CQP Options History — January 2011

In January 2011, CQP traded between $21.48 and $24.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.3%, placing in the 26.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 26.5%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $26.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.39.

Notable Days

  • 2011-01-10: Highest Volume — 2,808 contracts
  • 2011-01-12: Largest IV spike — 61.3% change
  • 2011-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 59.2%
  • 2011-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 12.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.74$21.48$24.29$21.60$22.30
Max Pain$23.70$20.00$26.00$20.00$26.00
ATM IV29.3%16.8%43.4%20.0%36.0%
Expected Move8.7%5.4%12.4%5.7%10.3%
HV 20d26.5%11.6%41.8%12.1%41.8%
HV 60d24.0%19.5%29.1%19.8%27.7%
IV Rank26.6%0.0%59.2%2.6%42.7%
IV Percentile29.9%0.0%76.6%1.2%52.4%
Term Structure2.0%-9.6%9.3%1.8%2.7%
VWIV31.1%18.1%43.3%20.0%34.3%
Skew 25d7.2%-1.6%14.3%2.1%3.9%
Skew 10d17.1%-2.8%79.3%0.7%-2.8%
Call IV 25d27.7%15.9%38.7%18.4%34.5%
Put IV 25d35.0%18.3%50.0%20.4%38.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.7358.5680.3877.3172.31
Gamma HHI0.220.120.350.350.23
Net GEX179.7K85.3K306.3K306.3K162.7K
Net DEX-9.6M-15.2M-5.2M-9.7M-5.2M
Net VEX-37.0K-45.2K-26.8K-30.4K-40.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.390.011.320.130.45
Total Volume898.752862,808716508
Total OI14,210.9512,05216,43812,48214,694

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-01-03$21.60$20.0020.0%5.7%12.1%2.6%20.0%2.1%1.8%306.3K-9.7M-30.4K0.1377.31631858,5023,980
2011-01-04$21.48$20.0020.3%5.8%11.6%3.2%19.6%-1.6%5.3%240.7K-8.1M-31.3K0.6276.391771098,0104,042
2011-01-05$21.79$20.0018.8%5.4%11.7%0.0%18.1%4.2%3.5%186.2K-9.4M-30.9K0.1880.01445818,0754,068
2011-01-06$21.94$20.0019.3%5.5%11.7%1.3%19.7%6.8%1.6%192.4K-9.6M-31.1K0.0180.3829638,1614,044
2011-01-07$22.12$20.0018.4%7.0%11.7%0.0%18.4%8.2%-3.5%188.6K-10.2M-30.4K0.1978.56270518,3664,159
2011-01-10$23.00$20.0018.5%7.0%16.1%0.1%30.5%14.3%4.9%169.7K-12.2M-26.8K0.1279.082,5162928,3534,160
2011-01-11$23.90$21.0016.8%7.1%19.2%0.0%25.2%8.4%1.7%184.1K-14.8M-29.3K0.1377.921,2341649,1894,428
2011-01-12$24.15$21.0027.0%8.5%18.8%22.9%32.7%7.8%-9.6%172.9K-15.2M-31.9K1.3272.548191,0799,5144,546
2011-01-13$24.29$26.0030.4%8.7%18.4%30.4%33.2%6.2%6.9%85.3K-13.1M-37.0K0.3376.424641559,6625,573
2011-01-14$24.10$26.0028.2%8.1%18.9%25.5%34.6%9.9%-3.7%100.3K-12.3M-35.6K0.2468.657931879,3985,639
2011-01-18$23.88$26.0028.8%8.3%19.4%26.8%32.2%12.1%-4.6%130.3K-11.2M-36.4K0.0569.38499259,3165,720
2011-01-19$22.30$26.0038.9%11.2%33.9%49.3%37.4%8.6%-0.1%154.4K-7.8M-40.1K0.3267.358442709,4515,725
2011-01-20$21.56$26.0043.4%12.4%36.7%59.2%43.3%11.3%7.3%176.7K-6.6M-45.2K0.1372.601,54619810,1685,930
2011-01-21$22.80$26.0039.0%11.2%41.1%49.5%37.5%7.1%4.1%206.5K-9.6M-43.9K0.2067.2795219510,4635,975
2011-01-24$22.84$26.0036.1%10.4%40.9%43.1%35.7%6.8%9.3%182.9K-8.5M-44.7K0.5362.623011619,7105,219
2011-01-25$22.67$26.0038.5%11.0%41.2%48.2%37.8%8.2%6.5%214.3K-7.8M-44.2K0.6961.671811259,8735,298
2011-01-26$22.84$26.0034.8%10.0%41.1%40.1%37.5%6.9%2.2%219.8K-8.3M-44.0K1.3266.711652189,8995,373
2011-01-27$22.86$26.0034.5%9.9%41.1%39.5%36.5%8.3%3.1%191.1K-8.0M-44.1K0.7468.884903619,7075,469
2011-01-28$22.45$26.0037.8%10.8%41.8%46.8%37.1%5.3%0.2%129.0K-5.3M-41.5K0.1158.569801058,6015,759
2011-01-31$22.30$26.0036.0%10.3%41.8%42.7%34.3%3.9%2.7%162.7K-5.2M-40.6K0.4572.313501588,9245,770