SQQQ Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, SQQQ traded between $1388800.00 and $1509600.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.6%, placing in the 20.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 37.0%). Max pain ranged from $1400000.00 to $1480000.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-25: Largest IV spike — 36.2% change
  • 2013-02-25: Highest IV Rank — 51.5%
  • 2013-02-25: Largest Expected Move — 15.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1444778.95$1388800.00$1509600.00$1432400.00$1452800.00
Max Pain$1427368.42$1400000.00$1480000.00$1480000.00$1400000.00
ATM IV40.6%35.5%55.0%35.6%42.4%
Expected Move11.8%10.2%15.8%11.5%12.2%
HV 20d37.0%25.1%43.5%25.1%43.5%
HV 60d43.4%40.9%46.8%45.5%43.0%
IV Rank20.7%9.9%51.5%10.0%24.7%
IV Percentile16.8%1.6%72.6%1.6%22.6%
Term Structure3.7%-4.0%6.8%5.0%1.8%
VWIV41.8%36.3%53.3%40.5%43.7%
Skew 25d-10.9%-14.1%-8.4%-11.1%-12.4%
Skew 10d-20.6%-29.4%-15.4%-22.9%-22.5%
Call IV 25d48.2%40.7%63.0%47.1%50.5%
Put IV 25d37.3%32.3%48.8%35.9%38.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %44.0425.7660.1146.0425.76
Gamma HHI0.200.080.530.190.09
Net GEX682.9K319.4K1.1M768.4K546.1K
Net DEX-7.5M-14.1M-2.5M-6.6M-11.0M
Net VEX-53.9K-60.8K-43.5K-54.6K-60.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.010.610.490.35
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
2013-02-01$1432400.00$1480000.0035.6%11.5%25.1%10.0%40.5%-11.1%5.0%768.4K-6.6M-54.6K0.4946.04N/AN/A0000
2013-02-04$1507200.00$1480000.0041.5%12.6%31.2%22.8%40.5%-11.0%4.7%995.2K-14.1M-56.0K0.3440.01N/AN/A0000
2013-02-05$1441200.00$1480000.0038.0%11.5%35.0%15.2%40.4%-9.7%5.7%736.7K-6.9M-55.0K0.2236.89N/AN/A0000
2013-02-06$1454400.00$1440000.0036.1%11.7%35.1%11.2%41.8%-10.8%4.9%941.3K-9.4M-59.0K0.1251.04N/AN/A0000
2013-02-07$1450400.00$1440000.0039.7%11.4%35.0%18.8%41.6%-10.3%6.1%935.9K-9.5M-60.8K0.2845.24N/AN/A0000
2013-02-08$1406000.00$1440000.0038.1%10.9%36.1%15.3%41.8%-10.2%6.8%618.8K-3.4M-54.3K0.2352.76N/AN/A0000
2013-02-11$1406000.00$1440000.0038.6%11.1%36.1%16.4%40.2%-10.1%5.7%762.3K-4.1M-52.7K0.0359.45N/AN/A0000
2013-02-12$1422400.00$1440000.0039.3%11.3%36.1%17.9%40.2%-10.7%6.3%1.1M-6.3M-55.1K0.3557.95N/AN/A0000
2013-02-13$1406400.00$1440000.0038.6%11.1%35.7%16.4%38.0%-9.8%5.5%849.2K-3.4M-50.5K0.1059.55N/AN/A0000
2013-02-14$1408800.00$1440000.0037.0%10.6%35.5%13.0%39.5%-9.1%6.1%812.5K-3.2M-45.7K0.0160.11N/AN/A0000
2013-02-15$1420400.00$1400000.0037.8%10.8%35.4%14.7%38.1%-8.9%6.2%1.1M-4.3M-46.9K0.2238.99N/AN/A0000
2013-02-19$1388800.00$1400000.0035.5%10.2%36.0%9.9%36.3%-8.4%4.6%319.4K-2.5M-43.5K0.1836.06N/AN/A0000
2013-02-20$1450800.00$1400000.0040.1%11.5%39.6%19.7%38.3%-10.5%1.5%416.1K-7.0M-51.7K0.4947.63N/AN/A0000
2013-02-21$1500400.00$1400000.0044.8%12.8%40.9%29.7%41.7%-11.3%1.3%429.9K-11.6M-53.6K0.2026.50N/AN/A0000
2013-02-22$1455600.00$1400000.0040.3%11.6%39.9%20.2%41.7%-11.8%1.1%399.8K-7.8M-52.9K0.6151.43N/AN/A0000
2013-02-25$1509600.00$1400000.0055.0%15.8%41.7%51.5%53.3%-14.1%-4.0%414.9K-12.6M-59.8K0.0829.55N/AN/A0000
2013-02-26$1492000.00$1400000.0048.5%13.9%41.9%37.6%50.0%-13.8%-0.5%434.1K-11.5M-56.6K0.3133.92N/AN/A0000
2013-02-27$1445200.00$1400000.0044.6%12.8%43.5%29.4%46.1%-12.4%0.5%420.1K-7.7M-55.2K0.1037.79N/AN/A0000
2013-02-28$1452800.00$1400000.0042.4%12.2%43.5%24.7%43.7%-12.4%1.8%546.1K-11.0M-60.8K0.3525.76N/AN/A0000