CQP Options History — November 2009

In November 2009, CQP traded between $10.38 and $12.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.2%, placing in the 15.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 19.7% (HV 20d: 63.9%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.26.

Notable Days

  • 2009-11-12: Highest Volume — 541 contracts
  • 2009-11-23: Largest IV spike — 34.1% change
  • 2009-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 37.2%
  • 2009-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 19.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.66$10.38$12.48$10.38$11.21
Max Pain$9.75$7.50$12.50$12.50$10.00
ATM IV44.2%29.4%67.2%67.2%38.9%
Expected Move12.8%8.4%19.3%19.3%11.1%
HV 20d63.9%53.0%70.4%65.9%53.8%
HV 60d52.4%49.5%55.9%49.5%55.9%
IV Rank15.3%1.1%37.2%37.2%10.2%
IV Percentile20.4%0.8%53.6%53.6%12.3%
Term Structure1.6%-10.0%16.7%-10.0%8.6%
VWIV44.3%33.3%67.1%67.1%36.0%
Skew 25d10.6%-7.8%35.8%1.2%10.2%
Skew 10d18.7%-10.9%54.0%3.1%14.1%
Call IV 25d39.9%28.0%52.7%52.7%34.5%
Put IV 25d50.5%30.3%71.8%53.9%44.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.0627.3590.2179.1670.12
Gamma HHI0.630.510.810.510.57
Net GEX19.7K2.8K41.0K2.8K21.8K
Net DEX-623.7K-1.0M-187.1K-187.1K-569.8K
Net VEX-3.6K-4.7K-2.1K-2.1K-4.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.260.001.670.560.26
Total Volume155.9535418667
Total OI2,437.951,6203,0811,6202,923

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-11-02$10.38$12.5067.2%19.3%65.9%37.2%67.1%1.2%-10.0%2.8K-187.1K-2.1K0.5679.165531889731
2009-11-03$10.83$12.5055.8%16.0%66.9%26.4%51.4%9.3%4.3%3.9K-257.2K-2.3K0.7276.736446939749
2009-11-04$10.50$12.5061.0%17.5%68.2%31.3%61.1%17.5%-5.0%3.6K-246.9K-2.3K0.0083.96450987778
2009-11-05$11.10$10.0051.7%14.8%70.4%22.4%0.0%8.2%11.1%4.3K-349.1K-2.2K0.0690.21171101,018778
2009-11-06$11.72$7.5048.7%13.7%70.0%19.6%44.2%8.3%-3.1%9.6K-537.8K-2.6K0.2074.10130261,139788
2009-11-09$12.05$7.5045.7%14.0%70.3%16.7%48.7%16.4%-0.6%11.1K-653.4K-2.8K0.0468.9911451,168798
2009-11-10$12.12$7.5044.6%13.8%70.1%15.6%52.8%15.7%0.0%13.0K-689.4K-2.7K1.6775.456101,186796
2009-11-11$12.21$7.5038.4%12.3%69.9%9.8%42.8%12.9%0.7%14.6K-697.1K-2.7K0.1569.94447691,190804
2009-11-12$12.48$7.5043.6%12.5%68.6%14.7%43.6%17.5%0.9%29.1K-941.0K-3.2K0.1065.59494471,502871
2009-11-13$12.29$10.0039.6%11.4%61.6%10.9%39.0%35.8%3.7%30.7K-840.3K-4.0K0.0176.2618311,707900
2009-11-16$12.42$10.0040.1%11.5%61.6%11.4%40.1%6.8%0.6%35.5K-1.0M-4.3K0.2567.48264651,802901
2009-11-17$12.24$10.0041.4%11.9%61.9%12.6%41.4%15.1%-0.9%41.0K-864.4K-4.7K0.1983.1595181,917961
2009-11-18$11.95$10.0041.3%11.8%62.0%12.5%0.0%-1.1%0.2%32.5K-755.7K-4.7K0.7585.3720151,991979
2009-11-19$11.65$10.0044.7%12.8%61.7%15.7%45.1%7.5%-3.8%17.9K-536.7K-4.4K0.0859.337162,011994
2009-11-20$11.56$10.0033.6%9.6%60.1%5.2%38.5%9.2%3.3%21.1K-577.7K-4.5K0.0083.2526012,0811,000
2009-11-23$11.13$10.0045.0%12.9%59.9%16.1%36.0%4.7%16.7%19.3K-561.5K-4.4K0.0058.543101,959890
2009-11-24$11.43$10.0035.5%10.2%61.1%7.0%38.3%2.3%-0.4%21.2K-597.2K-4.4K0.0056.76301,982890
2009-11-25$12.00$10.0029.4%8.4%61.5%1.1%33.3%21.2%4.4%29.9K-807.4K-4.5K0.0669.3814281,982890
2009-11-27$12.00$10.0037.7%10.8%53.0%9.1%37.8%-7.8%2.0%31.0K-802.0K-4.6K0.1627.3585141,994894
2009-11-30$11.21$10.0038.9%11.1%53.8%10.2%36.0%10.2%8.6%21.8K-569.8K-4.2K0.2670.1253142,039884