SQQQ Options History — April 2010

In April 2010, SQQQ traded between $7801600.00 and $9033600.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.1%. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 20.5% (HV 20d: 25.5%). Max pain ranged from $8000000.00 to $10400000.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2010-04-14: Largest IV drop — 29.4% change
  • 2010-04-27: Largest Expected Move — 16.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8327161.90$7801600.00$9033600.00$9033600.00$8360000.00
Max Pain$8777142.86$8000000.00$10400000.00$10400000.00$8320000.00
ATM IV46.1%35.4%57.7%45.1%54.5%
Expected Move13.6%12.4%16.6%12.9%15.6%
HV 20d25.5%20.5%43.6%24.4%43.6%
Term Structure3.2%-8.1%6.1%6.1%1.3%
VWIV49.8%44.4%59.6%49.5%54.6%
Skew 25d-11.1%-16.2%-8.1%-8.1%-16.2%
Skew 10d-19.8%-28.3%-16.4%-16.4%-28.3%
Call IV 25d55.4%49.4%67.3%52.8%66.1%
Put IV 25d44.3%39.9%51.9%44.7%49.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.085.9043.4343.4319.64
Gamma HHI0.130.070.340.070.12
Net GEX-58.3K-100.2K-23.7K-31.3K-76.0K
Net DEX3.8M2.2M5.6M2.2M2.7M
Net VEX-21.0K-36.8K-12.4K-13.3K-36.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.012.240.301.50
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-04-01$9033600.00$10400000.0045.1%12.9%24.4%0.0%49.5%-8.1%6.1%-31.3K2.2M-13.3K0.3043.43N/AN/A0000
2010-04-05$8784000.00$8000000.0045.8%14.5%21.5%0.0%51.7%-12.0%4.8%-24.2K2.6M-13.0K1.966.61N/AN/A0000
2010-04-06$8713600.00$8960000.0043.6%14.2%21.5%0.0%51.8%-11.8%2.5%-32.6K3.0M-12.4K0.435.90N/AN/A0000
2010-04-07$8758400.00$8960000.0043.7%14.0%21.6%0.0%51.3%-11.7%3.0%-23.7K2.8M-14.7K0.476.00N/AN/A0000
2010-04-08$8728000.00$8960000.0042.5%14.0%20.5%0.0%50.6%-11.3%3.2%-25.3K2.9M-14.3K0.036.02N/AN/A0000
2010-04-09$8563200.00$8960000.0037.1%13.1%21.0%0.0%44.4%-10.1%4.2%-31.8K3.4M-13.7K1.056.29N/AN/A0000
2010-04-12$8536000.00$8960000.0046.9%13.1%21.0%0.0%45.2%-10.8%3.9%-46.0K3.7M-15.0K0.406.84N/AN/A0000
2010-04-13$8401600.00$8960000.0050.1%13.0%20.8%0.0%44.7%-8.6%4.1%-35.5K3.9M-14.8K0.206.96N/AN/A0000
2010-04-14$8108800.00$8960000.0035.4%12.4%22.8%0.0%49.5%-8.1%4.4%-30.0K4.5M-14.1K0.4712.89N/AN/A0000
2010-04-15$8009600.00$8960000.0043.3%12.4%22.8%0.0%48.1%-10.1%4.1%-66.4K4.9M-14.0K0.019.81N/AN/A0000
2010-04-16$8262400.00$8960000.0049.4%14.2%26.6%0.0%52.2%-12.6%2.7%-25.4K3.6M-16.3K2.247.57N/AN/A0000
2010-04-19$8297600.00$8800000.0049.7%14.3%25.4%0.0%51.5%-13.3%-8.1%-96.2K3.7M-23.7K0.4213.57N/AN/A0000
2010-04-20$8185600.00$8800000.0045.5%13.1%24.2%0.0%49.0%-10.8%3.6%-100.1K4.3M-25.6K0.667.45N/AN/A0000
2010-04-21$8022400.00$8800000.0043.4%12.4%24.2%0.0%47.1%-10.1%3.7%-97.3K4.7M-25.0K0.0510.44N/AN/A0000
2010-04-22$7897600.00$8480000.0043.9%12.6%23.7%0.0%49.0%-9.0%4.3%-82.3K4.8M-24.9K0.668.31N/AN/A0000
2010-04-23$7801600.00$8480000.0043.1%12.4%23.0%0.0%45.8%-9.1%4.3%-88.8K5.5M-26.0K0.6911.44N/AN/A0000
2010-04-26$7854400.00$8480000.0046.2%13.2%23.6%0.0%46.1%-9.4%3.1%-91.3K5.3M-26.8K0.5211.45N/AN/A0000
2010-04-27$8336000.00$8480000.0057.7%16.6%33.4%0.0%59.6%-15.4%5.3%-54.1K2.7M-31.8K0.5031.52N/AN/A0000
2010-04-28$8323200.00$8320000.0052.6%15.1%33.3%0.0%52.1%-14.1%2.1%-66.0K3.0M-32.2K0.989.33N/AN/A0000
2010-04-29$7892800.00$8320000.0047.4%13.6%37.2%0.0%51.6%-10.9%4.4%-100.2K5.6M-31.9K0.2912.29N/AN/A0000
2010-04-30$8360000.00$8320000.0054.5%15.6%43.6%0.0%54.6%-16.2%1.3%-76.0K2.7M-36.8K1.5019.64N/AN/A0000