SQQQ Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, SQQQ traded between $248600.00 and $304700.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.3%, placing in the 33.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 45.3%). Max pain ranged from $290000.00 to $320000.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-06: Largest IV spike — 14.7% change
  • 2015-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 61.2%
  • 2015-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 17.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$271805.26$248600.00$304700.00$304700.00$252700.00
Max Pain$304210.53$290000.00$320000.00$300000.00$290000.00
ATM IV45.3%37.8%60.6%60.6%38.8%
Expected Move13.2%10.8%17.4%17.4%11.1%
HV 20d45.3%29.2%56.7%56.7%30.3%
HV 60d46.0%44.4%46.8%44.4%45.9%
IV Rank33.7%20.3%61.2%61.2%22.1%
IV Percentile59.4%30.6%94.0%94.0%36.1%
Term Structure5.8%-1.7%12.4%2.5%4.7%
VWIV51.1%42.0%63.6%60.3%44.0%
Skew 25d-13.4%-21.1%-5.9%-20.6%-8.5%
Skew 10d-24.6%-42.4%-10.5%-42.4%-21.4%
Call IV 25d54.8%45.3%72.3%72.3%45.3%
Put IV 25d41.4%33.4%51.7%51.7%36.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.3034.2090.4483.7490.44
Gamma HHI0.110.070.240.070.15
Net GEX64.8K-27.6K130.7K83.5K130.7K
Net DEX7.1M-1.1M13.6M-1.1M8.6M
Net VEX-66.0K-80.0K-49.6K-80.0K-66.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.191.180.250.64
Total Volume00000
Total OI22222

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$304700.00$300000.0060.6%17.4%56.7%61.2%60.3%-20.6%2.5%83.5K-1.1M-80.0K0.2583.74N/AN/A0011
2015-02-03$295700.00$300000.0055.1%15.8%54.5%51.2%54.9%-8.1%-1.7%59.6K735.5K-78.9K1.1879.22N/AN/A0011
2015-02-04$297400.00$300000.0049.7%14.2%52.6%41.5%54.3%-9.8%1.9%68.7K2.7M-74.1K0.9189.11N/AN/A0011
2015-02-05$288800.00$320000.0046.3%14.7%52.0%35.6%54.9%-17.1%5.5%58.7K4.4M-71.8K0.8736.82N/AN/A0011
2015-02-06$294700.00$320000.0053.1%15.3%48.3%47.7%61.2%-19.0%3.4%104.3K2.1M-78.4K0.8646.90N/AN/A0011
2015-02-09$295800.00$320000.0051.4%15.8%48.0%44.7%63.6%-18.1%3.3%127.4K1.2M-77.0K0.8435.87N/AN/A0011
2015-02-10$282600.00$310000.0045.2%14.2%49.1%33.5%52.6%-21.1%8.9%106.4K5.4M-68.6K0.8650.03N/AN/A0011
2015-02-11$280000.00$310000.0048.2%13.8%48.8%38.9%53.2%-18.9%6.4%81.7K7.0M-65.1K0.7655.40N/AN/A0011
2015-02-12$270100.00$310000.0045.4%13.0%49.5%34.0%48.3%-15.3%8.0%32.5K9.6M-58.5K0.7046.24N/AN/A0011
2015-02-13$263500.00$310000.0040.1%11.5%46.6%24.4%45.9%-11.6%11.8%34.3K11.4M-54.4K0.7044.02N/AN/A0011
2015-02-17$263300.00$300000.0044.2%12.7%45.9%31.8%59.7%-12.7%9.0%83.7K9.7M-64.3K0.9334.20N/AN/A0011
2015-02-18$261900.00$300000.0046.0%13.2%45.5%34.9%46.9%-9.2%8.0%93.4K11.1M-60.9K0.8453.76N/AN/A0011
2015-02-19$257400.00$300000.0042.9%12.3%45.6%29.4%49.8%-12.8%9.9%19.8K10.7M-61.7K0.1937.70N/AN/A0011
2015-02-20$252300.00$300000.0037.8%10.8%42.5%20.3%42.9%-5.9%12.4%-27.6K13.6M-49.6K0.4937.89N/AN/A0011
2015-02-23$251500.00$300000.0039.9%11.4%42.6%24.0%49.8%-12.7%0.8%9.4K8.9M-60.4K0.9077.65N/AN/A0011
2015-02-24$250800.00$300000.0038.0%10.9%42.5%20.7%43.4%-12.0%4.5%19.0K9.8M-59.9K0.9054.53N/AN/A0011
2015-02-25$252500.00$300000.0039.0%11.2%30.5%22.5%42.9%-9.5%6.0%44.8K9.3M-62.2K0.8555.56N/AN/A0011
2015-02-26$248600.00$290000.0039.3%11.3%29.2%23.0%42.0%-12.3%5.2%101.1K9.1M-62.4K0.9341.65N/AN/A0011
2015-02-27$252700.00$290000.0038.8%11.1%30.3%22.1%44.0%-8.5%4.7%130.7K8.6M-66.0K0.6490.44N/AN/A0011