CQP Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, CQP traded between $27.62 and $29.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.6%, placing in the 63.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.7% (HV 20d: 19.9%). Max pain ranged from $28.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-24: Highest Volume — 780 contracts
  • 2014-02-11: Largest IV drop — 10.6% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 76.1%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 9.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.65$27.62$29.70$27.75$28.44
Max Pain$29.58$28.00$30.00$28.00$30.00
ATM IV29.6%26.4%32.7%32.7%30.1%
Expected Move8.5%7.6%9.4%9.4%8.6%
HV 20d19.9%18.6%21.9%19.9%18.7%
HV 60d25.5%24.9%27.5%27.5%25.0%
IV Rank63.5%50.6%76.1%76.1%65.4%
IV Percentile51.5%23.8%84.9%84.9%57.1%
Term Structure0.4%-1.5%1.9%-0.1%-1.5%
VWIV29.9%26.2%32.7%31.6%26.4%
Skew 25d4.1%1.7%5.8%2.9%4.1%
Skew 10d9.0%-9.0%15.1%-9.0%7.3%
Call IV 25d28.1%25.5%31.6%30.9%26.0%
Put IV 25d32.2%30.0%34.1%33.9%30.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.1370.0787.7486.7587.74
Gamma HHI0.310.120.560.360.12
Net GEX699.6K-5.8K1.7M642.1K-5.8K
Net DEX-5.8M-17.1M2.8M-2.0M2.8M
Net VEX-52.8K-64.9K-40.1K-64.9K-40.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.102.240.890.10
Total Volume240.10568780193108
Total OI20,386.52615,21922,39221,63316,021

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$27.75$28.0032.7%9.4%19.9%76.1%31.6%2.9%-0.1%642.1K-2.0M-64.9K0.8986.751029112,8428,791
2014-02-04$27.90$28.0030.5%8.8%20.0%67.3%31.5%2.4%1.6%699.7K-2.3M-62.7K0.8085.7514211312,8688,822
2014-02-05$27.62$28.0031.2%8.9%19.9%70.0%31.8%1.7%1.5%653.9K-1.3M-63.0K2.2486.80214712,8708,884
2014-02-06$28.34$28.0030.8%8.8%21.9%68.3%30.5%5.2%1.0%811.6K-5.6M-64.0K0.1582.462143312,8938,914
2014-02-07$28.36$30.0030.1%8.8%21.8%65.7%29.6%3.7%-0.1%888.4K-5.5M-62.2K0.2471.831523712,9718,917
2014-02-10$28.30$30.0031.8%9.1%20.4%72.2%32.7%5.1%-0.7%934.9K-5.8M-59.9K0.6870.07503413,0068,925
2014-02-11$28.52$30.0028.4%8.5%19.6%58.6%30.9%4.7%0.5%1.0M-6.7M-58.2K1.1275.6812313813,0238,933
2014-02-12$28.67$30.0028.2%8.5%19.5%57.8%31.3%4.3%0.7%1.0M-8.8M-58.4K0.2575.99832113,0889,036
2014-02-13$29.21$30.0030.0%8.6%19.4%65.2%29.1%3.9%0.0%993.3K-12.5M-56.2K0.2176.522264713,1309,053
2014-02-14$29.57$30.0028.4%8.1%19.6%58.7%30.2%4.4%0.8%871.2K-15.4M-55.8K0.4273.282249313,1299,069
2014-02-18$29.70$30.0029.5%8.5%19.6%63.3%30.3%4.3%0.2%513.5K-17.1M-49.3K1.0575.9612713313,2319,059
2014-02-19$29.04$30.0030.3%8.7%19.8%66.5%32.2%4.7%0.3%1.1M-13.6M-50.4K1.6379.3310817613,2989,074
2014-02-20$28.82$30.0031.1%8.9%20.0%69.3%32.2%5.1%-0.4%1.7M-11.4M-46.2K0.7076.3222916113,1299,092
2014-02-21$28.59$30.0028.6%8.2%20.2%59.5%29.0%4.0%1.9%1.3M-11.7M-44.1K1.0678.6917418413,2029,190
2014-02-24$28.90$30.0028.3%8.1%20.3%58.4%27.1%4.4%1.1%29.3K1.7M-41.8K0.2379.286321487,2098,010
2014-02-25$29.07$30.0026.4%7.6%19.0%50.6%26.2%4.2%1.2%54.4K1.4M-41.6K0.3080.2456177,6888,104
2014-02-26$29.05$30.0027.8%8.0%18.6%56.1%27.9%5.8%-0.2%92.1K1.2M-43.6K0.6479.48121787,7378,121
2014-02-27$28.55$30.0028.1%8.0%19.4%57.3%28.2%2.7%-0.5%35.5K2.2M-41.4K0.5581.2277427,8378,178
2014-02-28$28.44$30.0030.1%8.6%18.7%65.4%26.4%4.1%-1.5%-5.8K2.8M-40.1K0.1087.7498107,8138,208