CQP Options History — November 2013

In November 2013, CQP traded between $28.42 and $30.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.8%, placing in the 57.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 32.1%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2013-11-19: Highest Volume — 2,317 contracts
  • 2013-11-08: Largest IV drop — 21.4% change
  • 2013-11-15: Highest IV Rank — 69.2%
  • 2013-11-07: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.27$28.42$30.54$29.97$29.72
Max Pain$29.05$29.00$30.00$30.00$29.00
ATM IV30.8%27.5%36.3%33.3%29.1%
Expected Move8.9%8.0%9.9%9.6%8.4%
HV 20d32.1%28.5%37.8%31.2%30.4%
HV 60d26.2%23.4%27.2%23.4%26.9%
IV Rank57.1%38.4%69.2%54.7%61.7%
IV Percentile70.3%43.3%96.8%88.5%59.1%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.6%2.1%-1.7%-0.3%
VWIV31.3%28.2%34.6%32.5%29.3%
Skew 25d3.2%1.1%6.1%4.5%3.0%
Skew 10d7.5%-1.3%24.7%8.2%10.3%
Call IV 25d30.1%27.5%33.2%29.2%27.5%
Put IV 25d33.4%29.4%37.7%33.7%30.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.1259.3589.6389.6359.35
Gamma HHI0.270.240.300.250.28
Net GEX1.2M921.9K1.8M1.1M1.8M
Net DEX-12.6M-21.5M-6.3M-19.2M-16.7M
Net VEX-90.3K-103.0K-82.0K-103.0K-85.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.221.901.560.28
Total Volume454.2612,317261368
Total OI27,256.125,17228,98526,05528,985

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-11-01$29.97$30.0033.3%9.6%31.2%54.7%32.5%4.5%-1.7%1.1M-19.2M-103.0K1.5689.6310215916,8039,252
2013-11-04$30.51$29.0034.1%9.6%30.6%56.8%33.8%2.6%-2.6%1.1M-21.1M-99.8K1.4176.0512918216,7899,319
2013-11-05$30.19$29.0034.0%9.8%30.7%56.6%34.6%4.6%-2.0%1.1M-18.7M-99.9K1.9074.17214016,8589,421
2013-11-06$30.54$29.0033.1%9.7%30.7%54.2%33.2%3.6%-2.5%1.2M-21.5M-97.2K0.3076.833139516,8669,433
2013-11-07$29.02$29.0036.3%9.9%36.4%62.9%34.1%4.8%-2.3%921.9K-10.9M-96.3K0.5267.6746224217,0729,500
2013-11-08$29.73$29.0028.5%9.2%37.0%41.1%32.7%6.1%-1.8%1.2M-16.7M-98.2K0.2573.103679117,2969,568
2013-11-11$29.29$29.0031.9%9.3%37.6%50.8%32.3%4.0%-0.9%1.1M-12.1M-90.6K1.0071.68747417,4989,591
2013-11-12$29.00$29.0030.9%9.2%37.8%47.9%33.0%3.3%0.3%1.0M-10.8M-91.4K1.8371.815810617,5129,629
2013-11-13$28.71$29.0027.5%8.6%37.2%38.4%30.3%3.4%1.5%959.6K-7.9M-86.5K0.2272.094529817,5189,663
2013-11-14$29.28$29.0030.6%8.8%33.7%47.1%30.2%4.0%-0.0%1.2M-12.6M-88.9K0.8568.1827423317,4649,379
2013-11-15$29.30$29.0031.0%8.9%32.9%69.2%31.3%3.4%0.3%1.2M-12.5M-89.4K0.6469.831469317,6479,541
2013-11-18$29.30$29.0029.9%8.6%29.5%64.5%31.2%4.3%2.1%1.3M-13.2M-85.0K0.7868.4961747916,3928,780
2013-11-19$28.88$29.0029.9%8.6%29.5%64.7%30.3%2.1%0.8%1.2M-10.9M-86.1K1.0872.761,1131,20416,8559,221
2013-11-20$28.45$29.0030.4%8.7%29.6%66.6%30.4%2.5%1.2%1.1M-6.6M-88.4K0.8972.17938317,95010,330
2013-11-21$28.42$29.0030.0%8.6%29.4%65.3%29.1%2.9%0.8%1.1M-6.3M-86.6K0.5568.771196617,97710,399
2013-11-22$28.63$29.0028.6%8.2%29.7%59.4%29.3%1.7%0.3%1.2M-6.8M-86.7K0.8270.6628023118,06310,448
2013-11-25$28.92$29.0029.1%8.4%30.0%61.7%29.7%1.1%0.4%1.3M-8.8M-82.0K0.6567.67785118,08910,541
2013-11-26$28.61$29.0029.1%8.4%28.5%61.6%30.1%1.2%0.8%1.3M-8.0M-82.8K1.5165.10375618,13810,566
2013-11-27$29.01$29.0027.8%8.0%29.2%56.2%28.2%1.7%0.7%1.6M-10.1M-82.9K0.8366.4721718118,16210,607
2013-11-29$29.72$29.0029.1%8.4%30.4%61.7%29.3%3.0%-0.3%1.8M-16.7M-85.3K0.2859.352878118,26110,724