SQQQ Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, SQQQ traded between $1514000.00 and $1827200.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.6%, placing in the 11.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 42.2%). Max pain ranged from $1520000.00 to $1800000.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.24.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-16: Largest IV spike — 28.0% change
  • 2012-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 19.5%
  • 2012-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 16.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1597478.26$1514000.00$1827200.00$1806000.00$1530000.00
Max Pain$1648695.65$1520000.00$1800000.00$1800000.00$1560000.00
ATM IV43.6%35.3%55.7%55.7%45.1%
Expected Move13.3%11.8%16.0%16.0%12.9%
HV 20d42.2%24.7%53.8%51.1%24.7%
HV 60d54.8%49.0%59.0%57.5%49.0%
IV Rank11.8%4.4%19.5%19.5%14.5%
IV Percentile10.5%0.8%36.1%36.1%14.3%
Term Structure8.1%4.6%12.5%6.6%8.9%
VWIV48.8%42.5%60.1%60.1%46.4%
Skew 25d-11.3%-15.0%-7.4%-10.6%-11.1%
Skew 10d-21.7%-31.5%-10.1%-31.5%-22.5%
Call IV 25d53.4%47.7%63.3%63.3%53.8%
Put IV 25d42.1%36.8%52.7%52.7%42.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %50.7825.3984.0284.0272.94
Gamma HHI0.170.060.350.090.26
Net GEX309.1K-177.8K609.1K264.7K548.7K
Net DEX-2.2M-7.7M1.7M-3.4M-5.6M
Net VEX-39.6K-54.7K-29.5K-38.9K-51.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.240.020.990.020.99
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
2012-08-01$1806000.00$1800000.0055.7%16.0%51.1%19.5%60.1%-10.6%6.6%264.7K-3.4M-38.9K0.0284.02N/AN/A0000
2012-08-02$1827200.00$1800000.0051.7%14.8%51.3%16.4%53.7%-9.3%4.6%340.2K-4.8M-42.4K0.0660.85N/AN/A0000
2012-08-03$1723200.00$1800000.0043.8%12.5%53.5%10.1%44.7%-7.4%8.6%261.9K-1.6M-36.7K0.0656.00N/AN/A0000
2012-08-06$1684400.00$1800000.0045.1%14.4%53.8%11.2%53.7%-15.0%8.2%217.3K-444.7K-32.6K0.1243.83N/AN/A0000
2012-08-07$1642000.00$1800000.0044.8%14.6%52.7%10.9%55.0%-12.6%7.0%176.3K438.1K-30.1K0.2252.78N/AN/A0000
2012-08-08$1644800.00$1720000.0041.9%14.3%52.0%8.6%51.3%-13.3%9.8%202.5K-317.0K-32.2K0.1752.23N/AN/A0000
2012-08-09$1631200.00$1720000.0038.9%13.4%50.1%6.6%48.2%-11.8%10.8%172.5K468.1K-29.7K0.4249.42N/AN/A0000
2012-08-10$1624800.00$1680000.0036.3%13.1%48.4%4.4%48.4%-12.3%12.0%196.0K243.2K-31.7K0.1653.42N/AN/A0000
2012-08-13$1613600.00$1680000.0040.0%13.2%48.0%9.3%48.8%-11.8%8.2%215.7K269.5K-30.6K0.3251.36N/AN/A0000
2012-08-14$1612000.00$1680000.0037.4%13.5%48.0%6.6%50.6%-11.5%8.2%206.2K408.5K-30.5K0.2354.19N/AN/A0000
2012-08-15$1600000.00$1680000.0035.3%13.2%46.4%4.5%48.2%-11.4%10.5%243.9K573.3K-30.0K0.2146.00N/AN/A0000
2012-08-16$1542400.00$1640000.0045.2%13.0%46.7%14.6%46.7%-10.8%9.5%72.4K1.7M-29.5K0.2459.89N/AN/A0000
2012-08-17$1521600.00$1600000.0041.2%11.8%43.7%10.5%46.3%-11.3%12.5%-177.8K1.1M-35.4K0.3357.84N/AN/A0000
2012-08-20$1514400.00$1600000.0041.4%11.9%40.1%10.7%45.5%-10.1%6.4%279.6K-1.3M-37.6K0.0641.00N/AN/A0000
2012-08-21$1534000.00$1560000.0042.6%12.2%39.1%11.9%46.0%-9.6%8.8%319.1K-2.2M-40.2K0.0236.79N/AN/A0000
2012-08-22$1515200.00$1560000.0043.3%12.4%37.1%12.6%49.3%-10.5%4.7%388.0K-3.4M-44.8K0.0451.66N/AN/A0000
2012-08-23$1548800.00$1560000.0045.4%13.0%38.0%14.7%51.8%-13.1%7.1%559.0K-6.7M-53.2K0.0255.86N/AN/A0000
2012-08-24$1523200.00$1560000.0043.5%12.5%29.0%12.8%42.5%-10.6%7.8%507.2K-4.6M-49.9K0.6329.97N/AN/A0000
2012-08-27$1515200.00$1560000.0044.8%12.8%28.6%14.2%44.9%-11.0%6.9%481.8K-4.1M-48.7K0.3327.67N/AN/A0000
2012-08-28$1514000.00$1520000.0045.0%12.9%28.6%14.4%45.1%-10.7%6.2%519.7K-4.7M-50.6K0.0948.68N/AN/A0000
2012-08-29$1514000.00$1520000.0045.6%13.1%28.3%15.0%45.7%-10.8%6.9%505.0K-4.6M-50.0K0.8256.13N/AN/A0000
2012-08-30$1560000.00$1520000.0048.3%13.9%30.7%17.8%49.6%-12.6%7.2%609.1K-7.7M-54.7K0.0325.39N/AN/A0000
2012-08-31$1530000.00$1560000.0045.1%12.9%24.7%14.5%46.4%-11.1%8.9%548.7K-5.6M-51.5K0.9972.94N/AN/A0000