SQQQ Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, SQQQ traded between $1376400.00 and $1537600.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.0%, placing in the 12.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.2% (HV 20d: 35.8%). Max pain ranged from $1360000.00 to $1520000.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.22.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-06: Largest IV drop — 14.8% change
  • 2012-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 17.8%
  • 2012-09-11: Largest Expected Move — 14.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1443810.53$1376400.00$1537600.00$1531200.00$1471200.00
Max Pain$1414736.84$1360000.00$1520000.00$1520000.00$1360000.00
ATM IV43.0%35.7%48.3%48.3%43.4%
Expected Move12.6%10.2%14.5%13.9%12.4%
HV 20d35.8%22.8%43.1%23.9%42.6%
HV 60d46.0%40.6%49.5%48.7%42.0%
IV Rank12.3%4.9%17.8%17.8%12.7%
IV Percentile12.1%1.2%25.4%25.4%12.7%
Term Structure6.6%3.8%11.8%3.8%5.5%
VWIV46.9%38.7%51.7%50.3%43.2%
Skew 25d-11.5%-16.6%-7.1%-11.6%-10.3%
Skew 10d-22.3%-30.5%-16.4%-22.4%-18.7%
Call IV 25d51.3%43.2%60.2%56.2%49.6%
Put IV 25d39.9%33.9%44.6%44.6%39.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.4227.1378.6164.9944.72
Gamma HHI0.190.160.250.250.18
Net GEX393.0K123.6K641.3K587.4K496.3K
Net DEX-2.0M-8.0M3.8M-5.6M-7.4M
Net VEX-36.6K-49.7K-28.2K-48.0K-38.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.220.021.440.160.13
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$1531200.00$1520000.0048.3%13.9%23.9%17.8%50.3%-11.6%3.8%587.4K-5.6M-48.0K0.1664.99N/AN/A0000
2012-09-05$1537600.00$1520000.0046.8%13.4%22.8%16.2%48.3%-12.1%7.4%641.3K-6.8M-49.7K0.0533.48N/AN/A0000
2012-09-06$1436000.00$1520000.0039.9%11.4%32.3%9.2%44.1%-7.1%7.1%366.3K413.2K-35.5K0.0678.61N/AN/A0000
2012-09-07$1440800.00$1440000.0038.2%12.9%32.5%7.4%49.4%-13.2%9.0%391.5K-417.8K-39.1K0.1531.84N/AN/A0000
2012-09-10$1494400.00$1440000.0042.4%13.7%35.9%11.7%51.7%-15.3%5.8%588.3K-3.2M-41.5K0.0930.27N/AN/A0000
2012-09-11$1501600.00$1440000.0048.0%14.5%36.0%17.5%51.4%-16.3%4.6%627.5K-4.2M-43.6K0.3027.13N/AN/A0000
2012-09-12$1487600.00$1440000.0043.6%13.7%36.1%13.0%51.5%-15.8%5.9%579.7K-3.4M-42.9K0.2132.06N/AN/A0000
2012-09-13$1428800.00$1440000.0044.3%12.7%38.3%13.7%49.2%-9.8%7.4%310.9K1.3M-32.8K0.1467.37N/AN/A0000
2012-09-14$1390000.00$1400000.0044.5%12.8%37.5%13.9%47.7%-12.7%6.8%216.1K2.7M-31.0K0.2152.82N/AN/A0000
2012-09-17$1388800.00$1400000.0045.3%13.0%37.3%14.7%46.7%-16.6%6.0%189.6K2.8M-30.4K0.8866.44N/AN/A0000
2012-09-18$1385600.00$1400000.0042.3%12.1%37.4%11.7%46.9%-10.4%8.6%134.5K3.0M-30.3K0.0748.92N/AN/A0000
2012-09-19$1376400.00$1400000.0040.7%11.7%36.8%10.0%41.7%-7.8%6.7%123.6K3.8M-28.2K0.0758.55N/AN/A0000
2012-09-20$1380400.00$1360000.0040.2%11.5%36.8%9.5%44.5%-8.4%8.6%311.0K1.4M-32.8K0.0845.42N/AN/A0000
2012-09-21$1380000.00$1360000.0035.7%10.2%35.5%4.9%38.7%-9.3%11.8%273.2K1.6M-31.8K1.4429.59N/AN/A0000
2012-09-24$1406400.00$1360000.0040.1%11.5%36.3%9.3%45.5%-10.0%6.4%359.6K-3.8M-33.2K0.0258.03N/AN/A0000
2012-09-25$1462000.00$1360000.0045.3%13.0%39.3%14.6%47.8%-9.8%3.8%412.8K-6.2M-35.5K0.0370.83N/AN/A0000
2012-09-26$1498000.00$1360000.0045.8%13.1%40.4%15.1%48.5%-11.8%4.2%426.0K-8.0M-36.9K0.0946.93N/AN/A0000
2012-09-27$1435600.00$1360000.0042.3%12.1%43.1%11.6%44.2%-9.9%5.1%432.2K-5.1M-33.8K0.0551.03N/AN/A0000
2012-09-28$1471200.00$1360000.0043.4%12.4%42.6%12.7%43.2%-10.3%5.5%496.3K-7.4M-38.1K0.1344.72N/AN/A0000