SQQQ Options History — May 2010

In May 2010, SQQQ traded between $8004800.00 and $10950400.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 84.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 86.1%). Max pain ranged from $8320000.00 to $9600000.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2010-05-04: Largest IV spike — 35.2% change
  • 2010-05-20: Largest Expected Move — 32.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9578880.00$8004800.00$10950400.00$8004800.00$9899200.00
Max Pain$9336000.00$8320000.00$9600000.00$8320000.00$9600000.00
ATM IV84.9%52.4%116.8%52.4%81.7%
Expected Move24.1%15.0%32.6%15.0%23.4%
HV 20d86.1%45.0%105.0%45.0%103.6%
HV 60d59.1%41.0%66.2%41.0%66.2%
Term Structure-1.2%-10.6%6.5%2.3%-0.6%
VWIV90.0%53.2%120.1%53.2%88.7%
Skew 25d-29.7%-40.9%-11.1%-11.1%-25.0%
Skew 10d-48.7%-63.1%-24.4%-24.4%-46.5%
Call IV 25d105.8%60.9%142.3%60.9%100.5%
Put IV 25d76.1%49.8%105.1%49.8%75.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.4210.4374.4315.6616.09
Gamma HHI0.060.040.130.130.04
Net GEX27.4K-106.5K205.9K-106.5K23.9K
Net DEX-6.3M-21.0M5.6M5.6M-4.9M
Net VEX-54.4K-61.8K-34.4K-34.4K-57.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.222.280.561.37
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-05-03$8004800.00$8320000.0052.4%15.0%45.0%0.0%53.2%-11.1%2.3%-106.5K5.6M-34.4K0.5615.66N/AN/A0000
2010-05-04$8729600.00$8320000.0070.9%20.3%55.4%0.0%72.1%-17.8%-5.4%-49.4K404.9K-41.8K0.6810.43N/AN/A0000
2010-05-05$8846400.00$8320000.0072.6%20.8%55.6%0.0%75.8%-22.3%-5.2%-17.0K-1.4M-47.8K1.0313.49N/AN/A0000
2010-05-06$9747200.00$8800000.0090.0%25.8%65.2%0.0%84.3%-32.4%-10.6%-10.0K-6.4M-51.2K0.4674.43N/AN/A0000
2010-05-07$10385600.00$9440000.00116.8%29.6%67.6%0.0%103.3%-39.2%-6.9%37.4K-11.4M-58.8K0.6423.32N/AN/A0000
2010-05-10$8876800.00$9600000.0080.0%21.5%89.9%0.0%73.4%-30.8%3.7%-56.1K-1.0M-52.3K0.5225.42N/AN/A0000
2010-05-11$8867200.00$9600000.0074.7%21.5%89.6%0.0%91.3%-27.9%3.8%-39.8K-1.2M-54.0K0.2219.98N/AN/A0000
2010-05-12$8384000.00$9440000.0063.5%19.2%91.1%0.0%76.3%-25.1%6.5%-74.2K2.3M-51.6K2.2835.02N/AN/A0000
2010-05-13$8772800.00$9440000.0071.4%20.5%92.2%0.0%96.5%-25.7%3.3%-38.2K-884.5K-54.5K0.6427.35N/AN/A0000
2010-05-14$9273600.00$9440000.0081.5%23.4%93.5%0.0%84.8%-34.1%-0.0%18.6K-5.6M-59.0K0.5329.82N/AN/A0000
2010-05-17$9203200.00$9600000.0082.7%23.7%93.7%0.0%81.9%-31.3%-0.0%25.6K-5.2M-55.2K0.9431.66N/AN/A0000
2010-05-18$9561600.00$9600000.0088.9%25.5%94.1%0.0%99.9%-38.9%-1.6%83.7K-9.4M-57.4K0.3533.10N/AN/A0000
2010-05-19$9790400.00$9600000.0095.3%27.3%93.7%0.0%107.3%-40.9%-2.4%113.1K-12.0M-58.9K0.6316.08N/AN/A0000
2010-05-20$10747200.00$9600000.00113.7%32.6%97.6%0.0%120.1%-37.3%-8.3%197.5K-21.0M-61.8K0.6727.37N/AN/A0000
2010-05-21$10628800.00$9600000.00103.7%29.7%97.6%0.0%111.1%-38.3%-2.2%205.9K-19.0M-61.8K0.2645.16N/AN/A0000
2010-05-24$10553600.00$9600000.0094.2%27.0%97.8%0.0%101.5%-31.3%2.5%60.9K-9.3M-57.9K0.7154.32N/AN/A0000
2010-05-25$10635200.00$9600000.0093.8%26.9%96.4%0.0%94.4%-28.0%1.0%65.4K-9.4M-59.2K0.8721.83N/AN/A0000
2010-05-26$10950400.00$9600000.0093.7%26.9%96.5%0.0%94.3%-31.2%-4.1%89.6K-11.1M-57.8K0.6951.54N/AN/A0000
2010-05-27$9720000.00$9600000.0075.9%21.8%105.0%0.0%89.5%-25.1%0.3%17.6K-4.4M-55.8K0.5616.27N/AN/A0000
2010-05-28$9899200.00$9600000.0081.7%23.4%103.6%0.0%88.7%-25.0%-0.6%23.9K-4.9M-57.0K1.3716.09N/AN/A0000