SQQQ Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, SQQQ traded between $1208400.00 and $1416400.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.8%, placing in the 22.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 40.5%). Max pain ranged from $1240000.00 to $1360000.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-11: Largest IV spike — 16.6% change
  • 2013-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 45.1%
  • 2013-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1310818.18$1208400.00$1416400.00$1350400.00$1208400.00
Max Pain$1292727.27$1240000.00$1360000.00$1320000.00$1240000.00
ATM IV40.8%32.7%51.7%37.0%40.6%
Expected Move11.9%9.9%14.8%10.6%11.6%
HV 20d40.5%24.9%52.7%26.9%52.6%
HV 60d37.2%31.8%41.7%31.8%41.4%
IV Rank22.0%4.8%45.1%14.0%21.6%
IV Percentile26.3%2.0%65.5%8.3%27.0%
Term Structure1.2%-1.5%5.7%4.5%0.9%
VWIV43.9%35.4%52.1%37.1%43.3%
Skew 25d-10.9%-16.0%-8.1%-9.1%-10.0%
Skew 10d-21.2%-32.0%-15.4%-23.9%-18.1%
Call IV 25d48.9%40.1%63.2%42.7%47.8%
Put IV 25d38.0%32.0%47.2%33.6%37.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.4313.0550.5430.4323.42
Gamma HHI0.310.110.520.480.11
Net GEX1.3M484.9K2.8M1.7M627.9K
Net DEX-12.8M-30.7M1.6M-16.7M-6.1M
Net VEX-74.3K-83.2K-54.9K-81.7K-79.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.031.730.110.19
Total Volume00000
Total OI0.7730111

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$1350400.00$1320000.0037.0%10.6%26.9%14.0%37.1%-9.1%4.5%1.7M-16.7M-81.7K0.1130.43N/AN/A0010
2013-04-02$1318400.00$1320000.0034.6%9.9%27.7%8.7%35.4%-8.1%5.7%1.4M-10.5M-73.6K0.3622.77N/AN/A0010
2013-04-03$1351200.00$1320000.0039.3%11.3%25.1%18.6%40.8%-8.1%2.7%1.7M-17.2M-82.1K1.7322.13N/AN/A0010
2013-04-04$1351600.00$1320000.0039.6%11.3%24.9%19.3%40.3%-8.1%2.1%1.7M-17.8M-81.2K0.2622.25N/AN/A0010
2013-04-05$1386800.00$1360000.0040.0%12.8%26.4%20.1%45.3%-12.3%0.6%2.1M-25.3M-83.2K0.4326.61N/AN/A0010
2013-04-08$1364800.00$1360000.0038.0%12.0%27.0%15.9%46.0%-11.6%1.8%1.9M-19.5M-76.4K0.2824.83N/AN/A0010
2013-04-09$1337200.00$1360000.0034.0%11.3%27.9%7.5%42.5%-12.1%1.2%1.8M-12.1M-67.4K0.1027.75N/AN/A0010
2013-04-10$1259200.00$1360000.0032.7%10.8%34.7%4.8%41.1%-10.8%2.1%617.6K1.6M-54.9K0.2025.49N/AN/A0010
2013-04-11$1258800.00$1280000.0038.2%10.9%34.6%16.3%41.1%-10.7%1.9%782.4K-1.4M-68.1K0.1723.24N/AN/A0010
2013-04-12$1261600.00$1280000.0039.9%11.4%34.6%20.0%41.1%-11.2%1.4%795.5K-1.9M-64.2K0.0929.32N/AN/A0010
2013-04-15$1338400.00$1280000.0045.6%13.1%40.9%32.2%45.6%-13.1%-0.1%2.1M-20.5M-76.6K0.1733.71N/AN/A0010
2013-04-16$1282400.00$1280000.0042.3%12.1%43.4%25.0%43.4%-11.6%0.4%788.5K-3.3M-64.8K0.2534.10N/AN/A0010
2013-04-17$1358800.00$1280000.0048.7%14.0%48.5%38.7%47.9%-13.4%-1.2%2.8M-24.7M-77.9K0.1833.30N/AN/A0010
2013-04-18$1416400.00$1280000.0051.7%14.8%50.2%45.1%50.3%-16.0%-1.5%1.7M-30.7M-75.3K0.1813.05N/AN/A0010
2013-04-19$1354400.00$1280000.0045.8%13.1%51.6%32.6%50.7%-11.8%0.8%957.9K-13.2M-71.5K0.2130.91N/AN/A0010
2013-04-22$1316000.00$1280000.0044.0%12.6%51.7%28.8%52.1%-11.5%1.1%611.2K-11.3M-74.4K0.0729.95N/AN/A0000
2013-04-23$1278400.00$1280000.0042.6%12.2%52.4%25.8%45.7%-10.6%-0.2%484.9K-8.2M-69.5K0.0350.54N/AN/A0000
2013-04-24$1280000.00$1240000.0040.4%11.6%52.2%21.2%44.4%-10.6%2.0%850.2K-13.0M-78.3K0.0626.36N/AN/A0000
2013-04-25$1258800.00$1240000.0039.9%11.4%52.4%20.1%44.8%-10.6%1.0%724.1K-10.4M-79.9K0.1619.44N/AN/A0000
2013-04-26$1270400.00$1240000.0041.4%11.9%52.6%23.2%43.3%-8.9%0.0%799.7K-12.1M-80.5K0.0425.46N/AN/A0000
2013-04-29$1235600.00$1240000.0041.6%11.9%52.7%23.6%43.9%-10.0%-0.2%660.0K-7.6M-74.7K0.1028.50N/AN/A0010
2013-04-30$1208400.00$1240000.0040.6%11.6%52.6%21.6%43.3%-10.0%0.9%627.9K-6.1M-79.0K0.1923.42N/AN/A0010