SQQQ Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, SQQQ traded between $139700.00 and $150000.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.7%, placing in the 7.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.4% (HV 20d: 22.3%). Max pain ranged from $130000.00 to $150000.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.83.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-05: Highest Volume — 1 contracts
  • 2016-08-05: Largest IV drop — 27.2% change
  • 2016-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 16.6%
  • 2016-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$143343.48$139700.00$150000.00$146900.00$144100.00
Max Pain$146521.74$130000.00$150000.00$150000.00$130000.00
ATM IV35.7%28.1%41.5%38.1%32.5%
Expected Move10.4%8.9%11.9%10.9%9.3%
HV 20d22.3%18.4%27.8%27.8%18.4%
HV 60d42.8%41.0%45.2%44.9%41.3%
IV Rank7.4%0.0%16.6%6.6%5.4%
IV Percentile4.5%0.0%17.9%4.0%1.2%
Term Structure7.0%1.9%11.4%3.2%11.4%
VWIV39.3%28.6%55.6%40.1%36.9%
Skew 25d-12.1%-20.1%-5.7%-10.2%-7.5%
Skew 10d-23.7%-39.0%-3.6%-22.4%-3.6%
Call IV 25d45.5%41.5%51.9%43.1%43.3%
Put IV 25d33.4%28.2%37.6%32.9%35.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %43.4712.4486.3566.0271.28
Gamma HHI0.200.140.350.150.24
Net GEX550.4K367.7K832.1K534.1K832.1K
Net DEX2.6M-11.3M9.8M4.2M-11.3M
Net VEX-137.9K-151.7K-124.5K-141.7K-139.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.830.031.250.981.07
Total Volume0.2170100
Total OI9.304710910

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$146900.00$150000.0038.1%10.9%27.8%6.6%40.1%-10.2%3.2%534.1K4.2M-141.7K0.9866.02N/AN/A0063
2016-08-02$150000.00$150000.0037.6%10.8%27.7%6.2%39.7%-8.4%7.4%640.9K604.6K-149.3K0.8917.71N/AN/A0063
2016-08-03$148800.00$150000.0034.7%10.0%27.1%3.2%36.2%-7.4%6.7%673.9K-149.9K-151.7K1.2063.76N/AN/A0063
2016-08-04$147500.00$150000.0038.6%11.9%27.1%7.1%42.9%-16.3%6.3%628.7K1.7M-149.5K1.1230.25N/AN/A0063
2016-08-05$143100.00$150000.0028.1%10.3%24.1%0.0%39.9%-12.5%7.3%482.7K7.1M-135.2K0.5621.31N/AN/A1063
2016-08-08$143900.00$150000.0033.6%10.8%24.3%5.3%38.9%-18.0%6.0%615.9K4.3M-143.1K0.5224.02N/AN/A1063
2016-08-09$142600.00$150000.0034.1%10.1%24.2%5.9%40.2%-12.0%5.9%599.5K5.0M-141.5K0.8868.92N/AN/A0073
2016-08-10$143800.00$150000.0037.0%10.6%24.5%8.7%41.7%-12.9%10.6%563.4K5.4M-142.9K1.2580.72N/AN/A0073
2016-08-11$141600.00$150000.0037.4%10.7%24.2%9.1%40.1%-15.6%6.0%431.6K7.9M-131.0K1.0656.74N/AN/A0073
2016-08-12$141600.00$150000.0037.1%10.6%23.9%8.8%40.2%-16.2%2.6%498.1K6.6M-133.1K1.0715.54N/AN/A0073
2016-08-15$139700.00$150000.0034.8%10.0%23.3%6.5%39.6%-8.8%8.9%367.7K9.8M-124.5K0.9922.77N/AN/A0073
2016-08-16$141800.00$150000.0038.0%10.9%23.4%9.6%42.9%-10.9%6.2%434.3K6.8M-132.5K1.0421.51N/AN/A0073
2016-08-17$141300.00$150000.0036.6%10.5%19.8%8.3%39.1%-5.7%10.5%486.8K6.3M-128.7K0.2923.25N/AN/A0073
2016-08-18$141200.00$150000.0036.2%10.4%19.1%8.0%42.4%-9.9%7.0%616.2K5.3M-134.7K0.0821.95N/AN/A0073
2016-08-19$141300.00$150000.0035.1%10.1%19.0%6.8%55.6%-11.8%9.5%398.7K5.0M-133.8K0.3576.34N/AN/A1073
2016-08-22$141200.00$150000.0034.6%9.9%19.0%6.4%38.0%-11.2%8.4%411.9K3.6M-130.1K1.1515.80N/AN/A0052
2016-08-23$140100.00$150000.0036.5%10.5%19.0%8.3%41.2%-12.4%1.9%397.2K5.1M-128.3K1.2074.47N/AN/A0052
2016-08-24$143100.00$150000.0041.5%11.9%20.1%16.6%41.9%-20.1%3.7%447.3K2.2M-138.0K0.0313.97N/AN/A0063
2016-08-25$143900.00$140000.0036.8%10.6%20.0%10.8%31.6%-14.5%6.0%578.9K-1.5M-147.5K1.0012.44N/AN/A0063
2016-08-26$143000.00$140000.0036.7%10.5%20.0%10.7%31.1%-10.0%6.8%577.8K-3.0M-139.3K0.5886.35N/AN/A1063
2016-08-29$142300.00$130000.0035.2%10.1%19.6%8.8%28.6%-13.3%6.5%725.8K-4.0M-134.1K1.0949.62N/AN/A0063
2016-08-30$144100.00$130000.0030.9%8.9%18.5%3.5%34.5%-13.2%11.4%716.3K-7.6M-142.2K0.7964.99N/AN/A1073
2016-08-31$144100.00$130000.0032.5%9.3%18.4%5.4%36.9%-7.5%11.4%832.1K-11.3M-139.3K1.0771.28N/AN/A0073