CQP Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, CQP traded between $29.31 and $32.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.2%, placing in the 17.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 38.7%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-26: Highest Volume — 1,799 contracts
  • 2015-01-12: Largest IV spike — 22.8% change
  • 2015-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 24.9%
  • 2015-01-06: Largest Expected Move — 11.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.17$29.31$32.50$32.50$31.64
Max Pain$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV36.2%31.0%44.0%35.7%31.7%
Expected Move10.3%9.1%11.1%9.7%9.1%
HV 20d38.7%32.4%41.5%36.7%36.5%
HV 60d35.7%33.8%39.5%38.1%34.6%
IV Rank17.2%12.0%24.9%16.6%12.7%
IV Percentile89.0%77.4%98.4%91.7%77.4%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.6%3.8%-2.0%3.4%
VWIV35.5%31.2%38.2%34.4%34.5%
Skew 25d8.9%2.8%14.8%6.2%13.1%
Skew 10d15.2%-0.6%34.3%11.5%15.6%
Call IV 25d31.6%23.2%36.7%32.3%27.8%
Put IV 25d40.5%34.0%47.0%38.5%40.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.6266.3697.3266.3694.17
Gamma HHI0.200.120.260.220.26
Net GEX302.9K128.1K478.7K335.7K478.7K
Net DEX-4.8M-7.9M-964.4K-7.1M-7.9M
Net VEX-33.4K-41.1K-28.2K-34.4K-41.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.034.230.940.76
Total Volume800.55521,7999721,411
Total OI8,026.16,7759,3307,6069,330

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$32.50$30.0035.7%9.7%36.7%16.6%34.4%6.2%-2.0%335.7K-7.1M-34.4K0.9466.365004724,9502,656
2015-01-05$31.29$30.0039.1%10.7%39.6%20.0%37.2%5.5%-0.0%282.5K-5.2M-33.1K1.1075.1731345,0202,680
2015-01-06$30.23$30.0038.5%11.1%41.1%19.4%37.9%7.8%-0.0%233.4K-3.3M-31.8K1.1775.4024285,0442,664
2015-01-07$30.50$30.0038.4%10.9%36.7%19.4%38.1%11.1%-1.9%258.1K-3.5M-31.3K4.2381.49301275,0642,672
2015-01-08$31.21$30.0031.0%10.2%36.5%12.0%35.3%9.2%-0.3%331.5K-4.8M-32.6K1.2576.014165185,0832,788
2015-01-09$31.09$30.0034.0%10.2%32.4%15.0%37.7%9.1%-0.4%317.8K-4.4M-32.1K1.2677.384275405,0842,799
2015-01-12$29.82$30.0041.7%10.8%36.5%22.6%38.2%5.1%-0.2%221.0K-2.5M-29.5K1.5076.483875815,1492,858
2015-01-13$29.31$30.0044.0%11.1%37.1%24.9%37.7%6.6%-0.6%128.1K-964.4K-28.2K0.9176.445144705,1692,919
2015-01-14$30.51$30.0035.5%10.2%39.4%16.5%37.1%14.2%1.3%266.4K-2.9M-29.7K1.0277.894384485,0962,918
2015-01-15$29.92$30.0038.4%11.0%39.9%19.3%34.5%9.2%-0.9%233.3K-2.6M-29.2K0.8180.425684625,1112,882
2015-01-16$30.50$30.0038.4%11.0%39.8%19.4%36.2%7.6%-2.2%305.7K-2.9M-29.0K0.3878.514141565,2572,897
2015-01-20$31.79$30.0035.7%10.2%41.5%16.6%34.4%12.0%0.6%200.4K-4.0M-31.6K0.7380.165293884,2932,482
2015-01-21$31.85$30.0036.9%10.6%40.9%17.8%33.8%8.2%-2.6%258.8K-5.1M-32.9K0.6897.322071414,7822,563
2015-01-22$32.28$30.0033.7%9.7%40.8%14.7%34.0%9.3%-0.2%302.9K-5.7M-34.0K1.8081.553636534,9332,609
2015-01-23$32.18$30.0034.5%9.9%40.4%15.5%34.1%7.9%-1.5%318.2K-5.8M-33.5K1.8082.333406124,9942,623
2015-01-26$31.98$30.0032.8%9.4%40.5%13.8%31.2%2.8%3.3%321.5K-5.5M-32.2K0.0392.941,755445,0062,617
2015-01-27$31.85$30.0033.1%9.5%40.6%14.2%35.5%14.8%3.8%430.6K-7.5M-41.0K0.6994.88104726,4632,644
2015-01-28$31.43$30.0035.2%10.1%38.7%16.2%34.5%5.3%-2.2%402.6K-7.2M-40.5K1.8394.083235916,5112,674
2015-01-29$31.44$30.0036.4%10.4%38.1%17.4%33.4%13.5%-1.5%430.2K-6.8M-40.0K2.0493.302945996,5562,682
2015-01-30$31.64$30.0031.7%9.1%36.5%12.7%34.5%13.1%3.4%478.7K-7.9M-41.1K0.7694.178036086,6382,692