SQQQ Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, SQQQ traded between $97550.00 and $110075.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.2%, placing in the 1.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.6% (HV 20d: 18.6%). Max pain ranged from $27500.00 to $32500.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.38.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-06: Highest Volume — 3 contracts
  • 2017-02-08: Largest IV spike — 21.0% change
  • 2017-02-28: Highest IV Rank — 3.6%
  • 2017-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 10.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$103021.05$97550.00$110075.00$109475.00$98900.00
Max Pain$32236.84$27500.00$32500.00$27500.00$32500.00
ATM IV32.2%27.5%37.3%33.2%37.3%
Expected Move9.6%8.6%10.9%9.5%10.7%
HV 20d18.6%15.9%21.2%21.2%15.9%
HV 60d29.9%27.3%35.5%35.5%27.3%
IV Rank1.7%0.0%3.6%2.0%3.6%
IV Percentile8.7%0.0%30.6%7.1%30.6%
Term Structure7.2%0.1%11.9%3.9%1.6%
VWIV36.4%31.7%41.4%41.4%38.7%
Skew 25d-9.5%-12.5%-6.2%-10.5%-6.7%
Skew 10d-15.6%-21.5%-1.2%-17.9%-6.9%
Call IV 25d39.6%35.1%44.4%41.7%40.6%
Put IV 25d30.1%27.0%33.9%31.2%33.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.7427.9094.7879.8084.88
Gamma HHI0.220.130.630.150.14
Net GEX577.0K316.1K1.5M531.8K571.6K
Net DEX-84.0M-101.8M-66.5M-101.3M-67.9M
Net VEX-95.2K-116.0K-84.4K-89.7K-116.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.381.071.921.211.92
Total Volume2.5262323
Total OI1715191617

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$109475.00$27500.0033.2%9.5%21.2%2.0%41.4%-10.5%3.9%531.8K-101.3M-89.7K1.2179.80N/AN/A11124
2017-02-02$110075.00$32500.0034.0%10.9%20.6%2.3%38.7%-12.5%6.1%538.5K-101.8M-91.1K1.2333.12N/AN/A11125
2017-02-03$109175.00$32500.0028.2%10.2%20.3%0.2%36.6%-11.6%8.6%561.7K-100.5M-89.5K1.2337.01N/AN/A11125
2017-02-06$109025.00$32500.0027.5%10.0%18.7%0.0%36.5%-11.3%10.0%607.8K-100.7M-87.3K1.3567.06N/AN/A12125
2017-02-07$107850.00$32500.0028.4%9.9%18.7%0.3%36.6%-11.7%7.9%510.0K-97.7M-86.4K1.3168.13N/AN/A11125
2017-02-08$106700.00$32500.0034.4%9.9%18.8%2.5%36.0%-11.0%9.3%575.1K-96.6M-89.2K1.0769.15N/AN/A12135
2017-02-09$105800.00$32500.0034.0%9.7%18.9%2.4%36.1%-10.9%10.1%589.3K-95.1M-93.5K1.3452.11N/AN/A12135
2017-02-10$104850.00$32500.0032.8%9.4%18.6%1.9%35.7%-8.5%11.4%316.1K-92.5M-96.0K1.2571.83N/AN/A12135
2017-02-13$102925.00$32500.0032.9%9.4%19.0%2.0%37.2%-8.3%9.8%368.1K-89.7M-93.0K1.5227.90N/AN/A12135
2017-02-14$102225.00$32500.0030.9%8.9%17.7%1.2%38.6%-8.5%11.9%353.8K-88.1M-95.9K1.3735.07N/AN/A12135
2017-02-15$100225.00$32500.0030.1%8.6%18.2%1.0%34.5%-6.2%9.2%597.5K-83.3M-92.6K1.2574.35N/AN/A12145
2017-02-16$100500.00$32500.0032.6%9.4%18.4%1.9%35.3%-10.3%8.5%976.0K-74.2M-92.4K1.2673.42N/AN/A11135
2017-02-17$99500.00$32500.0031.4%9.0%18.3%1.4%31.7%-8.4%10.0%1.5M-70.1M-84.4K1.5977.72N/AN/A12135
2017-02-21$97625.00$32500.0030.3%8.7%18.8%1.0%34.8%-10.2%0.1%403.2K-66.5M-92.9K1.2979.62N/AN/A11114
2017-02-22$97550.00$32500.0031.1%8.9%18.3%1.3%32.8%-7.7%1.9%449.1K-66.6M-96.0K1.5594.78N/AN/A11114
2017-02-23$98825.00$32500.0036.7%10.5%18.0%3.4%37.2%-8.7%4.2%511.1K-68.4M-105.1K1.5678.29N/AN/A11114
2017-02-24$98375.00$32500.0033.0%9.5%18.0%2.0%35.7%-8.5%6.8%503.6K-67.1M-107.0K1.1684.63N/AN/A11115
2017-02-27$97800.00$32500.0032.8%9.4%17.9%1.9%37.7%-9.8%4.7%539.8K-67.1M-110.5K1.7179.22N/AN/A12115
2017-02-28$98900.00$32500.0037.3%10.7%15.9%3.6%38.7%-6.7%1.6%571.6K-67.9M-116.0K1.9284.88N/AN/A12125