.6%16.9%-0.7%3.2M-1.11B-5.6M0.432.39N/AN/A879,226378,1201,848,922938,606
2022-08-08$17.45$15.0075.6%21.9%78.4%44.6%72.3%17.8%1.0%18.5M-784.5M-5.5M0.421.95N/AN/A480,394199,4341,600,656698,658
2022-08-09$16.86$15.0078.2%22.6%78.0%47.9%79.5%16.5%0.8%20.9M-684.3M-5.5M0.431.88N/AN/A364,512156,7261,755,504746,482
2022-08-10$18.25$15.0068.5%20.3%81.2%35.2%75.0%14.6%2.2%32.9M-1.19B-5.8M0.492.05N/AN/A546,458265,8981,808,552780,420
2022-08-11$17.85$15.0071.4%20.9%82.3%39.1%69.8%14.2%1.8%31.4M-1.06B-5.8M0.441.85N/AN/A643,682286,2181,852,142838,134
2022-08-12$18.93$15.0068.3%19.9%83.0%35.0%66.0%13.7%2.0%34.8M-1.59B-6.1M0.381.97N/AN/A796,840305,5802,024,034898,850
2022-08-15$19.48$15.0068.7%19.8%81.3%35.5%71.8%15.0%2.4%21.6M-1.16B-6.2M0.662.02N/AN/A295,914196,5061,643,394815,524
2022-08-16$19.43$15.0068.2%19.6%76.7%34.9%68.5%15.8%3.0%21.7M-1.12B-6.2M0.592.35N/AN/A459,530271,1981,697,612876,628
2022-08-17$18.69$15.0072.2%20.7%77.9%40.1%67.2%15.3%1.8%18.9M-891.4M-6.0M0.503.51N/AN/A492,346246,8961,753,880915,516
2022-08-18$18.86$15.0068.6%19.5%77.5%35.4%70.7%15.7%3.8%24.3M-938.1M-6.1M0.411.86N/AN/A314,036128,0061,878,960982,180
2022-08-19$17.66$15.0073.5%20.9%79.0%41.8%72.1%16.5%1.9%8.3M-470.9M-5.7M0.801.61N/AN/A533,508426,7481,930,1601,005,938
2022-08-22$16.17$15.0082.1%23.2%85.6%53.0%81.5%19.1%0.6%3.2M-159.8M-5.0M0.681.54N/AN/A372,462251,4601,643,984802,452
2022-08-23$16.22$15.0081.0%22.8%83.0%51.6%74.2%19.0%0.1%5.6M-173.1M-5.1M0.341.94N/AN/A351,454121,0761,749,926890,066
2022-08-24$16.46$15.0079.7%22.2%69.8%49.8%76.7%19.1%0.0%8.0M-232.6M-5.2M0.511.57N/AN/A285,150144,5321,873,920916,896
2022-08-25$17.09$15.0077.3%21.5%70.8%46.8%74.2%19.2%0.4%12.5M-418.5M-5.4M0.612.11N/AN/A305,284186,2081,918,014940,810
2022-08-26$15.17$15.0086.9%24.5%79.5%59.2%83.3%19.7%0.2%-2.2M146.8M-4.6M0.611.99N/AN/A669,530407,6101,950,894985,052
2022-08-29$14.80$15.0090.5%25.3%79.8%63.9%87.4%20.8%-1.9%3.8M-48.2M-4.5M0.441.93N/AN/A400,120175,5821,811,050803,416
2022-08-30$14.15$15.0091.4%26.2%81.0%64.7%87.9%20.9%-1.9%2.2M47.9M-4.2M0.393.37N/AN/A595,194232,2861,898,660841,234
2022-08-31$14.19$15.0089.8%26.2%74.8%62.1%88.0%20.3%-1.6%5.1M6.7M-4.3M0.411.72N/AN/A372,160154,1781,987,024872,342