SQQQ Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, SQQQ traded between $3424000.00 and $3928000.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.2%, placing in the 36.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 55.8%). Max pain ranged from $3520000.00 to $4160000.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.26.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-11: Largest IV spike — 37.9% change
  • 2011-07-29: Highest IV Rank — 69.7%
  • 2011-07-29: Largest Expected Move — 20.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3666880.00$3424000.00$3928000.00$3784000.00$3705600.00
Max Pain$3704000.00$3520000.00$4160000.00$4160000.00$3520000.00
ATM IV54.2%38.6%70.2%40.2%70.2%
Expected Move16.2%11.5%20.1%11.5%20.1%
HV 20d55.8%49.8%59.8%56.7%55.5%
HV 60d49.1%46.7%52.3%46.7%52.2%
IV Rank36.3%3.6%69.7%6.7%69.7%
IV Percentile49.1%1.2%92.9%2.0%92.9%
Term Structure2.8%-1.2%6.7%6.4%-1.2%
VWIV59.8%42.8%73.6%42.8%73.6%
Skew 25d-17.8%-24.3%-13.1%-16.1%-23.5%
Skew 10d-37.0%-52.5%-23.6%-29.6%-37.5%
Call IV 25d66.9%45.0%85.7%45.0%85.7%
Put IV 25d49.1%28.9%62.3%28.9%62.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.3819.4552.3552.3533.74
Gamma HHI0.170.110.250.160.12
Net GEX224.0K107.7K400.0K107.7K227.7K
Net DEX-421.3K-4.8M4.2M2.7M-4.7M
Net VEX-36.4K-44.9K-26.7K-29.6K-44.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.260.050.470.050.23
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
2011-07-01$3784000.00$4160000.0040.2%11.5%56.7%6.7%42.8%-16.1%6.4%107.7K2.7M-29.6K0.0552.35N/AN/A0000
2011-07-05$3731200.00$4000000.0038.6%13.8%55.6%3.6%52.6%-16.0%3.4%256.1K1.5M-32.6K0.3337.70N/AN/A0000
2011-07-06$3691200.00$4000000.0040.0%14.0%55.5%6.6%49.2%-16.4%6.4%253.8K2.3M-30.3K0.2528.16N/AN/A0000
2011-07-07$3537600.00$4000000.0043.3%13.3%55.6%13.4%53.2%-15.7%4.1%176.4K4.2M-26.7K0.1420.87N/AN/A0000
2011-07-08$3569600.00$3680000.0040.0%14.3%56.0%6.7%51.5%-13.7%3.1%305.4K2.8M-31.4K0.2032.62N/AN/A0000
2011-07-11$3756800.00$3680000.0055.2%16.4%56.8%38.4%59.1%-16.6%3.6%395.8K-1.2M-36.8K0.2735.32N/AN/A0000
2011-07-12$3846400.00$3680000.0054.1%17.7%58.0%36.0%67.5%-19.5%-0.1%400.0K-2.9M-38.2K0.2531.94N/AN/A0000
2011-07-13$3798400.00$3680000.0055.3%17.6%57.0%38.6%64.0%-17.2%-0.7%356.6K-1.9M-37.4K0.4732.44N/AN/A0000
2011-07-14$3928000.00$3680000.0063.2%18.1%54.6%55.2%71.1%-17.4%-0.6%334.3K-4.8M-37.8K0.4532.26N/AN/A0000
2011-07-15$3769600.00$3680000.0059.0%16.9%55.1%46.2%57.9%-17.9%5.2%295.9K-694.7K-36.3K0.4429.12N/AN/A0000
2011-07-18$3836800.00$3680000.0059.6%17.1%55.6%47.5%61.9%-16.2%6.7%135.3K-2.7M-40.1K0.2428.09N/AN/A0000
2011-07-19$3568000.00$3680000.0053.3%15.3%59.8%34.5%58.4%-17.2%3.6%116.7K215.8K-37.0K0.1931.35N/AN/A0000
2011-07-20$3616000.00$3680000.0059.0%16.9%57.0%46.3%59.1%-18.1%2.5%133.0K-116.4K-37.6K0.2242.92N/AN/A0000
2011-07-21$3536000.00$3680000.0055.0%15.8%56.0%38.0%59.3%-18.7%5.9%132.2K596.6K-37.3K0.2420.24N/AN/A0000
2011-07-22$3430400.00$3520000.0050.2%14.4%56.2%27.9%55.1%-13.1%0.7%138.3K2.2M-32.9K0.2323.41N/AN/A0000
2011-07-25$3449600.00$3520000.0058.7%16.8%51.5%45.8%58.9%-19.7%2.7%157.8K550.4K-37.0K0.1523.73N/AN/A0000
2011-07-26$3424000.00$3520000.0053.7%15.4%49.8%35.2%59.5%-18.4%2.6%164.5K711.7K-36.7K0.2730.14N/AN/A0000
2011-07-27$3686400.00$3520000.0066.4%19.0%56.7%61.8%67.9%-20.8%0.8%192.5K-3.7M-43.5K0.3219.45N/AN/A0000
2011-07-28$3672000.00$3520000.0069.5%19.9%56.7%68.3%73.3%-24.3%1.1%200.4K-3.5M-43.1K0.1621.69N/AN/A0000
2011-07-29$3705600.00$3520000.0070.2%20.1%55.5%69.7%73.6%-23.5%-1.2%227.7K-4.7M-44.9K0.2333.74N/AN/A0000