CQP Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, CQP traded between $29.08 and $31.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.1%, placing in the 11.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 28.5%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $29.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.14.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-18: Highest Volume — 1,865 contracts
  • 2014-11-28: Largest IV spike — 27.3% change
  • 2014-11-28: Highest IV Rank — 17.3%
  • 2014-11-05: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.95$29.08$31.90$31.90$29.08
Max Pain$29.00$29.00$29.00$29.00$29.00
ATM IV30.1%26.8%36.3%31.3%36.3%
Expected Move9.0%8.6%9.3%8.9%9.1%
HV 20d28.5%16.3%46.1%46.0%28.0%
HV 60d27.9%27.2%31.0%27.8%31.0%
IV Rank11.2%7.9%17.3%12.4%17.3%
IV Percentile73.9%50.8%96.4%83.3%96.4%
Term Structure0.6%-2.8%3.3%-2.1%-2.8%
VWIV32.6%27.8%34.0%33.9%32.4%
Skew 25d5.0%-0.3%8.8%5.1%-0.3%
Skew 10d11.0%0.8%22.4%22.4%0.8%
Call IV 25d28.6%25.6%36.1%27.9%36.1%
Put IV 25d33.6%30.2%36.8%33.0%35.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.5458.3778.6869.9877.64
Gamma HHI0.210.160.250.230.20
Net GEX696.2K325.2K976.7K949.7K368.9K
Net DEX-6.2M-11.3M294.6K-11.3M-803.0K
Net VEX-53.1K-68.2K-40.2K-68.2K-40.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.140.272.141.621.06
Total Volume1,063.737931,8651,146144
Total OI18,191.31616,78619,37618,01817,452

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$31.90$29.0031.3%8.9%46.0%12.4%33.9%5.1%-2.1%949.7K-11.3M-68.2K1.6269.9843770912,9165,102
2014-11-04$31.49$29.0032.2%9.1%46.0%13.2%33.2%5.2%-1.7%819.7K-9.2M-65.1K1.7870.3847885212,9515,084
2014-11-05$31.68$29.0031.1%9.3%46.1%12.2%33.5%6.9%-0.6%893.8K-10.6M-66.8K1.8172.5542677013,0345,165
2014-11-06$31.90$29.0030.1%9.2%46.0%11.1%34.0%8.8%-1.1%942.6K-10.8M-64.6K1.6267.8041567413,0395,159
2014-11-07$31.89$29.0027.3%9.0%44.5%8.4%33.3%4.9%2.5%976.7K-10.6M-62.7K1.5958.3742768113,0645,158
2014-11-10$31.80$29.0029.0%8.9%37.0%10.1%33.7%4.0%0.6%936.8K-10.2M-59.0K1.0168.0870971513,1045,179
2014-11-11$31.74$29.0027.2%8.7%33.1%8.3%33.0%5.7%1.5%962.9K-10.1M-56.2K1.0370.5569471212,9984,835
2014-11-12$31.71$29.0026.8%8.6%28.5%7.9%32.7%6.5%1.8%966.5K-9.7M-57.9K1.1468.0862471413,3035,224
2014-11-13$31.44$29.0029.9%9.0%25.8%11.0%32.5%3.2%2.4%880.4K-8.9M-57.5K2.1471.7633972413,3035,234
2014-11-14$31.25$29.0029.0%9.0%16.3%10.1%33.3%3.9%3.3%793.4K-7.5M-53.6K0.2776.10732013,3145,240
2014-11-17$31.07$29.0029.1%8.6%16.3%10.2%32.2%3.7%2.3%679.2K-6.2M-49.2K1.9672.1736371013,3115,241
2014-11-18$30.27$29.0032.2%9.1%18.5%13.2%33.8%7.8%0.0%441.8K-1.8M-45.0K0.9266.6997289313,3325,333
2014-11-19$29.68$29.0032.1%9.2%17.3%13.2%31.5%4.6%0.8%345.7K-237.9K-46.8K0.6078.681016113,8725,504
2014-11-20$29.76$29.0030.6%9.0%17.0%11.6%33.5%4.7%1.0%325.2K294.6K-44.0K0.8671.8992479413,5465,463
2014-11-21$30.44$29.0029.8%8.9%19.0%10.9%33.2%6.7%2.1%437.4K-2.0M-44.7K0.7973.5292372713,5645,468
2014-11-24$30.20$29.0029.9%9.0%18.5%11.0%27.8%3.9%1.1%433.1K-1.8M-40.5K0.4277.6132513512,0954,691
2014-11-25$29.98$29.0029.8%8.9%17.4%10.9%31.8%6.1%0.5%408.9K-1.4M-40.4K0.6373.261,00263012,2694,798
2014-11-26$30.79$29.0028.5%8.8%19.9%9.6%30.7%3.9%-0.9%665.4K-4.6M-46.6K0.4674.212159912,4764,814
2014-11-28$29.08$29.0036.3%9.1%28.0%17.3%32.4%-0.3%-2.8%368.9K-803.0K-40.2K1.0677.64707412,6124,840