SQQQ Options History — October 2024

In October 2024, SQQQ traded between $171.75 and $193.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.5%, placing in the 32.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 17.8% (HV 20d: 44.7%). Max pain ranged from $175.00 to $175.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2024-10-01: Highest Volume — 13,727 contracts
  • 2024-10-23: Largest IV spike — 11.4% change
  • 2024-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 43.2%
  • 2024-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 22.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$182.03$171.75$193.75$192.75$187.75
Max Pain$175.00$175.00$175.00$175.00$175.00
ATM IV62.5%57.3%71.0%57.8%71.0%
Expected Move18.3%16.1%22.6%16.4%22.6%
HV 20d44.7%39.2%51.3%51.0%49.1%
HV 60d64.8%52.9%70.1%69.8%54.1%
IV Rank32.2%25.4%43.2%26.1%43.2%
IV Percentile82.3%69.4%95.2%71.4%95.2%
Term Structure0.7%-16.7%7.7%7.4%-1.7%
VWIV69.5%63.5%81.9%64.1%81.9%
Skew 25d-24.1%-48.7%-18.1%-21.3%-22.4%
Skew 10d-43.9%-63.5%-26.2%-36.9%-27.4%
Call IV 25d78.6%70.6%89.0%74.1%86.8%
Put IV 25d54.5%28.3%64.3%52.8%64.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.906.6342.4910.4942.49
Gamma HHI0.200.150.330.190.20
Net GEX6.9M4.7M10.9M7.7M8.3M
Net DEX-140.1M-227.1M-87.9M-172.3M-227.1M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.2M-931.3K-1.1M-1.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.100.230.130.18
Total Volume7,003.0873,72613,72713,72713,527
Total OI52,244.04347,79257,69749,27353,099

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-10-01$192.75$175.0057.8%16.4%51.0%26.1%64.1%-21.3%7.4%7.7M-172.3M-1.1M0.1310.49N/AN/A12,1741,55341,3097,964
2024-10-02$190.75$175.0057.6%16.1%50.9%25.8%63.9%-20.7%7.4%7.9M-163.7M-1.1M0.1110.78N/AN/A5,42561242,3898,409
2024-10-03$193.75$175.0061.2%20.2%51.3%30.4%70.9%-20.2%7.0%9.3M-193.5M-1.2M0.128.75N/AN/A5,53269043,8558,498
2024-10-04$186.50$175.0060.3%17.2%44.4%29.4%70.9%-19.4%7.7%10.9M-120.6M-1.0M0.237.59N/AN/A7,3001,65744,5788,646
2024-10-07$192.75$175.0067.0%20.6%47.0%38.0%74.5%-26.3%3.2%7.1M-167.7M-1.1M0.147.28N/AN/A5,02069241,2197,991
2024-10-08$183.25$175.0067.0%17.3%48.5%38.0%66.5%-25.1%-7.6%5.8M-116.9M-1.0M0.157.43N/AN/A6,21892341,9498,246
2024-10-09$179.25$175.0062.8%17.6%45.7%32.5%68.9%-22.9%-1.2%5.8M-108.0M-991.2K0.186.63N/AN/A4,89589144,8918,383
2024-10-10$180.25$175.0063.1%17.8%44.2%32.9%72.1%-22.7%-1.2%7.1M-117.8M-1.0M0.107.76N/AN/A5,65655847,6858,649
2024-10-11$178.50$175.0061.7%17.4%44.2%31.1%66.6%-22.1%-1.4%5.1M-119.4M-1.0M0.159.81N/AN/A4,75373248,7818,671
2024-10-14$174.00$175.0062.0%17.5%43.8%31.5%65.7%-25.1%2.1%4.7M-87.9M-931.3K0.167.73N/AN/A5,34684942,8098,173
2024-10-15$182.75$175.0062.4%17.6%48.2%32.0%67.9%-22.2%5.0%7.2M-149.5M-1.0M0.147.76N/AN/A7,5901,06144,8738,557
2024-10-16$182.25$175.0060.3%17.3%48.1%29.3%70.0%-24.4%5.7%7.3M-142.2M-1.0M0.1710.86N/AN/A4,38476345,9408,889
2024-10-17$181.25$175.0058.6%16.7%39.4%27.1%67.2%-21.7%0.8%7.1M-136.5M-1.0M0.1211.33N/AN/A5,31065446,5078,994
2024-10-18$178.50$175.0057.3%16.3%39.3%25.4%65.4%-18.1%0.7%5.6M-129.5M-998.0K0.1310.88N/AN/A5,22769448,7238,974
2024-10-21$178.50$175.0059.4%17.1%39.3%28.1%63.5%-20.8%-0.1%6.5M-124.2M-973.1K0.1415.46N/AN/A3,83552940,0547,738
2024-10-22$176.50$175.0061.0%17.6%39.2%30.2%66.6%-20.9%3.7%6.4M-113.4M-958.4K0.1220.76N/AN/A4,87958141,3267,885
2024-10-23$185.25$175.0068.0%19.7%42.7%39.3%71.1%-21.9%-4.7%9.4M-187.4M-1.0M0.1522.58N/AN/A8,8071,30343,4718,062
2024-10-24$180.50$175.0061.4%18.1%42.8%30.7%71.9%-22.2%-16.7%7.2M-141.0M-1.0M0.2123.14N/AN/A4,07085843,0998,444
2024-10-25$177.00$175.0064.2%18.7%42.5%34.4%70.7%-22.4%-4.3%5.8M-126.2M-984.0K0.1830.40N/AN/A9,2631,67744,7878,464
2024-10-28$177.00$175.0063.7%19.3%42.5%33.7%72.2%-37.8%7.3%5.5M-128.7M-1.0M0.1622.45N/AN/A3,20951741,0697,922
2024-10-29$171.75$175.0065.5%20.5%41.8%36.1%75.1%-48.7%-1.1%4.8M-107.9M-981.5K0.1632.53N/AN/A4,59073441,8918,057
2024-10-30$176.00$175.0064.8%20.0%43.1%35.1%72.3%-25.4%-1.8%6.0M-140.9M-1.0M0.1330.80N/AN/A4,90662743,4108,283
2024-10-31$187.75$175.0071.0%22.6%49.1%43.2%81.9%-22.4%-1.7%8.3M-227.1M-1.2M0.1842.49N/AN/A11,5022,02544,5968,503