CQP Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, CQP traded between $30.24 and $31.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.6%, placing in the 12.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.1% (HV 20d: 22.5%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $30.00. 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

  • 2015-02-03: Highest Volume — 1,761 contracts
  • 2015-02-23: Largest IV drop — 11.9% change
  • 2015-02-10: Highest IV Rank — 17.2%
  • 2015-02-17: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.17$30.24$31.96$31.96$30.59
Max Pain$29.16$29.00$30.00$30.00$29.00
ATM IV31.6%26.3%36.3%32.0%28.1%
Expected Move9.0%7.5%9.9%9.2%8.1%
HV 20d22.5%14.0%36.3%36.3%15.4%
HV 60d34.3%31.7%35.1%34.6%31.7%
IV Rank12.7%7.4%17.2%13.0%9.2%
IV Percentile73.8%48.8%88.1%78.2%60.7%
Term Structure0.6%-2.3%2.7%2.7%2.3%
VWIV30.4%24.4%35.4%28.6%24.4%
Skew 25d5.5%0.8%12.2%12.2%7.0%
Skew 10d8.2%-4.2%23.0%7.5%11.7%
Call IV 25d29.3%22.6%33.4%25.1%25.2%
Put IV 25d34.8%30.3%37.8%37.3%32.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.0685.40100.6998.9797.61
Gamma HHI0.260.220.300.260.27
Net GEX470.0K286.0K625.8K506.6K357.8K
Net DEX-5.7M-7.9M-3.0M-7.7M-3.7M
Net VEX-31.2K-36.5K-26.2K-36.4K-27.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.140.152.150.311.08
Total Volume1,021.211171,761171,198
Total OI9,171.6328,0089,6988,9248,819

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$31.96$30.0032.0%9.2%36.3%13.0%28.6%12.2%2.7%506.6K-7.7M-36.4K0.3198.971346,2222,702
2015-02-03$31.69$30.0031.6%9.1%33.7%12.6%30.1%3.8%-1.0%513.4K-7.7M-36.1K0.5499.501,1476146,2812,706
2015-02-04$31.32$30.0032.0%9.2%31.4%13.1%32.1%0.9%1.6%503.2K-6.7M-36.5K0.54100.691,1406146,6412,720
2015-02-05$31.69$29.0030.3%9.3%31.5%11.4%30.8%7.9%-0.6%554.0K-7.2M-36.0K0.9189.876015466,6502,721
2015-02-06$31.55$29.0033.0%9.3%30.6%14.0%31.1%6.5%0.8%539.2K-7.2M-36.0K0.9786.355595456,6362,729
2015-02-09$31.74$29.0035.4%9.0%30.6%16.3%33.5%6.1%0.8%577.1K-7.9M-34.5K1.3685.404095556,6552,730
2015-02-10$31.43$29.0036.3%9.8%26.5%17.2%33.8%6.1%-0.2%547.2K-7.2M-34.0K1.3488.734095506,6742,739
2015-02-11$31.17$29.0033.8%9.7%25.8%14.8%34.3%1.7%-1.0%517.1K-6.1M-32.1K1.6790.293445736,6742,741
2015-02-12$31.65$29.0032.3%9.3%22.4%13.3%32.9%7.1%0.6%625.8K-7.3M-32.6K2.1386.752755876,7362,777
2015-02-13$31.16$29.0034.1%9.8%21.9%15.1%31.6%8.0%-1.8%528.1K-5.7M-30.8K2.1589.252745886,7322,773
2015-02-17$31.30$29.0034.4%9.9%21.0%15.4%35.4%4.8%-2.3%574.7K-5.9M-28.5K1.9288.243867436,7302,778
2015-02-18$31.07$29.0033.8%9.7%14.8%14.8%32.2%0.9%0.3%519.8K-5.3M-29.6K1.7094.704237206,8092,816
2015-02-19$30.96$29.0032.2%9.2%14.8%13.2%33.2%5.2%1.8%439.2K-4.7M-27.2K0.5393.944582446,6782,827
2015-02-20$30.66$29.0029.8%8.6%14.0%10.9%28.0%6.8%1.7%286.0K-4.0M-27.7K0.1593.38213336,6933,005
2015-02-23$30.56$29.0026.3%7.5%14.0%7.4%26.6%4.1%1.9%296.6K-3.4M-26.4K0.8495.127236055,3632,645
2015-02-24$30.81$29.0026.8%7.7%14.4%7.9%26.3%5.9%2.4%361.3K-4.1M-27.6K1.0296.445635775,7282,680
2015-02-25$30.71$29.0028.5%8.2%14.4%9.6%24.8%8.6%0.2%374.1K-4.2M-27.4K1.2196.654895945,9622,718
2015-02-26$30.24$29.0029.9%8.6%14.7%11.0%28.0%0.8%0.7%309.2K-3.0M-26.2K1.2896.334776106,0292,742
2015-02-27$30.59$29.0028.1%8.1%15.4%9.2%24.4%7.0%2.3%357.8K-3.7M-27.1K1.0897.615776216,0452,774