CQP Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, CQP traded between $4.32 and $6.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 84.5%, placing in the 39.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 23.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 37.1% (HV 20d: 121.6%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.37.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-28: Highest Volume — 545 contracts
  • 2009-01-22: Largest IV drop — 32.8% change
  • 2009-01-16: Highest IV Rank — 53.2%
  • 2009-01-16: Largest Expected Move — 30.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.20$4.32$6.94$4.70$5.39
Max Pain$4.88$2.50$5.00$2.50$5.00
ATM IV84.5%66.6%105.4%84.3%89.0%
Expected Move23.4%19.1%30.2%24.2%25.5%
HV 20d121.6%102.3%162.7%104.8%162.7%
HV 60d111.3%100.2%120.2%118.7%120.2%
IV Rank39.5%27.7%53.2%40.2%42.4%
IV Percentile63.1%26.6%84.1%67.5%74.2%
Term Structure9.7%-15.2%29.5%-1.3%-0.2%
VWIV113.7%88.1%217.4%91.3%217.4%
Skew 25d20.1%-17.8%57.6%36.1%14.6%
Skew 10d34.6%11.4%66.3%45.8%54.3%
Call IV 25d82.5%51.0%104.8%70.5%78.1%
Put IV 25d102.6%81.0%123.7%106.6%92.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %77.7234.0297.7252.0334.02
Gamma HHI0.420.270.620.450.35
Net GEX897-5532.1K794-553
Net DEX-25.6K-158.0K36.0K-22.8K27.9K
Net VEX-614-698-464-622-690
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.370.003.000.001.33
Total Volume48.6505454035
Total OI1,010.759211,068921960

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$4.70$2.5084.3%24.2%104.8%40.2%0.0%36.1%-1.3%794-22.8K-6220.0052.03040436485
2009-01-05$4.82$5.0083.4%21.4%104.0%38.8%91.3%-2.9%11.9%892-7.8K-5970.0089.5850436515
2009-01-06$5.06$5.0096.5%22.8%103.8%47.4%0.0%3.4%9.1%804-18.5K-6550.0086.37400440515
2009-01-07$4.85$5.0076.5%21.7%105.3%34.2%88.4%-5.2%16.8%1.3K-14.9K-6270.2589.66205480515
2009-01-08$4.79$5.0087.8%22.2%105.2%41.6%0.0%43.3%13.6%1.2K-6.3K-6313.0087.521030500517
2009-01-09$4.95$5.0074.3%21.3%105.7%32.7%0.0%26.8%16.0%2.0K-26.0K-5330.0086.4530510547
2009-01-12$4.99$5.0089.4%21.9%103.6%42.7%90.3%57.6%13.5%1.8K-19.9K-6640.0089.3450510547
2009-01-13$4.81$5.0070.7%19.9%104.5%30.4%0.0%28.2%26.9%2.1K-35.0K-6590.0091.2200515547
2009-01-14$4.75$5.0080.0%20.5%104.6%36.5%0.0%-17.8%27.0%2.0K-13.4K-6160.0088.98200515547
2009-01-15$4.35$5.0091.3%26.2%106.8%43.9%0.0%33.1%12.9%108-15.5K-5440.0097.72060495547
2009-01-16$4.32$5.00105.4%30.2%106.6%53.2%0.0%31.2%-15.2%-18824.2K-5730.0096.02130495547
2009-01-20$4.38$5.0079.1%22.7%102.3%35.9%0.0%6.8%16.7%6736.0K-4640.3096.02103428547
2009-01-21$5.70$5.0099.2%28.4%138.7%49.1%113.8%-0.2%-1.4%747-36.1K-5460.4367.164720428547
2009-01-22$5.24$5.0066.6%19.1%142.9%27.7%0.0%-0.8%29.5%443-17.1K-6520.0065.6900473557
2009-01-23$5.50$5.0087.3%25.0%141.2%41.2%106.4%1.7%-0.5%933-29.6K-5720.0061.1210473557
2009-01-26$6.06$5.00102.8%29.5%143.0%51.5%0.0%28.9%0.4%997-63.5K-6130.0074.0540474557
2009-01-27$6.50$5.0084.5%24.2%143.9%39.4%88.1%53.0%-6.5%1.1K-115.3K-6330.1187.68384478557
2009-01-28$6.94$5.0067.5%19.3%143.0%28.2%217.4%43.7%-1.0%1.4K-158.0K-6820.0757.2151134507561
2009-01-29$5.80$5.0073.9%21.2%159.5%32.4%0.0%14.6%25.9%106-641-6980.0056.50015362588
2009-01-30$5.39$5.0089.0%25.5%162.7%42.4%0.0%0.0%-0.2%-55327.9K-6901.3334.021520362598