CQP Options History — October 2009

In October 2009, CQP traded between $9.27 and $13.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.4%, placing in the 10.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.5% (HV 20d: 46.9%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2009-10-28: Highest Volume — 7,114 contracts
  • 2009-10-14: Largest IV spike — 72.4% change
  • 2009-10-30: Highest IV Rank — 34.6%
  • 2009-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 18.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.15$9.27$13.30$9.50$10.68
Max Pain$8.57$7.50$12.50$10.00$12.50
ATM IV40.4%29.1%73.1%33.3%64.4%
Expected Move12.6%9.5%18.5%9.5%18.5%
HV 20d46.9%34.1%65.6%49.5%65.6%
HV 60d43.1%40.1%49.1%42.4%49.1%
IV Rank10.2%0.6%34.6%3.5%34.6%
IV Percentile12.2%0.4%54.0%0.8%49.6%
Term Structure0.5%-7.5%17.7%17.7%-5.4%
VWIV52.8%36.7%96.9%47.2%64.4%
Skew 25d14.2%-2.4%21.6%19.6%16.0%
Skew 10d24.1%-8.0%37.9%27.4%35.3%
Call IV 25d38.0%28.4%48.6%28.4%48.6%
Put IV 25d52.2%39.6%64.6%47.9%64.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %70.3729.5294.8683.3382.38
Gamma HHI0.590.331.000.500.38
Net GEX6.2K1.5K10.2K4.4K1.9K
Net DEX-786.0K-1.4M-193.0K-388.2K-193.0K
Net VEX-1.5K-2.2K-842-1.4K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.004.831.000.30
Total Volume449.09547,11420189
Total OI1,606.7141,3652,1471,3651,579

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-10-01$9.50$10.0033.3%9.5%49.5%3.5%0.0%0.0%17.7%4.4K-388.2K-1.4K1.0083.331010857508
2009-10-02$9.27$10.0033.4%9.6%50.5%3.5%0.0%0.0%11.0%4.5K-327.1K-1.4K0.0781.71302862516
2009-10-05$9.50$7.5036.5%13.4%50.1%5.6%47.2%0.0%-5.3%4.6K-399.4K-1.5K0.3694.865620892516
2009-10-06$9.50$7.5031.8%13.5%50.2%2.4%0.0%0.0%-3.5%5.2K-430.5K-1.5K0.0090.92020942516
2009-10-07$9.68$7.5029.1%13.3%50.4%0.6%0.0%0.0%-2.5%4.3K-451.5K-1.6K0.5082.512010942536
2009-10-08$10.26$7.5035.1%14.4%53.7%4.7%0.0%0.0%-2.1%4.1K-599.6K-1.6K0.0085.051120942536
2009-10-09$10.24$7.5040.2%14.1%34.2%8.1%0.0%0.0%-0.5%5.1K-630.9K-1.6K0.0085.2840982536
2009-10-12$10.48$7.5033.3%14.8%34.7%3.4%0.0%0.0%-2.2%6.2K-697.9K-1.5K0.0083.9060982536
2009-10-13$10.42$7.5042.4%14.2%34.1%9.6%0.0%0.0%-4.7%5.9K-691.6K-1.5K3.5085.921035988536
2009-10-14$10.93$7.5073.1%15.3%37.5%30.2%58.8%0.0%-7.5%6.8K-821.7K-1.3K0.0087.1240993568
2009-10-15$11.95$7.5037.4%10.7%47.1%8.5%37.6%0.0%-0.8%8.6K-1.0M-8420.0274.401032993568
2009-10-19$11.98$7.5040.4%11.6%45.0%11.7%40.3%0.0%2.1%8.1K-1.0M-1.0K4.8352.4712581,028452
2009-10-20$11.94$7.5033.6%9.6%45.3%5.2%84.4%0.0%-3.1%7.1K-1.0M-1.1K0.1051.11123121,040495
2009-10-21$12.20$7.5035.9%10.3%44.7%7.3%36.7%0.0%1.1%8.6K-1.2M-1.1K0.4448.8390401,160490
2009-10-22$12.52$7.5042.1%12.1%44.4%13.3%55.3%0.0%-0.1%9.0K-1.3M-9960.5841.503552071,207490
2009-10-23$12.95$7.5040.4%11.6%44.8%11.6%40.4%19.6%2.6%9.7K-1.3M-1.7K0.3129.5281251,260624
2009-10-26$13.30$10.0042.5%12.2%44.4%13.7%42.8%16.0%3.1%10.2K-1.4M-1.9K0.5942.321801061,320649
2009-10-27$13.07$10.0039.7%11.4%46.0%11.0%39.6%-2.4%7.6%7.9K-1.3M-2.2K0.4765.93134631,392755
2009-10-28$12.39$10.0045.2%12.9%51.1%16.2%96.9%21.6%2.6%6.2K-964.5K-2.2K0.0171.927,020941,253758
2009-10-29$11.38$12.5038.4%11.0%61.6%9.8%42.1%14.4%1.1%1.5K-237.9K-2.2K0.7956.7610583768774
2009-10-30$10.68$12.5064.4%18.5%65.6%34.6%64.4%16.0%-5.4%1.9K-193.0K-2.2K0.3082.3814544839740