SQQQ Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, SQQQ traded between $1996800.00 and $2395200.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.3%, placing in the 10.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 21.5% (HV 20d: 27.8%). Max pain ranged from $2240000.00 to $2720000.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.30.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-29: Largest IV spike — 19.2% change
  • 2012-02-15: Highest IV Rank — 18.5%
  • 2012-02-15: Largest Expected Move — 17.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2169680.00$1996800.00$2395200.00$2395200.00$2022400.00
Max Pain$2424000.00$2240000.00$2720000.00$2720000.00$2240000.00
ATM IV49.3%42.9%59.2%48.4%51.5%
Expected Move14.5%12.4%17.0%13.9%14.8%
HV 20d27.8%24.5%30.8%24.5%30.3%
HV 60d54.4%40.8%62.5%62.3%40.8%
IV Rank10.3%5.0%18.5%9.5%12.1%
IV Percentile24.0%7.1%49.2%22.6%31.7%
Term Structure7.1%4.0%12.1%4.5%5.3%
VWIV54.3%46.9%62.0%50.3%53.2%
Skew 25d-15.3%-18.9%-9.7%-9.7%-17.5%
Skew 10d-38.5%-48.4%-27.0%-27.0%-37.9%
Call IV 25d61.2%53.0%69.3%54.0%58.6%
Put IV 25d45.9%38.9%52.9%44.3%41.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %38.3615.6776.8423.1862.82
Gamma HHI0.200.140.250.210.22
Net GEX104.6K40.6K194.8K40.6K194.8K
Net DEX646.6K-1.9M1.8M1.4M-1.9M
Net VEX-14.2K-21.5K-10.7K-11.3K-21.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.300.021.140.330.10
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
2012-02-01$2395200.00$2720000.0048.4%13.9%24.5%9.5%50.3%-9.7%4.5%40.6K1.4M-11.3K0.3323.18N/AN/A0000
2012-02-02$2371200.00$2720000.0047.7%13.7%24.5%9.0%46.9%-10.9%5.9%49.3K1.2M-12.3K0.1815.67N/AN/A0000
2012-02-03$2275200.00$2560000.0043.1%14.3%26.3%5.2%54.6%-17.0%6.7%44.9K1.8M-10.7K0.9174.53N/AN/A0000
2012-02-06$2276800.00$2560000.0045.5%14.6%26.7%7.2%53.9%-17.0%7.2%56.3K1.4M-11.9K0.1276.84N/AN/A0000
2012-02-07$2260800.00$2560000.0042.9%14.4%25.7%5.0%54.3%-15.3%7.4%61.6K1.7M-10.8K0.5536.19N/AN/A0000
2012-02-08$2230400.00$2560000.0045.9%15.3%25.4%7.5%55.4%-15.4%6.7%64.2K1.6M-12.1K0.4433.16N/AN/A0000
2012-02-09$2179200.00$2560000.0053.4%15.3%25.7%13.7%53.4%-17.4%6.7%65.9K1.7M-13.6K0.4551.12N/AN/A0000
2012-02-10$2224000.00$2560000.0055.7%16.0%28.2%15.6%62.0%-16.9%7.5%86.4K810.1K-15.2K0.0220.70N/AN/A0000
2012-02-13$2161600.00$2560000.0057.2%16.4%27.6%16.8%58.6%-14.1%5.9%89.5K1.6M-13.2K0.0526.38N/AN/A0000
2012-02-14$2145600.00$2400000.0052.4%15.0%27.3%12.9%61.2%-18.4%9.2%110.8K1.3M-13.8K0.3221.31N/AN/A0000
2012-02-15$2193600.00$2400000.0059.2%17.0%27.4%18.5%60.2%-16.4%7.8%126.4K643.1K-15.3K0.1651.86N/AN/A0000
2012-02-16$2099200.00$2400000.0053.5%15.3%29.9%13.7%59.7%-18.9%8.3%148.3K1.4M-14.5K0.3042.73N/AN/A0000
2012-02-17$2120000.00$2240000.0050.4%14.5%30.3%11.2%54.3%-15.6%12.1%143.3K1.1M-14.6K1.1422.74N/AN/A0000
2012-02-21$2100800.00$2240000.0049.3%14.1%30.1%10.3%54.4%-16.8%6.9%88.2K57.6K-13.8K0.1121.92N/AN/A0000
2012-02-22$2128000.00$2240000.0047.5%13.6%30.8%8.8%52.6%-15.9%10.6%111.8K-365.2K-14.5K0.0349.44N/AN/A0000
2012-02-23$2088000.00$2240000.0045.9%13.2%29.1%7.5%48.7%-12.7%5.3%141.8K-757.6K-16.3K0.0716.04N/AN/A0000
2012-02-24$2065600.00$2240000.0044.2%12.7%28.2%6.1%49.1%-11.2%7.6%146.4K-653.7K-16.0K0.5066.81N/AN/A0000
2012-02-27$2059200.00$2240000.0048.5%13.9%28.3%9.6%50.2%-13.0%4.0%163.3K-777.0K-16.8K0.1635.42N/AN/A0000
2012-02-28$1996800.00$2240000.0043.2%12.4%29.2%5.2%52.7%-16.2%6.5%157.9K-285.8K-15.8K0.1018.43N/AN/A0000
2012-02-29$2022400.00$2240000.0051.5%14.8%30.3%12.1%53.2%-17.5%5.3%194.8K-1.9M-21.5K0.1062.82N/AN/A0000