SQQQ Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, SQQQ traded between $3891200.00 and $4361600.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.3%, placing in the 15.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 45.1%). Max pain ranged from $4320000.00 to $5600000.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 45.7% change
  • 2011-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 33.9%
  • 2011-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 18.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4113263.16$3891200.00$4361600.00$4284800.00$4091200.00
Max Pain$5002105.26$4320000.00$5600000.00$4640000.00$4320000.00
ATM IV48.3%38.1%63.0%52.2%52.6%
Expected Move14.3%12.2%18.1%15.0%15.1%
HV 20d45.1%39.7%52.5%44.1%44.5%
HV 60d39.1%35.7%41.5%41.5%36.5%
IV Rank15.9%3.4%33.9%20.7%21.2%
IV Percentile21.8%0.8%64.9%33.5%37.8%
Term Structure5.9%0.7%11.9%1.8%3.9%
VWIV52.4%46.6%63.8%55.4%53.5%
Skew 25d-13.1%-17.5%-9.7%-12.3%-13.4%
Skew 10d-24.9%-37.0%-17.9%-20.7%-21.7%
Call IV 25d57.8%50.5%73.1%58.9%58.1%
Put IV 25d44.8%39.1%55.7%46.6%44.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.1613.0281.9732.5213.02
Gamma HHI0.170.090.330.100.14
Net GEX34.4K-47.8K185.9K20.1K23.9K
Net DEX3.4M-1.2M6.6M2.1M1.8M
Net VEX-21.9K-30.2K-17.1K-21.9K-30.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.121.510.570.58
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$4284800.00$4640000.0052.2%15.0%44.1%20.7%55.4%-12.3%1.8%20.1K2.1M-21.9K0.5732.52N/AN/A0000
2011-02-02$4302400.00$4480000.0050.0%14.3%44.2%18.0%53.7%-14.4%3.9%39.8K2.2M-23.3K0.5424.15N/AN/A0000
2011-02-03$4286400.00$4480000.0047.6%13.7%43.6%15.0%48.4%-10.2%5.4%42.8K2.3M-22.9K0.7820.87N/AN/A0000
2011-02-04$4209600.00$5600000.0041.5%13.8%43.8%7.5%49.5%-13.5%6.2%22.3K3.1M-21.9K0.4821.46N/AN/A0000
2011-02-07$4150400.00$5600000.0041.2%13.8%43.9%7.1%48.7%-11.3%6.5%6.5K3.8M-19.8K1.5118.27N/AN/A0000
2011-02-08$4054400.00$5600000.0038.1%13.0%44.3%3.4%50.8%-13.0%8.4%-47.8K4.5M-20.1K0.4116.28N/AN/A0000
2011-02-09$4083200.00$5600000.0040.3%14.3%44.6%6.1%51.3%-12.8%6.2%-41.1K4.3M-20.7K0.2822.45N/AN/A0000
2011-02-10$4064000.00$5600000.0046.6%13.4%44.1%13.8%50.9%-13.1%8.2%-23.0K4.2M-21.0K0.1221.96N/AN/A0000
2011-02-11$3984000.00$5440000.0045.2%12.9%44.5%12.0%48.2%-10.0%7.4%-44.1K5.6M-19.8K0.1218.80N/AN/A0000
2011-02-14$3952000.00$5280000.0046.8%13.4%44.0%14.0%52.5%-14.3%7.0%6.3K5.7M-18.4K0.2819.62N/AN/A0000
2011-02-15$3969600.00$5280000.0046.7%13.4%44.1%13.9%47.3%-11.6%7.6%44.4K5.3M-18.1K0.6621.29N/AN/A0000
2011-02-16$3891200.00$5120000.0044.3%12.7%42.2%11.0%49.2%-9.7%8.5%63.3K6.6M-17.1K0.4118.01N/AN/A0000
2011-02-17$3891200.00$5120000.0044.1%12.6%41.0%10.7%48.7%-10.7%9.0%185.9K6.5M-17.4K0.2718.04N/AN/A0000
2011-02-18$3913600.00$4960000.0042.4%12.2%39.7%8.7%46.6%-13.9%11.9%113.8K5.9M-18.0K0.5517.00N/AN/A0000
2011-02-22$4260800.00$4480000.0061.8%17.7%49.8%32.4%61.9%-15.7%0.7%66.8K568.7K-20.9K0.4135.51N/AN/A0000
2011-02-23$4361600.00$4480000.0063.0%18.1%50.6%33.9%63.8%-17.4%3.4%92.1K-1.2M-26.9K0.6977.53N/AN/A0000
2011-02-24$4291200.00$4480000.0061.1%17.5%50.6%31.5%62.2%-17.5%2.7%66.7K-450.7K-29.5K0.5281.97N/AN/A0000
2011-02-25$4110400.00$4480000.0053.1%15.2%52.5%21.8%53.4%-13.3%3.1%14.4K1.7M-28.6K0.5617.25N/AN/A0000
2011-02-28$4091200.00$4320000.0052.6%15.1%44.5%21.2%53.5%-13.4%3.9%23.9K1.8M-30.2K0.5813.02N/AN/A0000