SQQQ Options History — March 2026

In March 2026, SQQQ traded between $69.25 and $90.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 79.6%, placing in the 34.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 25.0% (HV 20d: 54.6%). Max pain ranged from $66.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.36.

Notable Days

  • 2026-03-27: Highest Volume — 106,938 contracts
  • 2026-03-17: Largest IV drop — 20.0% change
  • 2026-03-27: Highest IV Rank — 47.9%
  • 2026-03-27: Largest Expected Move — 27.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$75.99$69.25$90.03$70.72$80.47
Max Pain$68.20$66.00$70.00$69.00$70.00
ATM IV79.6%68.2%96.4%73.2%75.5%
Expected Move22.6%17.1%27.4%20.4%21.7%
HV 20d54.6%47.2%72.1%56.8%72.1%
HV 60d49.3%46.3%57.6%46.3%57.6%
IV Rank34.3%25.0%47.9%29.1%31.0%
IV Percentile87.4%71.4%94.8%81.3%84.1%
Term Structure-1.1%-5.6%2.7%-5.6%-0.7%
VWIV81.3%71.2%92.7%80.7%77.7%
Skew 25d-31.3%-39.0%-24.3%-30.9%-31.5%
Skew 10d-52.7%-67.1%-38.1%-57.1%-64.3%
Call IV 25d97.8%85.4%109.7%85.8%93.0%
Put IV 25d66.5%54.0%84.2%54.9%61.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.9912.4328.1023.2628.10
Gamma HHI0.070.050.170.060.06
Net GEX11.5M3.8M24.9M4.8M8.9M
Net DEX-364.9M-781.6M-107.3M-155.6M-296.4M
Net VEX-1.5M-1.7M-1.2M-1.2M-1.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.360.200.570.340.37
Total Volume64,023.1530,262106,93842,00268,811
Total OI211,569.7135,514249,706135,514201,760

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-03-02$70.72$69.0073.2%20.4%56.8%29.1%80.7%-30.9%-5.6%4.8M-155.6M-1.2M0.3423.26N/AN/A31,32510,67785,96649,548
2026-03-03$72.69$69.0074.3%21.9%56.6%30.0%78.7%-32.6%-2.1%6.4M-231.5M-1.3M0.3225.02N/AN/A46,82114,82096,05056,134
2026-03-04$69.25$69.0068.8%19.0%57.0%25.5%86.5%-31.4%1.3%3.8M-107.3M-1.3M0.2021.58N/AN/A67,47813,721106,61660,954
2026-03-05$70.97$66.0078.8%21.3%55.9%33.6%77.6%-35.0%-4.6%10.8M-242.5M-1.4M0.2916.63N/AN/A50,04014,562151,16867,569
2026-03-06$73.31$67.0085.0%23.5%53.8%38.7%80.0%-38.7%-2.3%24.9M-368.0M-1.5M0.3019.59N/AN/A66,87320,095155,15370,660
2026-03-09$70.78$67.0079.3%22.3%49.3%34.1%76.4%-39.0%-2.2%7.6M-225.2M-1.4M0.3622.18N/AN/A53,93819,355136,27857,622
2026-03-10$70.55$67.0074.8%21.4%48.4%30.4%79.6%-31.0%0.1%7.6M-202.1M-1.5M0.2914.92N/AN/A43,25512,451149,37067,519
2026-03-11$70.73$67.0075.6%22.3%48.2%31.0%80.7%-33.2%1.5%9.6M-233.9M-1.5M0.2815.71N/AN/A29,5288,387161,76972,802
2026-03-12$74.09$67.0082.5%26.9%50.6%36.7%77.6%-32.9%0.0%19.3M-447.8M-1.5M0.3712.43N/AN/A40,47214,878167,91173,830
2026-03-13$76.09$67.0085.1%17.1%47.2%38.8%82.4%-25.7%2.1%22.0M-564.1M-1.5M0.3313.26N/AN/A52,34017,309170,80878,898
2026-03-17$72.15$67.0068.2%19.7%51.1%25.0%71.2%-31.5%-0.4%7.2M-207.2M-1.4M0.3314.28N/AN/A22,7497,513144,82371,408
2026-03-18$74.97$67.0077.1%22.7%52.9%32.3%77.6%-29.4%-1.3%10.9M-353.1M-1.4M0.3725.63N/AN/A34,04512,496152,21974,574
2026-03-19$75.88$67.0074.9%21.8%52.3%30.5%82.1%-29.7%-0.4%13.6M-408.4M-1.4M0.5722.96N/AN/A37,98021,525157,17577,955
2026-03-20$80.94$68.0087.2%25.8%56.6%40.5%88.1%-31.1%-4.4%13.0M-624.4M-1.4M0.4922.25N/AN/A70,09634,682159,46681,567
2026-03-24$79.07$70.0079.8%22.3%56.1%34.5%84.2%-31.3%2.7%11.3M-382.6M-1.5M0.2918.96N/AN/A46,37413,542133,20670,034
2026-03-25$77.23$70.0077.2%22.7%55.5%32.3%79.5%-33.2%-2.1%10.4M-275.1M-1.6M0.3425.29N/AN/A33,02111,317141,38376,014
2026-03-26$82.31$70.0085.5%24.9%57.4%39.1%82.2%-28.3%-1.7%17.2M-571.0M-1.6M0.5117.89N/AN/A42,67221,947152,92178,977
2026-03-27$87.66$70.0096.4%27.4%57.5%47.9%91.4%-25.6%0.5%10.9M-781.6M-1.6M0.4019.15N/AN/A76,20530,733156,01086,099
2026-03-30$90.03$70.0092.0%27.1%57.0%44.3%92.7%-24.3%-2.3%10.6M-620.5M-1.6M0.4520.65N/AN/A45,87120,559111,36867,810
2026-03-31$80.47$70.0075.5%21.7%72.1%31.0%77.7%-31.5%-0.7%8.9M-296.4M-1.7M0.3728.10N/AN/A50,15718,654121,94679,814