SQQQ Options History — January 2011

In January 2011, SQQQ traded between $4284800.00 and $4768000.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.1%, placing in the 15.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 21.1% (HV 20d: 27.1%). Max pain ranged from $4480000.00 to $5440000.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2011-01-28: Largest IV spike — 23.2% change
  • 2011-01-28: Highest IV Rank — 25.9%
  • 2011-01-28: Largest Expected Move — 16.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4518080.00$4284800.00$4768000.00$4761600.00$4544000.00
Max Pain$4776000.00$4480000.00$5440000.00$5440000.00$4480000.00
ATM IV48.1%42.4%56.4%48.5%55.7%
Expected Move14.2%13.1%16.2%13.9%16.0%
HV 20d27.1%21.8%42.5%22.2%42.4%
HV 60d37.5%35.2%40.5%38.6%40.5%
IV Rank15.7%8.6%25.9%16.1%24.9%
IV Percentile17.6%0.9%41.1%16.0%40.9%
Term Structure3.9%-0.3%7.3%5.5%-0.3%
VWIV51.6%46.1%58.4%49.4%57.4%
Skew 25d-11.5%-15.1%-8.3%-8.3%-14.5%
Skew 10d-22.8%-30.6%-18.1%-24.5%-23.7%
Call IV 25d56.8%50.4%64.5%53.2%63.6%
Put IV 25d45.3%41.9%51.5%44.9%49.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.9816.3363.6134.9421.84
Gamma HHI0.260.080.610.090.10
Net GEX94.1K-3.4K317.4K-3.4K62.8K
Net DEX1.4M-1.9M3.2M2.4M-46.8K
Net VEX-14.3K-23.3K-10.3K-10.3K-23.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.031.510.500.45
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
2011-01-03$4761600.00$5440000.0048.5%13.9%22.2%16.1%49.4%-8.3%5.5%-3.4K2.4M-10.3K0.5034.94N/AN/A0000
2011-01-04$4768000.00$5280000.0048.4%13.9%22.2%16.1%48.4%-9.9%7.2%5.8K2.1M-11.3K0.7539.20N/AN/A0000
2011-01-05$4651200.00$5280000.0046.0%13.2%23.3%13.0%46.2%-11.3%7.0%2.1K2.5M-10.9K0.3329.87N/AN/A0000
2011-01-06$4604800.00$4800000.0047.0%13.5%23.1%14.3%46.1%-8.9%7.3%51.9K1.7M-13.0K0.1729.68N/AN/A0000
2011-01-07$4609600.00$4640000.0044.8%15.3%23.2%11.5%58.4%-15.1%2.7%100.2K1.2M-13.9K0.2640.71N/AN/A0000
2011-01-10$4560000.00$4640000.0044.2%14.7%22.7%10.9%56.6%-14.1%3.8%112.9K1.3M-12.7K0.2922.97N/AN/A0000
2011-01-11$4548800.00$4480000.0042.7%14.6%22.0%9.0%54.5%-12.6%3.4%113.3K1.6M-12.7K0.3824.01N/AN/A0000
2011-01-12$4451200.00$4480000.0042.4%14.2%22.7%8.6%51.7%-11.5%3.4%123.7K2.2M-12.2K0.8027.74N/AN/A0000
2011-01-13$4436800.00$4480000.0049.3%14.1%21.8%17.1%49.6%-12.0%3.8%132.7K2.1M-12.6K0.1926.32N/AN/A0000
2011-01-14$4339200.00$4480000.0047.2%13.5%21.8%14.5%54.9%-11.0%3.6%236.3K2.3M-13.3K0.0322.25N/AN/A0000
2011-01-18$4300800.00$4640000.0047.1%13.5%21.8%14.4%51.2%-9.4%4.3%128.2K3.2M-10.9K1.5120.65N/AN/A0000
2011-01-19$4443200.00$5280000.0050.4%14.4%26.0%18.4%50.0%-11.1%3.1%232.6K1.7M-13.5K0.1522.47N/AN/A0000
2011-01-20$4542400.00$5120000.0051.4%14.7%27.3%19.7%51.6%-13.6%3.3%317.4K246.2K-14.5K0.2123.87N/AN/A0000
2011-01-21$4648000.00$4800000.0052.5%15.0%28.9%21.0%51.4%-12.7%3.6%124.5K-1.9M-15.9K0.7325.10N/AN/A0000
2011-01-24$4457600.00$4800000.0048.3%13.8%31.8%15.8%53.1%-11.2%4.6%36.6K1.2M-14.3K1.1917.24N/AN/A0000
2011-01-25$4438400.00$4640000.0049.2%14.1%31.8%17.0%48.8%-10.2%3.8%31.5K1.0M-16.4K0.4623.62N/AN/A0000
2011-01-26$4364800.00$4640000.0045.8%13.1%31.8%12.8%48.8%-11.2%4.3%25.4K1.4M-16.4K1.3963.61N/AN/A0000
2011-01-27$4284800.00$4640000.0045.8%13.1%32.1%12.8%46.8%-8.4%3.8%10.5K2.0M-16.6K1.0116.33N/AN/A0000
2011-01-28$4606400.00$4480000.0056.4%16.2%42.5%25.9%57.0%-13.0%0.0%37.4K-174.2K-21.9K0.4427.10N/AN/A0000
2011-01-31$4544000.00$4480000.0055.7%16.0%42.4%24.9%57.4%-14.5%-0.3%62.8K-46.8K-23.3K0.4521.84N/AN/A0000