SQQQ Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, SQQQ traded between $28375.00 and $31750.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.6%, placing in the 22.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 51.1%). Max pain ranged from $30000.00 to $37500.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.26.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-07: Highest Volume — 8 contracts
  • 2019-02-07: Largest IV spike — 12.3% change
  • 2019-02-07: Highest IV Rank — 34.6%
  • 2019-02-07: Largest Expected Move — 17.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29781.58$28375.00$31750.00$31750.00$28725.00
Max Pain$33552.63$30000.00$37500.00$37500.00$30000.00
ATM IV51.6%40.9%61.7%54.8%40.9%
Expected Move14.9%11.7%17.7%16.6%11.7%
HV 20d51.1%33.3%67.3%67.3%33.3%
HV 60d80.6%75.0%86.0%85.9%75.0%
IV Rank22.4%9.5%34.6%26.3%9.5%
IV Percentile39.2%9.5%59.5%47.2%9.5%
Term Structure2.2%-0.9%5.3%1.6%5.3%
VWIV55.3%47.3%64.5%62.0%47.3%
Skew 25d-18.5%-23.2%-16.6%-18.6%-17.3%
Skew 10d-43.2%-51.7%-35.9%-47.7%-35.9%
Call IV 25d62.8%55.4%70.6%68.9%55.6%
Put IV 25d44.3%33.9%53.9%50.3%38.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.4918.3945.7145.7130.22
Gamma HHI0.190.130.300.150.25
Net GEX1.1M764.0K1.5M922.4K1.3M
Net DEX17.8M2.3M34.8M19.4M7.9M
Net VEX-490.9K-546.4K-446.6K-536.0K-467.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.260.100.410.220.29
Total Volume4.9473864
Total OI101.053851159898

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$31750.00$37500.0054.8%16.6%67.3%26.3%62.0%-18.6%1.6%922.4K19.4M-536.0K0.2245.71N/AN/A516038
2019-02-04$30850.00$35000.0050.9%15.4%53.4%21.6%57.8%-18.6%2.8%902.6K23.0M-513.8K0.1043.19N/AN/A406238
2019-02-05$29775.00$35000.0052.0%15.8%52.8%22.9%59.3%-17.2%1.2%885.8K33.1M-476.4K0.3321.64N/AN/A526438
2019-02-06$30050.00$35000.0054.9%15.7%53.3%26.4%59.1%-16.6%1.6%1.2M26.2M-491.1K0.4141.47N/AN/A316738
2019-02-07$31375.00$35000.0061.7%17.7%56.3%34.6%64.5%-16.7%-0.9%1.4M12.3M-546.4K0.1626.50N/AN/A716939
2019-02-08$31400.00$35000.0060.1%17.2%56.3%32.7%63.0%-17.9%1.8%1.4M14.8M-539.4K0.1825.80N/AN/A616939
2019-02-11$31175.00$35000.0053.6%15.4%56.0%24.8%57.7%-19.0%2.3%1.5M16.6M-528.0K0.1534.32N/AN/A307039
2019-02-12$29825.00$35000.0053.9%15.5%56.1%25.2%55.9%-17.4%0.6%1.2M29.4M-490.6K0.3028.49N/AN/A517140
2019-02-13$29700.00$35000.0053.0%15.2%53.5%24.1%55.0%-19.1%2.8%1.2M31.4M-482.2K0.3029.73N/AN/A417240
2019-02-14$29550.00$35000.0054.0%15.5%53.5%25.2%56.1%-18.0%2.2%1.4M28.8M-491.1K0.3029.59N/AN/A417440
2019-02-15$29325.00$35000.0051.0%14.6%53.4%21.6%53.1%-16.6%2.9%765.5K34.8M-477.8K0.3319.74N/AN/A417540
2019-02-19$29025.00$32500.0054.4%15.6%52.8%25.8%54.3%-23.2%-0.8%764.0K12.9M-446.6K0.3029.14N/AN/A315530
2019-02-20$29200.00$32500.0051.7%14.8%46.7%22.5%50.8%-18.0%2.8%899.2K8.3M-471.9K0.3618.68N/AN/A415731
2019-02-21$29650.00$32500.0052.3%15.0%47.5%23.2%53.3%-17.8%0.3%1.0M2.3M-496.9K0.2819.39N/AN/A315832
2019-02-22$29025.00$32500.0049.3%14.1%47.6%19.6%50.7%-18.1%4.0%1.0M8.9M-475.5K0.2031.59N/AN/A315932
2019-02-25$28400.00$30000.0044.4%12.7%46.5%13.6%48.9%-21.4%2.9%988.4K12.3M-455.8K0.2718.39N/AN/A416032
2019-02-26$28375.00$30000.0044.5%12.7%43.1%13.7%51.2%-23.0%4.6%1.1M9.6M-466.4K0.2523.94N/AN/A316333
2019-02-27$28675.00$30000.0043.8%12.6%41.9%12.9%50.2%-17.5%3.0%1.3M6.5M-472.8K0.2023.77N/AN/A316533
2019-02-28$28725.00$30000.0040.9%11.7%33.3%9.5%47.3%-17.3%5.3%1.3M7.9M-467.9K0.2930.22N/AN/A316533