SQQQ Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, SQQQ traded between $85425.00 and $96175.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.1%, placing in the 2.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.2% (HV 20d: 20.9%). Max pain ranged from $85000.00 to $92500.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-21: Highest Volume — 3 contracts
  • 2017-04-12: Largest IV spike — 29.6% change
  • 2017-04-17: Highest IV Rank — 7.6%
  • 2017-04-17: Largest Expected Move — 13.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$92060.53$85425.00$96175.00$92675.00$85425.00
Max Pain$88947.37$85000.00$92500.00$92500.00$85000.00
ATM IV33.1%25.6%46.4%28.0%27.9%
Expected Move10.2%7.3%13.3%8.0%8.0%
HV 20d20.9%14.6%22.7%22.1%22.7%
HV 60d21.1%20.4%22.5%20.9%21.7%
IV Rank2.7%0.0%7.6%0.8%0.8%
IV Percentile25.2%0.0%72.2%3.2%4.8%
Term Structure1.6%-8.8%9.7%6.7%2.2%
VWIV39.5%28.1%56.2%28.1%28.5%
Skew 25d-10.3%-15.2%-4.7%-4.7%-6.8%
Skew 10d-20.5%-53.5%-3.9%-10.8%-12.6%
Call IV 25d42.4%31.6%54.9%31.7%34.5%
Put IV 25d32.1%23.9%39.7%27.0%27.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.6454.86105.7290.2982.67
Gamma HHI0.150.090.220.130.10
Net GEX617.9K165.3K953.2K457.8K328.2K
Net DEX-30.6M-38.8M-20.3M-37.9M-20.3M
Net VEX-94.1K-104.0K-73.2K-104.0K-97.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.501.601.041.03
Total Volume2.1582322
Total OI11.31610121111

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$92675.00$92500.0028.0%8.0%22.1%0.8%28.1%-4.7%6.7%457.8K-37.9M-104.0K1.0490.29N/AN/A1183
2017-04-04$92450.00$92500.0027.1%7.8%21.4%0.5%31.6%-5.5%7.1%626.2K-30.6M-92.9K1.6091.22N/AN/A1173
2017-04-05$93000.00$92500.0025.6%7.3%21.5%0.0%28.3%-5.9%9.7%532.3K-28.8M-94.4K1.06105.72N/AN/A1174
2017-04-06$93475.00$90000.0025.9%9.9%21.7%0.1%37.2%-10.0%1.3%735.1K-33.2M-95.2K1.0570.80N/AN/A1174
2017-04-07$93300.00$90000.0027.2%11.3%21.5%0.6%39.5%-8.2%5.9%768.4K-33.2M-97.2K1.3773.12N/AN/A1174
2017-04-10$93325.00$90000.0026.3%11.0%21.4%0.2%46.7%-13.7%0.2%831.3K-33.0M-96.9K1.2467.19N/AN/A1184
2017-04-11$95100.00$90000.0032.8%12.5%22.3%2.6%45.8%-15.0%-0.3%887.6K-37.6M-98.2K0.8872.95N/AN/A1184
2017-04-12$95850.00$90000.0042.5%12.2%20.8%6.2%45.5%-12.9%0.3%929.9K-38.3M-101.3K1.2354.86N/AN/A1184
2017-04-13$96175.00$90000.0041.4%11.9%20.7%5.8%46.4%-14.6%-0.1%923.1K-38.8M-101.6K1.2357.74N/AN/A1184
2017-04-17$95975.00$90000.0046.4%13.3%20.7%7.6%47.9%-15.2%-8.8%953.2K-38.6M-98.6K1.2868.49N/AN/A1184
2017-04-18$94800.00$90000.0041.9%12.0%21.2%6.0%55.0%-14.6%-1.1%902.8K-35.7M-93.5K0.9855.13N/AN/A1184
2017-04-19$94800.00$90000.0039.5%11.3%14.6%5.1%56.2%-14.7%0.0%841.5K-32.4M-102.7K0.6873.33N/AN/A1184
2017-04-20$91675.00$87500.0037.6%10.8%17.8%4.4%42.5%-13.2%1.6%424.8K-28.5M-93.5K0.7964.65N/AN/A1184
2017-04-21$92275.00$87500.0038.5%11.0%17.7%4.7%45.3%-12.8%0.8%421.9K-28.8M-93.2K0.6574.05N/AN/A2184
2017-04-24$88800.00$87500.0032.7%9.4%21.6%2.6%32.0%-5.8%0.7%165.3K-20.8M-80.8K0.5056.35N/AN/A2164
2017-04-25$86825.00$85000.0030.3%8.7%22.6%1.7%31.9%-11.1%-1.6%246.0K-21.0M-73.2K0.5778.61N/AN/A2164
2017-04-26$87325.00$85000.0029.4%8.4%22.3%1.4%30.8%-6.3%1.8%359.7K-21.9M-85.0K0.7068.98N/AN/A1174
2017-04-27$85900.00$85000.0028.6%8.2%22.7%1.1%30.4%-5.5%3.3%405.3K-21.7M-88.2K0.9773.97N/AN/A1174
2017-04-28$85425.00$85000.0027.9%8.0%22.7%0.8%28.5%-6.8%2.2%328.2K-20.3M-97.8K1.0382.67N/AN/A1174