SQQQ Options History — March 2011

In March 2011, SQQQ traded between $3969600.00 and $4891200.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.8%, placing in the 30.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.1% (HV 20d: 53.7%). Max pain ranged from $4000000.00 to $4480000.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2011-03-07: Largest IV spike — 23.9% change
  • 2011-03-16: Highest IV Rank — 60.5%
  • 2011-03-16: Largest Expected Move — 24.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4336347.83$3969600.00$4891200.00$4283200.00$4064000.00
Max Pain$4194782.61$4000000.00$4480000.00$4320000.00$4320000.00
ATM IV59.8%46.9%84.7%58.5%46.9%
Expected Move17.4%13.4%24.3%16.8%13.4%
HV 20d53.7%43.6%62.9%48.0%51.1%
HV 60d43.6%37.4%48.1%37.4%47.4%
IV Rank30.0%14.2%60.5%28.4%14.2%
IV Percentile49.9%13.1%92.5%50.8%13.1%
Term Structure3.2%-5.7%9.7%2.3%7.1%
VWIV63.0%53.9%81.5%59.0%53.9%
Skew 25d-17.5%-24.1%-12.6%-12.6%-15.1%
Skew 10d-35.9%-51.0%-23.6%-31.8%-45.4%
Call IV 25d71.8%57.0%97.8%65.4%58.5%
Put IV 25d54.3%43.4%74.0%52.7%43.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.9112.8263.2617.7618.01
Gamma HHI0.120.050.240.110.10
Net GEX250.0K-2.9K535.9K122.3K194.0K
Net DEX-5.5M-18.4M2.8M-1.1M-1.1M
Net VEX-45.0K-56.4K-33.4K-33.6K-47.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.051.220.430.09
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-03-01$4283200.00$4320000.0058.5%16.8%48.0%28.4%59.0%-12.6%2.3%122.3K-1.1M-33.6K0.4317.76N/AN/A0000
2011-03-02$4216000.00$4320000.0056.3%16.1%43.6%25.7%59.2%-12.6%2.7%128.0K-759.4K-34.4K0.3115.53N/AN/A0000
2011-03-03$3969600.00$4320000.0049.0%14.1%48.4%16.8%56.4%-12.7%8.8%-2.9K2.8M-33.4K0.2213.03N/AN/A0000
2011-03-04$4027200.00$4000000.0048.5%15.8%48.8%16.2%55.0%-17.1%5.3%72.9K1.2M-34.4K0.4518.20N/AN/A0000
2011-03-07$4188800.00$4000000.0060.1%17.8%50.7%30.4%63.9%-17.0%2.7%180.1K-1.8M-36.7K0.5713.87N/AN/A0000
2011-03-08$4140800.00$4000000.0056.1%17.3%50.6%25.5%60.7%-18.6%3.3%180.9K-1.2M-37.7K0.3017.13N/AN/A0000
2011-03-09$4225600.00$4000000.0056.4%17.7%50.3%25.8%65.8%-18.7%2.7%229.6K-2.8M-40.2K0.3612.82N/AN/A0000
2011-03-10$4419200.00$4000000.0068.2%19.6%52.5%40.3%66.5%-19.4%2.0%386.0K-7.6M-43.9K0.5913.40N/AN/A0000
2011-03-11$4344000.00$4000000.0060.1%17.2%53.0%30.3%61.1%-17.8%9.7%360.8K-6.4M-45.9K0.9030.70N/AN/A0000
2011-03-14$4385600.00$4000000.0064.7%18.5%52.3%36.0%68.5%-18.3%3.1%409.5K-6.7M-44.5K0.6514.96N/AN/A0000
2011-03-15$4564800.00$4000000.0071.2%20.4%53.5%43.9%72.4%-20.3%1.2%535.9K-11.5M-45.4K0.7715.10N/AN/A0000
2011-03-16$4891200.00$4160000.0084.7%24.3%57.8%60.5%81.5%-23.8%-5.7%464.5K-18.4M-46.8K1.2225.16N/AN/A0000
2011-03-17$4764800.00$4160000.0078.4%22.5%58.3%52.9%73.1%-24.1%-5.7%432.4K-14.0M-48.1K0.5421.69N/AN/A0000
2011-03-18$4792000.00$4160000.0076.0%21.8%58.2%49.9%76.7%-23.5%0.4%373.5K-15.0M-46.0K0.5227.42N/AN/A0000
2011-03-21$4526400.00$4160000.0060.8%17.4%62.9%31.3%64.0%-18.1%3.9%144.9K-7.0M-44.3K0.2917.86N/AN/A0000
2011-03-22$4544000.00$4160000.0059.3%17.0%55.8%29.4%60.0%-15.2%3.0%207.8K-8.6M-48.7K0.8615.62N/AN/A0000
2011-03-23$4467200.00$4480000.0058.5%16.8%55.7%28.5%59.1%-13.8%1.4%201.9K-8.2M-56.4K0.2243.58N/AN/A0000
2011-03-24$4227200.00$4480000.0051.5%14.8%59.0%19.8%60.4%-15.1%4.9%183.4K-4.0M-54.9K0.0963.26N/AN/A0000
2011-03-25$4201600.00$4480000.0051.6%14.8%56.9%20.0%57.2%-19.4%5.1%204.8K-3.4M-54.5K0.3033.10N/AN/A0000
2011-03-28$4265600.00$4320000.0057.5%16.5%57.1%27.2%57.6%-16.6%1.3%276.7K-5.6M-55.2K0.4418.69N/AN/A0000
2011-03-29$4147200.00$4320000.0053.8%15.4%55.6%22.6%58.8%-17.3%5.1%243.7K-3.3M-52.6K0.3419.26N/AN/A0000
2011-03-30$4080000.00$4320000.0048.0%13.8%55.6%15.5%57.2%-15.3%8.0%218.4K-1.7M-50.4K0.0517.82N/AN/A0000
2011-03-31$4064000.00$4320000.0046.9%13.4%51.1%14.2%53.9%-15.1%7.1%194.0K-1.1M-47.9K0.0918.01N/AN/A0000