SQQQ Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, SQQQ traded between $204100.00 and $254400.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.2%, placing in the 31.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 44.1%). Max pain ranged from $200000.00 to $220000.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.84.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-17: Highest Volume — 2 contracts
  • 2015-07-08: Largest IV spike — 37.2% change
  • 2015-07-08: Highest IV Rank — 67.7%
  • 2015-07-09: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$225940.91$204100.00$254400.00$242600.00$215100.00
Max Pain$213181.82$200000.00$220000.00$220000.00$210000.00
ATM IV45.2%36.0%64.8%50.3%38.9%
Expected Move12.9%10.3%16.1%14.4%11.2%
HV 20d44.1%37.4%50.4%39.3%44.4%
HV 60d40.5%38.9%42.0%39.2%39.0%
IV Rank31.7%14.6%67.7%42.7%19.9%
IV Percentile52.6%12.3%96.8%80.6%25.0%
Term Structure1.9%-3.3%8.3%-3.3%6.5%
VWIV46.7%39.0%61.0%53.1%45.4%
Skew 25d-15.2%-27.3%-9.7%-15.8%-14.4%
Skew 10d-25.6%-46.8%-9.2%-26.6%-24.5%
Call IV 25d53.7%44.4%70.7%60.5%47.1%
Put IV 25d38.5%24.2%48.2%44.7%32.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.2242.7682.3763.5982.37
Gamma HHI0.140.110.180.120.14
Net GEX374.0K124.0K535.8K407.3K535.8K
Net DEX-6.6M-17.6M9.3M-12.1M-7.6M
Net VEX-107.5K-129.0K-94.1K-105.3K-122.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.841.183.002.501.85
Total Volume1.2271211
Total OI4.0913535

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$242600.00$220000.0050.3%14.4%39.3%42.7%53.1%-15.8%-3.3%407.3K-12.1M-105.3K2.5063.59N/AN/A0121
2015-07-02$241200.00$220000.0050.5%14.5%38.6%43.0%41.4%-15.8%0.5%356.4K-10.8M-103.9K2.4669.24N/AN/A0121
2015-07-06$244400.00$220000.0050.9%14.3%38.9%43.4%51.4%-20.9%2.4%440.4K-13.9M-100.0K1.5560.40N/AN/A0122
2015-07-07$243000.00$220000.0047.3%16.0%37.5%35.4%48.3%-15.1%-2.9%488.4K-13.2M-101.8K1.3156.93N/AN/A0122
2015-07-08$254400.00$220000.0064.8%15.9%40.9%67.7%61.0%-22.2%1.7%447.7K-17.6M-102.5K1.9058.79N/AN/A0122
2015-07-09$253600.00$220000.0061.6%16.1%37.4%61.7%58.4%-23.8%-3.0%454.1K-15.9M-98.9K3.0057.39N/AN/A0122
2015-07-10$242200.00$220000.0051.2%14.3%41.4%42.6%53.2%-17.6%-0.3%421.9K-11.0M-100.6K2.3660.66N/AN/A0122
2015-07-13$230600.00$220000.0042.7%13.1%44.4%26.9%45.5%-27.3%-1.5%272.8K-2.8M-94.1K1.5960.58N/AN/A0122
2015-07-14$226200.00$220000.0041.8%12.3%44.4%25.3%45.0%-16.5%2.4%222.8K-288.8K-95.0K2.1866.84N/AN/A0122
2015-07-15$225900.00$220000.0044.0%12.6%44.3%29.3%41.3%-15.7%2.1%124.0K-745.4K-98.5K2.3674.05N/AN/A0122
2015-07-16$216100.00$220000.0036.7%10.5%46.6%15.8%39.9%-11.9%8.3%130.9K4.9M-97.5K1.7369.68N/AN/A0122
2015-07-17$206500.00$220000.0039.5%11.3%47.2%21.0%41.0%-12.1%2.3%136.8K9.3M-95.5K1.6176.72N/AN/A1122
2015-07-20$204100.00$210000.0038.8%11.1%47.1%19.6%44.8%-11.6%0.1%218.7K1.7M-105.7K1.1972.24N/AN/A1122
2015-07-21$204100.00$210000.0039.3%11.3%46.8%20.7%41.5%-10.3%3.1%313.2K1.9M-104.5K1.5867.45N/AN/A1122
2015-07-22$211300.00$200000.0038.8%11.1%48.9%19.8%40.3%-9.7%2.5%393.4K-3.0M-117.3K2.2842.76N/AN/A0122
2015-07-23$214300.00$200000.0039.9%11.4%48.9%21.6%42.8%-14.3%3.7%466.2K-6.1M-118.7K1.8657.81N/AN/A0122
2015-07-24$219600.00$210000.0047.3%13.5%49.8%35.3%50.5%-13.1%3.1%444.5K-9.3M-120.6K1.7674.47N/AN/A0122
2015-07-27$226100.00$210000.0050.8%14.6%50.4%41.8%52.4%-13.2%1.6%463.5K-16.3M-129.0K1.2357.77N/AN/A1132
2015-07-28$219800.00$200000.0041.1%11.8%44.2%24.0%43.6%-10.5%4.4%456.3K-9.0M-120.3K1.1872.19N/AN/A1122
2015-07-29$216000.00$200000.0041.9%12.0%44.2%25.4%47.6%-11.9%2.7%509.1K-9.1M-120.8K1.4780.73N/AN/A0132
2015-07-30$213600.00$200000.0036.0%10.3%44.1%14.6%39.0%-10.7%6.1%523.3K-5.4M-113.1K1.5974.24N/AN/A0132
2015-07-31$215100.00$210000.0038.9%11.2%44.4%19.9%45.4%-14.4%6.5%535.8K-7.6M-122.0K1.8582.37N/AN/A0132