SQQQ Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, SQQQ traded between $1324000.00 and $1433200.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.2%, placing in the 9.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 34.4%). Max pain ranged from $1320000.00 to $1400000.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.42.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-14: Largest IV spike — 15.8% change
  • 2013-03-01: Highest IV Rank — 20.2%
  • 2013-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1358560.00$1324000.00$1433200.00$1433200.00$1324000.00
Max Pain$1324000.00$1320000.00$1400000.00$1400000.00$1320000.00
ATM IV35.2%30.5%40.4%40.4%33.9%
Expected Move10.8%9.7%12.1%11.6%9.7%
HV 20d34.4%25.8%43.6%43.6%25.8%
HV 60d41.3%37.4%43.3%43.0%37.4%
IV Rank9.8%0.0%20.2%20.2%7.3%
IV Percentile4.9%0.0%16.7%16.7%2.8%
Term Structure4.4%2.6%7.2%3.2%4.6%
VWIV39.2%35.4%45.0%41.5%36.1%
Skew 25d-10.5%-14.1%-8.1%-11.2%-8.6%
Skew 10d-20.8%-34.6%-14.5%-29.2%-15.7%
Call IV 25d44.1%39.4%51.9%46.4%39.4%
Put IV 25d33.7%30.8%37.8%35.2%30.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %32.3912.4376.3976.3921.63
Gamma HHI0.330.110.560.110.43
Net GEX1.2M509.6K2.7M590.2K1.4M
Net DEX-11.0M-22.9M-20.9K-9.9M-11.2M
Net VEX-73.0K-94.7K-43.9K-61.2K-83.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.420.031.790.170.59
Total Volume00000
Total OI0.250101

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$1433200.00$1400000.0040.4%11.6%43.6%20.2%41.5%-11.2%3.2%590.2K-9.9M-61.2K0.1776.39N/AN/A0000
2013-03-04$1414000.00$1320000.0037.2%12.1%42.0%13.5%45.0%-14.1%2.6%593.1K-7.8M-56.6K0.1633.09N/AN/A0000
2013-03-05$1353600.00$1320000.0034.4%11.5%40.0%7.5%40.4%-12.4%4.6%509.6K-1.5M-50.8K0.1524.84N/AN/A0000
2013-03-06$1364000.00$1320000.0033.8%11.3%37.4%6.2%41.0%-12.3%4.6%665.1K-3.6M-54.3K0.0723.66N/AN/A0000
2013-03-07$1352800.00$1320000.0032.7%11.3%37.2%3.8%44.2%-11.0%3.4%638.1K-2.2M-49.1K0.2424.33N/AN/A0000
2013-03-08$1347600.00$1320000.0031.9%11.1%37.2%2.1%40.8%-12.3%4.8%650.8K-1.6M-51.8K0.1512.43N/AN/A0000
2013-03-11$1336400.00$1320000.0030.5%10.1%35.8%0.0%37.7%-10.4%7.0%683.4K-20.9K-43.9K0.4751.17N/AN/A0000
2013-03-12$1352800.00$1320000.0032.6%10.8%36.2%4.6%40.4%-10.8%4.8%765.7K-2.1M-48.3K0.0428.70N/AN/A0000
2013-03-13$1356400.00$1320000.0031.1%10.8%35.9%1.5%38.7%-10.5%4.7%1.8M-15.4M-87.6K0.4926.91N/AN/A0010
2013-03-14$1342800.00$1320000.0036.1%10.3%35.8%11.9%37.8%-9.0%5.9%1.7M-12.0M-81.6K0.0333.18N/AN/A0010
2013-03-15$1353600.00$1320000.0034.6%9.9%36.0%8.7%37.0%-8.7%6.7%2.7M-13.5M-81.7K0.4036.59N/AN/A0010
2013-03-18$1363600.00$1320000.0037.3%10.7%36.0%14.4%37.8%-10.0%3.2%1.3M-18.3M-85.5K0.2040.61N/AN/A0000
2013-03-19$1368000.00$1320000.0038.4%11.0%35.2%16.9%39.8%-11.2%2.8%1.4M-19.5M-87.8K1.2534.28N/AN/A0000
2013-03-20$1342400.00$1320000.0036.8%10.6%31.5%13.5%37.9%-10.2%3.4%1.4M-15.5M-91.5K0.3950.50N/AN/A0000
2013-03-21$1385600.00$1320000.0039.0%11.2%31.2%18.1%38.8%-10.1%3.6%1.4M-22.9M-94.7K1.7927.94N/AN/A0000
2013-03-22$1347600.00$1320000.0037.2%10.7%30.9%14.3%37.5%-9.6%3.4%1.4M-16.7M-91.5K1.0121.18N/AN/A0000
2013-03-25$1361200.00$1320000.0037.6%10.8%27.6%15.1%38.6%-9.7%4.0%1.5M-18.2M-88.4K0.4622.55N/AN/A0000
2013-03-26$1339200.00$1320000.0033.8%9.7%27.8%7.1%35.4%-8.1%4.5%1.4M-14.0M-83.9K0.1722.92N/AN/A0000
2013-03-27$1332400.00$1320000.0034.5%9.9%26.0%8.5%37.3%-9.3%7.2%1.3M-14.0M-85.9K0.1934.96N/AN/A0010
2013-03-28$1324000.00$1320000.0033.9%9.7%25.8%7.3%36.1%-8.6%4.6%1.4M-11.2M-83.5K0.5921.63N/AN/A0010