SQQQ Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, SQQQ traded between $554000.00 and $631400.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.8%, placing in the 35.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 37.7%). Max pain ranged from $520000.00 to $560000.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-15: Largest IV spike — 30.8% change
  • 2014-01-27: Highest IV Rank — 69.7%
  • 2014-01-02: Largest Expected Move — 17.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$587855.00$554000.00$631400.00$587200.00$601000.00
Max Pain$533333.33$520000.00$560000.00$560000.00$520000.00
ATM IV39.8%27.8%49.6%40.8%49.5%
Expected Move16.2%14.2%17.0%17.0%16.4%
HV 20d37.7%28.1%52.5%29.1%51.9%
HV 60d33.4%30.2%39.1%34.6%39.1%
IV Rank35.7%0.0%69.7%36.3%69.5%
IV Percentile47.6%0.0%95.6%63.5%94.8%
Term Structure1.6%-0.9%7.2%2.6%0.2%
VWIV58.3%52.4%63.2%57.9%52.4%
Skew 25d-10.2%-12.7%-5.7%-7.9%-12.2%
Skew 10d-22.6%-31.8%-13.0%-22.4%-23.9%
Call IV 25d48.2%40.2%57.9%44.9%57.9%
Put IV 25d38.0%32.1%45.7%37.0%45.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.403.3815.517.288.27
Gamma HHI0.220.090.680.240.09
Net GEX30.8K-270.8K128.2K8.4K62.3K
Net DEX-321.6K-2.5M2.7M266.5K-2.5M
Net VEX-19.7K-24.6K0-23.9K-19.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.032.670.281.02
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
2014-01-02$587200.00$560000.0040.8%17.0%29.1%36.3%0.0%-7.9%2.6%8.4K266.5K-23.9K0.287.28N/AN/A0000
2014-01-03$600000.00$560000.0034.9%16.9%30.5%15.4%57.9%-5.7%7.2%14.9K-435.4K-23.7K0.119.77N/AN/A0000
2014-01-06$606400.00$560000.0036.3%16.4%30.8%20.2%63.2%-9.8%1.4%72.4K-796.7K-24.4K0.036.62N/AN/A0000
2014-01-07$589600.00$560000.0036.4%16.6%31.4%20.7%0.0%-9.8%2.6%59.1K-17.0K-22.9K0.207.97N/AN/A0000
2014-01-08$585200.00$560000.0039.3%16.3%31.3%30.8%54.9%-9.0%1.4%43.0K263.7K-22.8K0.314.71N/AN/A0000
2014-01-09$592400.00$520000.0036.4%16.4%31.7%20.8%59.4%-10.1%2.2%79.6K-122.6K-24.6K0.286.64N/AN/A0000
2014-01-10$585600.00$520000.0033.8%16.4%28.1%11.5%57.7%-9.8%1.5%53.7K149.2K-23.4K1.1612.99N/AN/A0000
2014-01-13$611600.00$520000.0039.3%16.3%32.7%30.8%0.0%-10.7%2.0%128.2K-2.0M-24.5K0.198.38N/AN/A0000
2014-01-14$577600.00$520000.0027.8%15.9%37.8%0.0%0.0%-12.6%1.8%53.6K1.2M-22.3K0.0710.55N/AN/A0000
2014-01-15$562800.00$520000.0036.4%15.7%38.3%27.4%60.5%-12.3%2.3%-82.5K2.2M-20.6K1.056.66N/AN/A0000
2014-01-16$561600.00$520000.0038.6%15.9%38.1%34.5%62.1%-9.4%1.0%-270.8K2.7M-18.6K0.685.71N/AN/A0000
2014-01-17$572400.00$520000.0037.6%15.9%37.6%31.3%55.8%-5.9%1.8%-18.6K731.0K-21.7K0.267.23N/AN/A0000
2014-01-21$558800.00$520000.0037.8%15.8%37.9%32.1%61.6%-11.5%1.5%84.9K-986.6K-21.3K0.255.24N/AN/A0000
2014-01-22$554000.00$520000.0039.8%15.8%36.8%38.4%0.0%-10.2%0.3%89.2K-976.0K-21.4K2.676.63N/AN/A0000
2014-01-23$560800.00$520000.0039.8%15.9%35.7%38.3%56.0%-10.6%2.0%102.2K-1.4M-23.3K0.926.73N/AN/A0000
2014-01-27$610100.00$0.0049.6%14.2%47.1%69.7%52.4%-12.7%-0.9%0000.8714.96N/AN/A0000
2014-01-28$610900.00$0.0046.1%16.2%46.9%58.5%0.0%-10.9%0.5%90.6K-2.1M-8.5K1.4912.84N/AN/A0000
2014-01-29$631400.00$0.0048.3%16.7%48.1%65.7%0.0%-12.3%-0.0%59.7K-2.3M-12.1K0.8015.51N/AN/A0000
2014-01-30$597700.00$0.0047.3%16.3%52.5%62.4%0.0%-10.9%0.1%-14.6K-408.6K-14.2K0.113.38N/AN/A0000
2014-01-31$601000.00$0.0049.5%16.4%51.9%69.5%0.0%-12.2%0.2%62.3K-2.5M-19.5K1.028.27N/AN/A0000