SQQQ Options History — July 2022

In July 2022, SQQQ traded between $988.75 and $1442.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 92.4%, placing in the 36.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 91.5%). Max pain ranged from $1150.00 to $1375.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.32.

Notable Days

  • 2022-07-29: Highest Volume — 9,134 contracts
  • 2022-07-15: Largest IV drop — 8.1% change
  • 2022-07-05: Highest IV Rank — 43.4%
  • 2022-07-05: Largest Expected Move — 28.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1244.89$988.75$1442.50$1442.50$988.75
Max Pain$1299.38$1150.00$1375.00$1375.00$1150.00
ATM IV92.4%77.7%102.3%100.7%77.7%
Expected Move26.1%21.5%28.8%27.3%21.5%
HV 20d91.5%73.9%111.3%109.5%84.7%
HV 60d109.5%107.0%111.1%110.3%109.4%
IV Rank36.2%25.5%43.4%42.2%25.5%
IV Percentile68.8%48.4%81.3%80.2%48.4%
Term Structure-0.0%-2.3%3.9%-1.0%-0.0%
VWIV95.8%82.5%107.5%98.0%82.5%
Skew 25d-21.2%-24.4%-15.4%-24.4%-19.1%
Skew 10d-40.0%-59.5%-32.0%-44.3%-36.1%
Call IV 25d105.5%89.2%116.8%116.6%89.2%
Put IV 25d84.3%70.2%95.2%92.1%70.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.822.1413.956.652.42
Gamma HHI0.070.040.120.080.12
Net GEX7.3M360.4K14.1M12.4M360.4K
Net DEX-462.5M-765.9M-122.3M-765.9M-122.3M
Net VEX-1.8M-2.0M-1.5M-2.0M-1.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.320.250.450.420.35
Total Volume5,987.053,6859,1346,8209,134
Total OI17,705.6514,55122,18718,00722,187

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-07-01$1442.50$1375.00100.7%27.3%109.5%42.2%98.0%-24.4%-1.0%12.4M-765.9M-2.0M0.426.65N/AN/A4,8122,00811,6886,319
2022-07-05$1375.00$1375.00102.3%28.8%109.1%43.4%107.5%-21.6%3.9%6.3M-566.8M-1.9M0.453.16N/AN/A3,2541,4549,6105,485
2022-07-06$1330.50$1375.0098.6%27.7%109.8%40.7%106.1%-22.1%-0.0%5.1M-477.5M-1.9M0.414.35N/AN/A2,9571,19810,3965,883
2022-07-07$1258.00$1375.0095.4%26.9%111.3%38.4%105.0%-22.9%-1.4%2.6M-357.5M-1.8M0.272.59N/AN/A4,1621,12611,0055,942
2022-07-08$1249.25$1325.0090.7%25.7%111.2%34.9%98.0%-20.9%-0.5%4.6M-348.0M-1.8M0.313.86N/AN/A4,9701,54012,1116,136
2022-07-11$1333.00$1300.0097.8%27.6%110.9%40.1%101.4%-22.3%-1.3%8.0M-578.4M-1.9M0.253.73N/AN/A3,45285910,2565,508
2022-07-12$1382.25$1300.00101.7%28.5%105.3%42.9%101.4%-23.3%-2.3%11.8M-709.8M-2.0M0.282.81N/AN/A3,5921,00210,9075,669
2022-07-13$1372.25$1325.00100.2%28.2%91.8%41.9%101.4%-15.4%-2.0%13.3M-690.3M-2.0M0.313.70N/AN/A4,2121,29311,3485,868
2022-07-14$1366.00$1375.0097.8%27.7%91.8%40.1%100.1%-19.3%-1.4%14.1M-669.4M-1.8M0.312.54N/AN/A4,6281,41511,7706,070
2022-07-15$1299.00$1375.0089.8%25.6%88.8%34.3%93.0%-21.5%-0.9%5.2M-448.7M-1.8M0.432.62N/AN/A4,0331,75012,1836,226
2022-07-18$1332.50$1350.0095.9%27.4%73.9%38.7%97.0%-21.3%1.3%8.2M-583.3M-1.9M0.323.86N/AN/A3,8111,2199,6584,893
2022-07-19$1201.75$1325.0090.6%25.9%80.1%34.9%90.8%-24.4%1.3%5.3M-381.1M-1.8M0.342.14N/AN/A4,6301,55110,6455,267
2022-07-20$1141.50$1275.0090.0%25.8%76.9%34.4%93.5%-23.0%1.4%3.5M-286.8M-1.8M0.292.54N/AN/A5,3991,57412,3325,843
2022-07-21$1104.00$1250.0084.8%24.2%76.8%30.6%91.0%-21.4%1.8%3.0M-232.5M-1.8M0.312.40N/AN/A4,5501,42213,4276,177
2022-07-22$1158.50$1250.0085.4%24.4%79.0%31.1%88.3%-18.6%1.4%12.0M-403.8M-1.9M0.272.61N/AN/A6,4421,72714,5356,394
2022-07-25$1186.00$1250.0086.8%24.6%74.0%32.1%89.5%-20.7%0.2%7.8M-464.9M-1.9M0.252.80N/AN/A2,94074511,1365,342
2022-07-26$1244.25$1237.5093.0%26.1%76.3%36.6%89.7%-20.9%-0.3%11.3M-610.3M-2.0M0.312.54N/AN/A3,9421,22411,8405,479
2022-07-27$1073.75$1237.5086.5%24.2%84.9%31.9%92.5%-20.4%-0.2%4.5M-275.3M-1.6M0.3213.95N/AN/A6,2392,02312,1445,748
2022-07-28$1059.00$1162.5082.8%23.1%84.8%29.1%89.2%-20.1%0.1%6.6M-277.1M-1.7M0.265.05N/AN/A5,9251,52714,3796,307
2022-07-29$988.75$1150.0077.7%21.5%84.7%25.5%82.5%-19.1%-0.0%360.4K-122.3M-1.5M0.352.42N/AN/A6,7642,37015,7116,476