SQQQ Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, SQQQ traded between $510100.00 and $642400.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.9%, placing in the 48.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.1% (HV 20d: 55.0%). Max pain ranged from $350000.00 to $900000.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-07: Largest IV drop — 16.7% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 93.2%
  • 2014-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 16.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$551584.21$510100.00$642400.00$642400.00$511600.00
Max Pain$555882.35$350000.00$900000.00$900000.00$350000.00
ATM IV42.9%36.7%56.9%56.9%39.2%
Expected Move16.0%15.4%16.9%16.8%15.8%
HV 20d55.0%40.4%62.3%56.4%40.4%
HV 60d41.5%41.0%42.2%41.6%41.1%
IV Rank48.3%28.5%93.2%93.2%36.4%
IV Percentile61.7%21.8%99.2%99.2%46.4%
Term Structure3.3%-1.1%6.9%-0.9%2.3%
VWIV55.0%49.9%63.3%63.3%49.9%
Skew 25d-10.3%-15.4%-6.7%-15.4%-11.4%
Skew 10d-19.9%-29.5%-9.4%-24.3%-18.3%
Call IV 25d50.8%42.6%68.7%68.7%46.9%
Put IV 25d40.6%35.2%53.3%53.3%35.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.547.5525.5914.1416.26
Gamma HHI0.090.060.220.080.07
Net GEX55.5K-171.5K220.9K123.4K129.9K
Net DEX7.4M-5.2M14.3M-5.2M8.6M
Net VEX-61.0K-76.9K-31.2K-31.2K-76.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.111.410.530.31
Total Volume00000
Total OI0.4740200

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$642400.00$0.0056.9%16.8%56.4%93.2%0.0%-15.4%-0.9%123.4K-5.2M-31.2K0.5314.14N/AN/A0000
2014-02-04$626400.00$0.0053.7%16.8%56.9%82.9%63.3%-12.2%-1.1%162.8K-3.4M-47.0K1.0310.31N/AN/A0000
2014-02-05$633100.00$900000.0055.6%16.9%56.9%88.8%0.0%-12.7%0.2%140.1K-2.7M-58.8K0.6411.75N/AN/A0000
2014-02-06$608400.00$900000.0050.8%16.4%57.9%73.6%0.0%-11.4%0.6%116.1K224.9K-62.7K0.158.60N/AN/A0000
2014-02-07$575900.00$900000.0042.3%16.3%61.2%46.5%0.0%-10.8%3.9%68.6K4.2M-58.2K0.1112.16N/AN/A0000
2014-02-10$565900.00$900000.0040.0%15.9%61.3%38.9%0.0%-11.3%4.0%51.3K5.5M-55.2K1.418.31N/AN/A0000
2014-02-11$546700.00$900000.0037.7%15.8%62.3%31.6%0.0%-9.9%4.3%-34.7K8.8M-55.4K0.638.47N/AN/A0000
2014-02-12$543600.00$900000.0036.7%16.0%59.8%28.5%53.3%-10.4%4.5%-33.3K9.8M-60.2K1.207.88N/AN/A0000
2014-02-13$531200.00$450000.0041.5%15.9%57.1%44.0%0.0%-9.1%5.7%-113.0K12.7M-62.9K0.1715.53N/AN/A0000
2014-02-14$528200.00$450000.0039.9%16.5%56.5%38.7%54.2%-8.1%6.9%-134.5K13.4M-61.8K0.3816.72N/AN/A0010
2014-02-18$520700.00$350000.0040.6%15.6%56.6%41.1%55.7%-9.0%5.2%-171.5K14.3M-60.6K0.257.55N/AN/A0011
2014-02-19$530800.00$350000.0041.9%15.7%56.7%45.3%0.0%-11.3%4.9%111.9K12.8M-62.9K0.1517.44N/AN/A0011
2014-02-20$523400.00$350000.0040.4%15.5%56.3%40.2%56.9%-8.0%6.1%17.8K13.8M-61.1K0.1117.67N/AN/A0011
2014-02-21$526400.00$350000.0041.2%16.3%56.3%43.0%0.0%-9.8%5.2%220.9K13.0M-62.1K0.3114.84N/AN/A0011
2014-02-24$516200.00$350000.0039.1%15.6%56.4%36.0%0.0%-6.7%3.3%27.4K9.4M-59.2K1.0212.89N/AN/A0000
2014-02-25$518900.00$350000.0039.6%15.5%45.9%37.8%51.8%-9.1%1.7%108.3K8.5M-73.8K0.1325.59N/AN/A0000
2014-02-26$520200.00$350000.0039.7%15.4%46.0%38.1%0.0%-9.6%2.8%134.0K8.3M-75.0K0.1820.17N/AN/A0000
2014-02-27$510100.00$350000.0038.2%15.5%43.5%33.2%49.9%-8.8%2.8%128.8K8.8M-74.4K0.3310.94N/AN/A0000
2014-02-28$511600.00$350000.0039.2%15.8%40.4%36.4%0.0%-11.4%2.3%129.9K8.6M-76.9K0.3116.26N/AN/A0000