CQP Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, CQP traded between $23.90 and $27.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.0%, placing in the 7.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 20.3%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-27: Highest Volume — 1,377 contracts
  • 2013-03-26: Largest IV drop — 22.5% change
  • 2013-03-12: Highest IV Rank — 15.8%
  • 2013-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.01$23.90$27.37$24.22$27.37
Max Pain$23.55$23.00$25.00$23.00$25.00
ATM IV20.0%13.8%24.4%22.7%14.8%
Expected Move5.9%4.0%7.2%6.5%4.2%
HV 20d20.3%14.3%22.6%21.8%16.4%
HV 60d21.1%19.4%22.5%22.5%20.3%
IV Rank7.0%0.0%15.8%11.9%2.0%
IV Percentile3.4%0.0%12.3%5.6%0.4%
Term Structure3.4%1.1%10.5%2.9%8.2%
VWIV20.8%13.9%24.7%22.9%13.9%
Skew 25d6.2%2.9%11.2%6.4%3.6%
Skew 10d10.6%-0.1%18.2%16.6%0.7%
Call IV 25d16.5%8.9%23.0%19.3%8.9%
Put IV 25d22.8%12.5%27.6%25.7%12.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.1711.7886.2986.2970.53
Gamma HHI0.310.200.580.270.20
Net GEX505.9K218.6K875.7K528.6K218.6K
Net DEX-7.1M-12.7M-4.4M-5.9M-11.0M
Net VEX-38.4K-46.4K-26.4K-46.4K-26.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.045.590.040.45
Total Volume394.951071,377176985
Total OI16,35911,13720,42119,43113,045

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$24.22$23.0022.7%6.5%21.8%11.9%22.9%6.4%2.9%528.6K-5.9M-46.4K0.0486.2916977,97111,460
2013-03-04$24.05$23.0022.8%7.2%22.0%12.2%24.7%4.5%1.2%583.3K-5.7M-45.9K5.5965.30442468,04411,463
2013-03-05$23.95$23.0023.2%7.2%22.0%13.1%22.7%4.8%1.5%559.7K-4.7M-45.1K0.2846.763671048,04511,578
2013-03-06$23.90$23.0022.8%7.0%22.1%12.2%22.5%8.0%1.7%600.8K-4.9M-46.1K1.2129.6863768,34811,603
2013-03-07$24.24$23.0019.9%6.8%22.6%5.5%24.6%10.8%2.1%771.6K-6.6M-44.0K0.4722.20165778,37611,637
2013-03-08$24.15$23.0020.2%6.8%22.5%6.2%24.2%4.5%1.1%758.3K-6.8M-43.8K0.7513.6661468,50311,678
2013-03-11$24.23$23.0023.4%6.8%22.2%13.5%23.9%4.6%1.9%780.6K-7.3M-41.1K0.1117.19292338,52911,672
2013-03-12$24.45$23.0024.4%6.8%22.3%15.8%22.3%10.1%1.5%792.5K-8.6M-40.5K0.2021.54219448,57211,689
2013-03-13$24.45$23.0022.6%6.5%21.7%11.7%22.3%9.3%3.2%762.2K-8.3M-40.5K0.1022.34169178,58211,681
2013-03-14$24.78$24.0020.0%5.7%21.6%5.7%21.5%11.2%2.4%786.2K-11.0M-37.6K0.2726.28195538,65611,646
2013-03-15$25.09$23.0019.9%5.7%21.6%5.5%19.7%4.9%2.7%875.7K-12.7M-36.6K0.0716.89667458,76111,660
2013-03-18$25.05$24.0019.9%5.7%21.4%5.7%19.9%2.9%3.0%239.6K-4.4M-36.2K0.6517.491861204,8046,333
2013-03-19$25.00$24.0020.3%5.8%21.2%6.6%20.8%4.0%3.4%245.8K-4.4M-36.8K1.6015.53921474,9666,416
2013-03-20$25.20$24.0018.7%5.4%21.0%2.8%20.9%4.1%4.5%255.0K-4.6M-36.8K3.3317.19882934,9456,517
2013-03-21$25.35$24.0019.7%5.7%17.7%5.2%19.4%5.7%3.8%237.9K-5.4M-36.3K0.1914.66146285,0186,739
2013-03-22$25.83$24.0017.6%5.1%18.2%0.4%17.8%6.3%3.8%279.6K-6.3M-35.5K0.7014.971471035,0996,752
2013-03-25$25.77$24.0017.8%5.1%18.2%0.9%19.2%8.2%3.2%294.8K-6.5M-33.4K0.9411.781501415,1746,834
2013-03-26$26.51$24.0013.8%4.0%14.4%0.0%15.8%7.0%10.5%278.9K-8.5M-28.6K0.4474.895122255,1626,884
2013-03-27$26.60$24.0015.5%4.4%14.3%3.5%18.0%3.6%6.0%267.6K-8.9M-30.8K1.5478.175428355,4186,920
2013-03-28$27.37$25.0014.8%4.2%16.4%2.0%13.9%3.6%8.2%218.6K-11.0M-26.4K0.4570.536783075,7127,333