CNP Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, CNP traded between $13.95 and $14.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.7%, placing in the 14.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.4% (HV 20d: 14.4%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-19: Highest Volume — 532 contracts
  • 2010-01-05: Largest IV spike — 54.0% change
  • 2010-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 25.3%
  • 2010-01-28: Largest Expected Move — 7.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.39$13.95$14.86$14.52$13.95
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV20.7%12.0%27.7%12.0%25.8%
Expected Move5.3%4.2%7.6%4.4%7.4%
HV 20d14.4%11.3%17.1%14.1%17.1%
HV 60d17.1%16.4%17.9%16.9%17.9%
IV Rank14.3%0.7%25.3%0.7%22.2%
IV Percentile29.0%0.8%62.3%0.8%59.9%
Term Structure-1.0%-15.5%4.0%3.2%-9.9%
VWIV24.7%13.0%55.5%19.0%55.5%
Skew 25d9.0%0.3%17.0%10.0%0.3%
Skew 10d14.2%1.0%29.0%13.6%8.4%
Call IV 25d19.8%12.8%32.4%16.3%32.4%
Put IV 25d28.8%18.2%35.0%26.3%32.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.677.7637.1626.1810.71
Gamma HHI0.880.830.950.940.83
Net GEX300.0K205.5K522.7K459.4K205.5K
Net DEX-3.8M-6.3M-2.7M-6.3M-2.7M
Net VEX-17.5K-26.5K-12.7K-26.5K-17.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.001.680.020.94
Total Volume229.68438532213483
Total OI14,108.21112,64218,12718,12713,556

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$14.52$12.5012.0%4.4%14.1%0.7%19.0%10.0%3.2%459.4K-6.3M-26.5K0.0226.18N/AN/A208510,7077,420
2010-01-05$14.41$12.5018.5%4.2%14.4%10.8%22.1%7.5%4.0%238.4K-3.5M-18.5K0.7025.33N/AN/A1591126,8847,425
2010-01-06$14.27$12.5018.8%4.6%14.9%11.4%0.0%10.0%2.0%230.7K-3.2M-18.4K0.0024.31N/AN/A6507,0027,470
2010-01-07$14.41$12.5023.5%4.5%15.1%18.6%19.2%7.5%3.0%286.7K-3.1M-15.4K0.6737.16N/AN/A104707,0057,470
2010-01-08$14.24$12.5022.4%4.4%15.9%16.9%13.0%10.4%1.9%212.9K-3.2M-18.3K1.6823.83N/AN/A681146,9637,531
2010-01-11$14.34$12.5023.6%4.4%15.9%18.8%18.0%8.2%1.1%230.8K-3.3M-17.5K0.127.76N/AN/A3446,9907,535
2010-01-12$14.43$12.5023.6%4.7%11.3%18.8%19.2%8.1%2.0%277.1K-3.8M-17.3K0.2718.16N/AN/A254696,9907,535
2010-01-13$14.55$12.5027.7%5.3%11.3%25.3%19.8%9.9%1.9%336.6K-3.5M-15.9K0.0713.09N/AN/A7557,0727,570
2010-01-14$14.62$12.5018.9%5.4%11.4%11.5%20.2%12.0%-0.6%358.3K-3.8M-16.4K0.0031.39N/AN/A8507,0917,565
2010-01-15$14.61$12.5017.3%5.0%11.3%8.9%17.6%13.9%3.0%403.0K-4.1M-12.7K1.0026.57N/AN/A50507,1367,565
2010-01-19$14.82$12.5016.6%4.8%11.8%7.9%16.8%0.5%1.4%496.3K-4.5M-16.6K0.1612.94N/AN/A457757,0675,575
2010-01-20$14.86$12.5017.1%4.9%11.7%8.6%17.1%17.0%1.0%522.7K-5.0M-14.3K0.6635.15N/AN/A106707,3655,580
2010-01-21$14.56$12.5018.1%5.2%13.7%10.3%23.8%12.8%-2.0%238.1K-4.3M-18.8K0.2028.66N/AN/A353707,4385,621
2010-01-22$14.20$12.5019.7%5.6%16.2%12.7%25.1%9.8%-3.6%294.9K-3.2M-16.0K0.0136.89N/AN/A23037,5815,621
2010-01-25$14.33$12.5018.3%5.3%16.6%10.6%0.0%6.7%-1.6%245.5K-3.9M-18.1K0.1324.54N/AN/A413557,6455,624
2010-01-26$14.20$12.5021.0%6.0%16.7%14.8%45.9%9.7%-2.7%233.6K-3.6M-18.3K0.7010.11N/AN/A2101487,7945,623
2010-01-27$14.08$12.5024.6%7.1%16.8%20.4%43.6%11.7%-15.5%217.2K-3.0M-18.0K0.778.60N/AN/A44347,8485,671
2010-01-28$14.10$12.5026.4%7.6%16.8%23.1%55.5%4.3%-8.1%212.0K-3.1M-18.5K0.1429.39N/AN/A72107,8465,675
2010-01-29$13.95$12.5025.8%7.4%17.1%22.2%0.0%0.3%-9.9%205.5K-2.7M-17.5K0.9410.71N/AN/A2492347,8715,685