CQP Options History — November 2007

In November 2007, CQP traded between $16.78 and $18.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.5%, placing in the 15.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.3% (HV 20d: 20.2%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.13.

Notable Days

  • 2007-11-20: Highest Volume — 77 contracts
  • 2007-11-08: Largest IV spike — 429.7% change
  • 2007-11-08: Highest IV Rank — 85.4%
  • 2007-11-08: Largest Expected Move — 13.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.45$16.78$18.79$18.79$17.15
Max Pain$19.76$17.50$20.00$17.50$20.00
ATM IV33.5%20.4%126.2%21.4%27.3%
Expected Move8.3%5.9%13.9%6.1%7.8%
HV 20d20.2%13.1%24.3%22.7%15.0%
HV 60d23.2%20.4%25.7%25.7%20.4%
IV Rank15.0%5.1%85.4%5.8%10.3%
IV Percentile44.8%8.1%97.9%12.1%39.1%
Term Structure-1.2%-10.0%5.3%5.3%-0.1%
VWIV41.0%25.8%56.3%25.8%56.3%
Skew 25d1.3%-9.1%26.2%2.6%0.5%
Skew 10d-0.7%-14.5%13.0%4.6%-1.0%
Call IV 25d30.7%15.6%55.6%23.7%29.9%
Put IV 25d31.9%23.7%81.8%26.4%30.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.2346.20152.1997.4497.86
Gamma HHI0.520.340.680.450.54
Net GEX-1.2K-6.2K2.2K3642.0K
Net DEX1.7M928.1K2.1M1.3M1.7M
Net VEX-4.0K-7.3K-1.3K-6.7K-2.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.130.000.500.000.00
Total Volume12.76207700
Total OI2,894.8572,4533,0453,0232,643

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-11-01$18.79$17.5021.4%6.1%22.7%5.8%0.0%2.6%5.3%3641.3M-6.7K0.0097.44001,4421,581
2007-11-02$18.44$17.5022.8%6.5%23.9%6.9%0.0%12.0%-5.5%-4921.3M-6.7K0.0069.34001,4421,581
2007-11-05$18.40$20.0022.6%8.1%24.0%6.8%0.0%2.9%-2.6%1751.5M-6.0K0.0046.200201,4421,581
2007-11-06$18.33$20.0045.6%9.6%23.2%24.2%0.0%3.4%-10.0%-1.2K1.5M-6.4K0.0059.243001,4421,601
2007-11-07$18.15$20.0023.8%7.9%23.5%7.7%0.0%8.7%0.1%-2.2K1.7M-5.3K0.0073.42001,4241,601
2007-11-08$18.02$20.00126.2%13.9%23.5%85.4%0.0%-4.1%1.8%-6.2K928.1K-7.3K0.20143.40511,4241,601
2007-11-09$17.64$20.0031.4%8.2%24.3%13.4%0.0%-2.2%0.3%-2.5K1.8M-5.0K0.0092.84201,4241,601
2007-11-12$17.50$20.0031.2%7.8%20.9%13.3%0.0%-5.6%0.3%-5.0K2.0M-4.0K0.5065.4020101,4241,601
2007-11-13$17.28$20.0032.1%7.6%21.2%13.9%0.0%-3.9%0.8%-5.0K2.1M-3.6K0.0097.15031,4341,611
2007-11-14$17.18$20.0032.2%8.0%21.1%14.0%0.0%-7.1%-1.3%-5.1K2.0M-3.5K0.0065.52051,4341,539
2007-11-15$17.21$20.0029.1%8.3%20.5%11.7%0.0%-7.8%-1.5%-5.0K2.0M-3.5K0.0090.52001,4341,534
2007-11-16$17.00$20.0026.9%7.7%20.7%10.0%0.0%-9.1%0.9%-2.0K2.1M-3.0K0.0074.210101,4341,534
2007-11-19$16.84$20.0042.1%12.1%20.8%21.6%0.0%26.2%-8.5%1.3K1.5M-4.6K0.00152.19001,4241,437
2007-11-20$16.96$20.0027.7%7.9%21.2%10.6%25.8%-0.8%0.2%2.2K2.0M-2.7K0.2075.3764131,4241,437
2007-11-21$16.84$20.0028.6%8.2%20.0%11.3%0.0%-3.5%-0.3%1.8K2.0M-2.6K0.00102.55001,3701,432
2007-11-23$17.01$20.0032.9%9.4%20.7%14.6%0.0%7.9%-6.7%1.5K1.9M-2.8K0.00126.39001,3701,432
2007-11-26$16.94$20.0028.4%8.1%16.1%11.1%0.0%-1.3%-0.1%1.7K2.0M-2.5K0.0084.671001,3701,432
2007-11-27$16.78$20.0022.4%6.4%13.1%6.6%56.3%7.9%2.7%1.6K2.0M-2.2K0.00123.630201,3701,432
2007-11-28$17.00$20.0028.1%8.1%14.1%11.0%0.0%-1.4%-0.0%1.4K1.7M-2.3K0.0087.985501,3701,230
2007-11-29$16.94$20.0020.4%5.9%13.9%5.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-3.6K1.8M-1.3K0.00132.44001,2331,220
2007-11-30$17.15$20.0027.3%7.8%15.0%10.3%0.0%0.5%-0.1%2.0K1.7M-2.5K0.0097.86001,4131,230