SQQQ Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, SQQQ traded between $1554800.00 and $1733600.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.6%, placing in the 43.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.8% (HV 20d: 41.7%). Max pain ranged from $1600000.00 to $1680000.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.35.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-13: Largest IV spike — 18.6% change
  • 2012-12-28: Highest IV Rank — 70.4%
  • 2012-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 18.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1642200.00$1554800.00$1733600.00$1628000.00$1622000.00
Max Pain$1620000.00$1600000.00$1680000.00$1640000.00$1600000.00
ATM IV52.6%45.0%63.8%48.2%58.8%
Expected Move15.4%13.6%18.3%13.8%16.8%
HV 20d41.7%37.4%50.5%49.9%45.2%
HV 60d44.7%43.4%46.9%46.0%46.9%
IV Rank43.8%24.7%70.4%30.3%59.6%
IV Percentile57.6%23.8%93.7%38.9%84.9%
Term Structure2.0%-1.0%7.3%1.8%-1.0%
VWIV55.8%49.3%64.7%49.3%62.6%
Skew 25d-12.2%-15.3%-9.8%-10.2%-12.7%
Skew 10d-22.6%-27.5%-16.9%-16.9%-26.3%
Call IV 25d61.6%54.3%73.4%54.3%66.3%
Put IV 25d49.3%44.0%58.2%44.0%53.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %33.6519.6849.2747.7725.60
Gamma HHI0.110.060.300.060.07
Net GEX433.5K151.6K691.0K351.2K290.6K
Net DEX-6.1M-12.3M2.1M-3.2M-6.1M
Net VEX-50.1K-56.6K-42.4K-46.2K-49.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.350.150.610.480.47
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
2012-12-03$1628000.00$1640000.0048.2%13.8%49.9%30.3%49.3%-10.2%1.8%351.2K-3.2M-46.2K0.4847.77N/AN/A0000
2012-12-04$1636800.00$1640000.0048.5%13.9%49.4%30.8%51.9%-10.0%3.2%408.3K-4.8M-49.5K0.2138.00N/AN/A0000
2012-12-05$1686400.00$1640000.0049.3%14.1%50.5%32.2%51.3%-9.8%3.8%514.3K-8.8M-55.7K0.2542.67N/AN/A0000
2012-12-06$1656000.00$1640000.0047.4%13.6%44.2%28.9%51.7%-10.0%5.3%461.4K-6.4M-54.5K0.5049.27N/AN/A0000
2012-12-07$1683600.00$1680000.0047.0%15.0%40.9%28.2%51.8%-14.3%4.0%545.6K-8.6M-55.5K0.3520.16N/AN/A0000
2012-12-10$1667600.00$1680000.0048.1%15.5%40.8%30.1%56.0%-12.5%2.8%495.2K-7.0M-51.7K0.4528.58N/AN/A0000
2012-12-11$1603200.00$1680000.0045.0%14.6%42.6%24.7%51.7%-10.7%1.9%338.7K-1.8M-47.3K0.1535.91N/AN/A0000
2012-12-12$1615200.00$1600000.0045.8%14.9%41.7%26.1%53.0%-11.7%2.1%482.4K-4.4M-50.8K0.4639.06N/AN/A0000
2012-12-13$1650800.00$1600000.0054.3%15.6%40.2%50.1%57.9%-11.7%1.9%587.1K-7.8M-53.9K0.3830.34N/AN/A0000
2012-12-14$1697600.00$1600000.0056.2%16.1%41.7%54.1%54.1%-11.5%1.8%691.0K-12.3M-56.6K0.1629.92N/AN/A0000
2012-12-17$1629600.00$1600000.0055.3%15.8%43.4%52.2%62.2%-11.9%1.5%470.1K-4.8M-47.9K0.3232.39N/AN/A0000
2012-12-18$1554800.00$1600000.0052.7%15.1%38.1%46.6%55.1%-11.2%7.3%151.6K2.1M-42.4K0.1939.02N/AN/A0000
2012-12-19$1577200.00$1600000.0053.1%15.2%38.7%47.5%53.8%-13.2%1.3%385.8K-1.7M-46.7K0.5034.30N/AN/A0000
2012-12-20$1576000.00$1600000.0054.0%15.5%38.8%49.5%56.4%-12.7%0.6%403.7K-1.9M-47.1K0.5936.61N/AN/A0000
2012-12-21$1625200.00$1600000.0055.4%15.9%37.7%52.5%61.4%-12.7%1.4%617.5K-6.9M-45.2K0.2332.91N/AN/A0000
2012-12-24$1638000.00$1600000.0055.0%15.8%37.6%51.6%58.2%-12.9%0.6%348.2K-7.5M-47.6K0.2519.68N/AN/A0000
2012-12-26$1677600.00$1600000.0056.4%16.2%38.5%54.6%55.3%-14.6%0.5%379.1K-9.2M-49.1K0.2529.62N/AN/A0000
2012-12-27$1684800.00$1600000.0057.3%16.4%37.4%56.4%57.2%-15.3%-1.0%388.9K-9.9M-50.7K0.2531.93N/AN/A0000
2012-12-28$1733600.00$1600000.0063.8%18.3%37.8%70.4%64.7%-15.2%-0.6%358.6K-10.9M-54.5K0.6129.31N/AN/A0000
2012-12-31$1622000.00$1600000.0058.8%16.8%45.2%59.6%62.6%-12.7%-1.0%290.6K-6.1M-49.2K0.4725.60N/AN/A0000