SQQQ Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, SQQQ traded between $1672000.00 and $1937600.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.9%, placing in the 17.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.5% (HV 20d: 44.3%). Max pain ranged from $1600000.00 to $1760000.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.19.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-04: Largest IV spike — 23.3% change
  • 2012-04-16: Highest IV Rank — 25.8%
  • 2012-04-16: Largest Expected Move — 18.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1786080.00$1672000.00$1937600.00$1672000.00$1755200.00
Max Pain$1672000.00$1600000.00$1760000.00$1760000.00$1760000.00
ATM IV52.9%37.3%63.7%41.1%49.9%
Expected Move15.4%10.7%18.3%11.8%14.3%
HV 20d44.3%32.2%56.0%35.1%56.0%
HV 60d36.7%30.8%42.4%30.8%42.4%
IV Rank17.2%5.0%25.8%8.0%15.0%
IV Percentile38.2%1.2%58.3%6.7%31.3%
Term Structure3.1%-0.3%9.2%4.1%3.3%
VWIV56.0%39.7%66.1%45.9%51.4%
Skew 25d-15.9%-23.4%-7.6%-10.3%-11.2%
Skew 10d-39.5%-60.1%-19.2%-31.4%-19.2%
Call IV 25d64.4%48.4%79.0%48.4%55.8%
Put IV 25d48.6%38.1%55.6%38.1%44.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.2318.6580.5729.5123.18
Gamma HHI0.250.190.310.260.26
Net GEX240.6K153.5K373.5K189.6K184.8K
Net DEX-4.3M-7.9M-1.7M-1.8M-3.0M
Net VEX-22.9K-27.3K-19.2K-19.8K-20.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.190.020.840.840.17
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
2012-04-02$1672000.00$1760000.0041.1%11.8%35.1%8.0%45.9%-10.3%4.1%189.6K-1.8M-19.8K0.8429.51N/AN/A0000
2012-04-03$1673600.00$1760000.0037.3%10.7%32.2%5.0%39.7%-11.1%9.2%184.0K-1.7M-19.2K0.0226.25N/AN/A0000
2012-04-04$1742400.00$1600000.0046.0%13.2%36.7%11.9%54.3%-9.9%4.7%264.3K-3.8M-24.0K0.1427.38N/AN/A0000
2012-04-05$1708800.00$1760000.0046.1%13.2%35.6%11.9%45.1%-7.6%7.5%244.6K-3.0M-23.5K0.3526.53N/AN/A0000
2012-04-09$1748800.00$1600000.0050.0%15.8%37.2%15.0%54.6%-16.8%4.8%275.8K-4.0M-24.4K0.0229.35N/AN/A0000
2012-04-10$1830400.00$1600000.0055.0%16.9%41.4%19.0%59.8%-18.2%1.6%306.6K-6.3M-27.3K0.0223.23N/AN/A0000
2012-04-11$1806400.00$1600000.0049.6%16.4%36.1%14.7%61.0%-19.6%4.9%308.8K-5.8M-25.8K0.1229.96N/AN/A0000
2012-04-12$1742400.00$1600000.0058.4%16.7%38.1%21.6%61.4%-21.7%0.1%265.1K-4.0M-23.0K0.1942.87N/AN/A0000
2012-04-13$1822400.00$1600000.0058.1%16.7%41.5%21.4%66.1%-19.5%1.9%328.3K-6.3M-25.8K0.1620.75N/AN/A0000
2012-04-16$1878400.00$1600000.0063.7%18.3%42.9%25.8%62.5%-23.4%1.2%373.5K-7.9M-25.5K0.1036.23N/AN/A0000
2012-04-17$1768000.00$1600000.0057.6%16.5%47.6%21.0%58.0%-17.4%1.8%269.1K-3.7M-20.8K0.2438.46N/AN/A0000
2012-04-18$1780800.00$1600000.0058.2%16.7%47.6%21.5%61.0%-17.5%1.9%233.3K-4.0M-23.0K0.1422.28N/AN/A0000
2012-04-19$1836800.00$1600000.0055.4%15.9%48.8%19.2%60.9%-17.7%1.7%297.8K-5.7M-23.7K0.5822.57N/AN/A0000
2012-04-20$1859200.00$1760000.0059.0%16.9%49.0%22.1%56.6%-18.0%3.2%242.8K-5.4M-23.0K0.2125.96N/AN/A0000
2012-04-23$1904000.00$1760000.0060.8%17.4%49.5%23.5%63.3%-22.9%0.4%162.3K-5.0M-22.7K0.1321.08N/AN/A0000
2012-04-24$1937600.00$1760000.0060.5%17.3%44.7%23.2%59.8%-15.6%-0.3%173.2K-5.5M-23.8K0.0618.65N/AN/A0000
2012-04-25$1782400.00$1600000.0050.5%14.5%55.0%15.4%53.8%-14.0%0.9%153.5K-2.8M-19.7K0.1819.94N/AN/A0000
2012-04-26$1750400.00$1760000.0047.7%13.7%55.4%13.2%50.9%-13.3%6.3%181.9K-3.0M-21.4K0.0880.57N/AN/A0000
2012-04-27$1721600.00$1760000.0052.0%14.9%55.7%16.6%53.4%-11.4%2.2%172.5K-2.5M-20.5K0.1119.75N/AN/A0000
2012-04-30$1755200.00$1760000.0049.9%14.3%56.0%15.0%51.4%-11.2%3.3%184.8K-3.0M-20.2K0.1723.18N/AN/A0000