SQQQ Options History — May 2014

In May 2014, SQQQ traded between $473900.00 and $561500.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.7%, placing in the 41.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 41.7%). Max pain ranged from $350000.00 to $600000.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2014-05-15: Largest IV spike — 24.8% change
  • 2014-05-08: Highest IV Rank — 60.6%
  • 2014-05-09: Largest Expected Move — 16.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$524119.05$473900.00$561500.00$539400.00$473900.00
Max Pain$433333.33$350000.00$600000.00$600000.00$350000.00
ATM IV41.7%35.8%47.9%46.8%35.8%
Expected Move15.5%14.8%16.3%15.8%14.8%
HV 20d41.7%31.6%60.7%60.7%34.1%
HV 60d45.7%44.4%46.8%46.4%46.1%
IV Rank41.8%24.1%60.6%57.4%24.1%
IV Percentile50.4%10.3%85.3%81.7%10.3%
Term Structure3.0%-0.1%6.7%-0.1%4.2%
VWIV55.0%48.9%63.4%56.5%51.7%
Skew 25d-10.3%-13.8%-6.1%-9.8%-7.4%
Skew 10d-20.7%-27.9%-10.8%-18.9%-14.4%
Call IV 25d49.4%39.1%57.1%52.5%42.0%
Put IV 25d39.0%33.0%44.0%42.7%34.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.348.4936.3611.5218.09
Gamma HHI0.090.060.190.080.06
Net GEX396.5K2.0K1.0M331.3K172.8K
Net DEX11.7M2.5M20.4M9.8M18.1M
Net VEX-123.5K-147.4K-89.6K-135.7K-97.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.050.360.330.07
Total Volume00000
Total OI22222

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-05-01$539400.00$600000.0046.8%15.8%60.7%57.4%56.5%-9.8%-0.1%331.3K9.8M-135.7K0.3311.52N/AN/A0011
2014-05-02$542400.00$600000.0045.9%15.8%60.2%54.4%0.0%-9.8%1.3%354.2K9.8M-136.2K0.0511.94N/AN/A0011
2014-05-05$534300.00$600000.0045.2%15.9%52.9%52.4%0.0%-13.2%4.3%340.3K10.3M-133.8K0.1010.13N/AN/A0011
2014-05-06$554500.00$600000.0045.8%15.9%53.9%54.3%0.0%-10.6%3.7%529.4K6.4M-137.7K0.0635.28N/AN/A0011
2014-05-07$559700.00$600000.0047.3%15.9%53.3%58.8%0.0%-13.8%2.7%605.3K2.5M-147.4K0.1315.22N/AN/A0011
2014-05-08$561500.00$600000.0047.9%15.8%49.7%60.6%0.0%-13.2%2.7%614.6K3.4M-147.3K0.0734.31N/AN/A0011
2014-05-09$554800.00$600000.0041.3%16.3%37.9%40.7%56.6%-12.0%4.1%665.3K4.5M-144.7K0.2214.74N/AN/A0011
2014-05-12$527700.00$350000.0042.8%15.8%38.4%45.3%48.9%-11.6%3.5%400.0K13.1M-127.4K0.1315.34N/AN/A0011
2014-05-13$526500.00$350000.0040.3%15.6%38.0%37.7%0.0%-10.7%4.1%470.4K13.8M-125.2K0.3611.91N/AN/A0011
2014-05-14$534600.00$350000.0036.7%15.7%38.7%26.8%0.0%-9.4%3.7%694.6K11.5M-127.5K0.0510.56N/AN/A0011
2014-05-15$546800.00$350000.0045.8%15.5%37.6%54.2%0.0%-11.3%3.7%1.0M7.0M-133.8K0.1919.17N/AN/A0011
2014-05-16$536500.00$350000.0043.1%15.9%38.1%46.1%0.0%-10.3%6.7%675.2K11.5M-128.2K0.2510.49N/AN/A0011
2014-05-19$525000.00$350000.0040.8%15.4%38.1%39.2%0.0%-10.3%2.8%180.9K12.9M-120.3K0.118.49N/AN/A0011
2014-05-20$530800.00$350000.0042.0%15.6%37.4%43.0%0.0%-11.7%2.7%249.3K11.2M-126.8K0.0711.53N/AN/A0011
2014-05-21$515900.00$350000.0040.8%15.2%37.1%39.2%0.0%-10.7%0.8%251.7K13.1M-118.9K0.189.28N/AN/A0011
2014-05-22$509000.00$350000.0039.1%15.0%36.1%34.2%53.0%-9.0%1.8%238.6K14.4M-115.7K0.259.67N/AN/A0011
2014-05-23$497500.00$350000.0037.4%15.2%31.6%28.9%0.0%-9.4%3.5%196.1K16.3M-108.0K0.1036.36N/AN/A0011
2014-05-27$478300.00$350000.0036.4%15.1%33.7%26.0%0.0%-6.1%1.8%2.0K20.4M-89.6K0.1610.99N/AN/A0011
2014-05-28$483200.00$350000.0037.2%14.8%33.8%28.3%63.4%-7.6%3.3%151.7K18.5M-96.0K0.0717.32N/AN/A0011
2014-05-29$474200.00$350000.0036.3%14.8%34.0%25.7%51.7%-8.9%2.4%161.1K18.1M-96.2K0.2420.90N/AN/A0011
2014-05-30$473900.00$350000.0035.8%14.8%34.1%24.1%0.0%-7.4%4.2%172.8K18.1M-97.5K0.0718.09N/AN/A0011