SQQQ Options History — November 2022

In November 2022, SQQQ traded between $1054.00 and $1545.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 87.1%, placing in the 27.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 22.2% (HV 20d: 109.4%). Max pain ranged from $1125.00 to $1375.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2022-11-11: Highest Volume — 12,262 contracts
  • 2022-11-10: Largest IV drop — 7.7% change
  • 2022-11-01: Highest IV Rank — 35.2%
  • 2022-11-01: Largest Expected Move — 29.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1242.11$1054.00$1545.75$1334.75$1054.00
Max Pain$1182.14$1125.00$1375.00$1350.00$1125.00
ATM IV87.1%77.8%95.0%94.5%77.8%
Expected Move25.9%22.5%29.5%29.5%24.7%
HV 20d109.4%92.0%124.8%95.1%117.0%
HV 60d97.2%88.6%103.4%89.0%103.3%
IV Rank27.9%20.5%35.2%35.2%20.5%
IV Percentile39.6%19.0%56.3%55.2%19.0%
Term Structure0.6%-2.2%5.3%-1.0%0.0%
VWIV93.2%82.2%103.1%103.1%91.1%
Skew 25d-13.1%-17.9%-8.2%-12.2%-12.4%
Skew 10d-26.4%-37.4%-18.3%-24.3%-25.8%
Call IV 25d95.5%86.1%102.4%102.3%86.1%
Put IV 25d82.5%72.5%91.6%90.0%73.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.082.2814.294.192.53
Gamma HHI0.090.040.360.060.05
Net GEX12.9M1.9M29.9M13.4M6.0M
Net DEX-589.6M-1.52B-50.6M-803.5M-50.6M
Net VEX-2.8M-3.2M-2.5M-3.0M-2.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.230.650.340.33
Total Volume6,922.812,31512,2624,9247,294
Total OI26,067.38121,01930,71624,29423,339

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-11-01$1334.75$1350.0094.5%29.5%95.1%35.2%103.1%-12.2%-1.0%13.4M-803.5M-3.0M0.344.19N/AN/A3,6821,24215,9318,363
2022-11-02$1452.00$1375.0094.3%29.2%99.0%35.0%100.6%-9.7%-0.5%19.1M-1.17B-3.1M0.3514.29N/AN/A6,2582,19716,1928,612
2022-11-03$1545.75$1150.0093.8%27.6%100.6%33.9%96.5%-8.2%-0.3%22.7M-1.52B-3.1M0.392.98N/AN/A5,3012,07717,0539,084
2022-11-04$1496.25$1175.0091.1%27.0%92.8%30.8%95.0%-9.3%-0.4%29.9M-1.32B-3.1M0.404.49N/AN/A6,4982,62317,4169,513
2022-11-07$1437.75$1175.0090.6%27.0%93.7%30.5%96.6%-9.7%3.9%11.2M-907.4M-2.9M0.653.22N/AN/A2,3771,53314,3598,294
2022-11-08$1395.50$1175.0092.8%27.5%92.0%32.2%100.8%-11.1%2.9%10.0M-783.5M-2.9M0.494.79N/AN/A4,7922,35015,0048,892
2022-11-09$1501.75$1200.0095.0%28.3%96.2%33.9%100.8%-10.8%3.6%15.5M-1.15B-3.2M0.443.95N/AN/A3,4641,52016,2719,705
2022-11-10$1190.75$1225.0087.6%26.3%124.8%28.1%95.9%-11.4%4.5%1.9M-201.3M-2.6M0.293.14N/AN/A9,2812,70716,9009,955
2022-11-11$1108.00$1200.0084.2%25.1%121.5%25.4%91.7%-11.4%5.3%2.6M-60.7M-2.5M0.402.87N/AN/A8,7733,48919,26410,321
2022-11-14$1125.00$1200.0087.1%25.4%117.4%27.8%93.1%-15.6%0.3%7.2M-282.6M-2.6M0.492.68N/AN/A5,0162,43516,9149,181
2022-11-15$1091.25$1175.0087.7%25.3%117.6%28.2%94.0%-17.9%1.0%7.1M-226.7M-2.5M0.2310.22N/AN/A7,8391,82717,7859,746
2022-11-16$1137.50$1175.0087.5%25.1%118.7%28.0%92.9%-16.7%-0.6%14.2M-422.3M-2.8M0.322.82N/AN/A4,7151,50219,3349,887
2022-11-17$1155.00$1175.0088.1%25.3%118.8%28.5%92.6%-15.2%0.3%16.6M-468.3M-2.8M0.283.03N/AN/A5,9031,63119,63310,102
2022-11-18$1143.25$1150.0086.4%24.8%116.2%27.2%89.7%-14.1%0.3%20.9M-449.2M-2.8M0.322.83N/AN/A6,5462,09720,56010,156
2022-11-21$1181.25$1150.0085.8%24.8%116.6%26.7%88.6%-14.0%-2.1%13.1M-536.9M-2.8M0.392.77N/AN/A3,5821,41416,1328,688
2022-11-22$1135.25$1150.0081.2%23.3%115.5%23.1%85.6%-14.3%-2.2%12.0M-411.4M-2.7M0.453.03N/AN/A3,5211,57617,0249,061
2022-11-23$1103.75$1125.0078.3%22.5%113.4%20.8%82.2%-14.9%-1.6%9.1M-326.7M-2.6M0.344.12N/AN/A5,8041,95017,6219,255
2022-11-25$1118.50$1125.0078.8%22.8%111.3%21.3%82.8%-15.9%-1.7%13.4M-440.1M-2.7M0.492.28N/AN/A1,55376219,2609,162
2022-11-28$1175.00$1125.0083.2%25.6%109.2%24.7%90.6%-15.8%0.2%10.6M-372.2M-2.8M0.272.53N/AN/A3,8111,03614,3106,709
2022-11-29$1202.00$1125.0083.7%26.2%109.0%25.1%91.8%-13.8%-0.4%14.2M-477.0M-2.9M0.232.85N/AN/A2,75664515,2957,132
2022-11-30$1054.00$1125.0077.8%24.7%117.0%20.5%91.1%-12.4%0.0%6.0M-50.6M-2.5M0.332.53N/AN/A5,4731,82116,0287,311