SQQQ Options History — August 2011

In August 2011, SQQQ traded between $3755200.00 and $5376000.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 98.6%, placing in the 60.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 15.8% (HV 20d: 114.4%). Max pain ranged from $3520000.00 to $4320000.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.37.

Notable Days

  • 2011-08-08: Largest IV spike — 54.6% change
  • 2011-08-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-08-19: Largest Expected Move — 35.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4458782.61$3755200.00$5376000.00$3755200.00$3857600.00
Max Pain$4111304.35$3520000.00$4320000.00$3520000.00$4320000.00
ATM IV98.6%68.0%158.1%68.0%83.3%
Expected Move27.2%19.5%35.4%19.5%23.9%
HV 20d114.4%53.2%146.8%53.2%144.3%
HV 60d79.9%52.2%94.4%52.2%94.3%
IV Rank60.4%37.5%100.0%65.1%38.3%
IV Percentile96.7%90.5%100.0%90.5%92.5%
Term Structure-5.1%-17.5%20.8%-2.7%-4.3%
VWIV101.8%67.8%132.1%71.7%87.3%
Skew 25d-36.9%-68.8%-13.2%-19.8%-43.4%
Skew 10d-52.4%-80.4%-29.0%-32.7%-66.5%
Call IV 25d116.1%77.4%139.4%84.1%106.6%
Put IV 25d79.3%42.4%110.3%64.3%63.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.1819.4281.8636.3676.85
Gamma HHI0.090.060.140.120.09
Net GEX282.6K97.0K501.5K246.6K120.8K
Net DEX-15.9M-37.6M3.8M-6.2M3.5M
Net VEX-62.6K-81.6K-42.4K-46.4K-51.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.370.080.890.330.08
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
2011-08-01$3755200.00$3520000.0068.0%19.5%53.2%65.1%71.7%-19.8%-2.7%246.6K-6.2M-46.4K0.3336.36N/AN/A0000
2011-08-02$4038400.00$3520000.0074.1%21.2%58.9%77.8%74.7%-18.1%-9.8%298.4K-10.7M-42.4K0.6834.09N/AN/A0000
2011-08-03$3929600.00$3680000.0069.4%19.9%59.7%68.1%67.8%-13.2%-5.0%277.0K-9.0M-44.5K0.6634.74N/AN/A0000
2011-08-04$4464000.00$3680000.00103.0%29.5%71.7%100.0%101.2%-30.0%-17.5%280.9K-19.0M-48.1K0.4043.61N/AN/A0000
2011-08-05$4552000.00$3840000.00102.3%26.6%71.8%98.8%109.7%-46.3%-1.9%278.2K-20.2M-58.0K0.4619.42N/AN/A0000
2011-08-08$5376000.00$4160000.00158.1%35.1%89.6%100.0%132.1%-29.1%-13.8%292.5K-37.6M-64.3K0.3027.03N/AN/A0000
2011-08-09$4606400.00$4160000.00105.3%29.6%108.4%56.5%115.2%-33.8%-11.5%351.0K-28.3M-74.6K0.5543.52N/AN/A0000
2011-08-10$5123200.00$4160000.00151.8%31.9%113.4%94.8%112.9%-24.6%-11.6%370.3K-35.3M-81.6K0.8126.09N/AN/A0000
2011-08-11$4473600.00$4160000.00100.8%28.9%125.0%52.7%121.6%-48.9%-1.3%333.1K-20.5M-74.6K0.4733.01N/AN/A0000
2011-08-12$4355200.00$4160000.0092.6%26.5%124.4%45.9%106.4%-39.2%1.6%335.3K-17.0M-70.6K0.3926.99N/AN/A0000
2011-08-15$4164800.00$4160000.0082.3%23.6%125.6%37.5%87.7%-32.6%8.9%325.6K-11.8M-56.6K0.3831.97N/AN/A0000
2011-08-16$4273600.00$4160000.0086.4%24.8%122.5%40.9%91.0%-28.4%8.7%411.1K-15.4M-62.1K0.1332.25N/AN/A0000
2011-08-17$4347200.00$4160000.0084.3%24.2%122.5%39.1%88.6%-25.5%-0.9%501.5K-17.3M-62.3K0.3425.09N/AN/A0000
2011-08-18$4972800.00$4160000.00113.2%32.5%129.6%63.0%126.8%-39.3%-11.2%413.5K-35.9M-72.6K0.2431.24N/AN/A0000
2011-08-19$5246400.00$4320000.00123.5%35.4%128.9%71.4%123.5%-36.6%-16.4%481.3K-37.3M-70.7K0.1231.96N/AN/A0000
2011-08-22$5206400.00$4320000.00118.4%33.9%129.2%67.3%124.8%-38.2%-8.8%253.3K-19.3M-70.9K0.2028.32N/AN/A0000
2011-08-23$4560000.00$4320000.0092.1%26.4%140.0%45.6%101.1%-43.3%20.8%185.8K-10.6M-64.3K0.8934.95N/AN/A0000
2011-08-24$4446400.00$4320000.0087.7%25.1%138.8%41.9%105.5%-31.9%5.7%180.8K-8.7M-71.0K0.2237.04N/AN/A0000
2011-08-25$4659200.00$4320000.00106.9%30.6%139.4%57.7%106.4%-35.0%-12.3%212.4K-11.8M-78.0K0.3336.69N/AN/A0000
2011-08-26$4315200.00$4320000.0094.3%27.0%142.9%47.4%99.3%-68.8%-11.0%152.3K-3.2M-68.5K0.1666.22N/AN/A0000
2011-08-29$3950400.00$4320000.0085.6%24.5%146.8%40.2%96.0%-63.5%-13.8%97.0K2.7M-56.0K0.1361.89N/AN/A0000
2011-08-30$3878400.00$4320000.0084.0%24.1%144.6%38.9%89.0%-58.3%-8.4%100.3K3.8M-51.1K0.2781.86N/AN/A0000
2011-08-31$3857600.00$4320000.0083.3%23.9%144.3%38.3%87.3%-43.4%-4.3%120.8K3.5M-51.0K0.0876.85N/AN/A0000