CQP Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, CQP traded between $31.90 and $33.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.9%, placing in the 3.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.5% (HV 20d: 14.4%). Max pain ranged from $31.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.33.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-15: Highest Volume — 3,216 contracts
  • 2015-05-11: Largest IV spike — 14.8% change
  • 2015-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 6.8%
  • 2015-05-06: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.61$31.90$33.48$32.11$33.14
Max Pain$31.00$31.00$31.00$31.00$31.00
ATM IV21.9%19.7%25.6%22.4%22.8%
Expected Move6.3%5.7%6.8%6.4%6.5%
HV 20d14.4%10.8%16.1%16.1%14.2%
HV 60d15.3%14.6%15.8%15.7%15.1%
IV Rank3.0%0.7%6.8%3.6%3.7%
IV Percentile16.6%1.6%41.7%17.5%24.6%
Term Structure0.8%-0.8%2.2%0.6%0.0%
VWIV22.2%18.9%25.7%23.2%25.7%
Skew 25d4.1%2.4%5.7%3.5%4.7%
Skew 10d12.9%3.0%19.7%9.8%14.2%
Call IV 25d20.5%17.7%22.8%21.2%21.2%
Put IV 25d24.7%21.3%27.1%24.6%25.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.4588.9896.3596.3591.06
Gamma HHI0.320.210.630.350.21
Net GEX641.5K400.8K1.2M613.2K494.8K
Net DEX-1.2M-5.6M2.9M-5.0M2.8M
Net VEX-23.2K-25.8K-20.8K-25.8K-22.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.330.006.501.110.82
Total Volume1,369.25263,2161,0592,099
Total OI8,114.457,0849,4097,0849,128

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$32.11$31.0022.4%6.4%16.1%3.6%23.2%3.5%0.6%613.2K-5.0M-25.8K1.1196.355025574,7642,320
2015-05-04$32.17$31.0022.5%6.7%16.0%3.7%22.0%4.8%1.0%702.1K-5.4M-25.2K0.1190.204754,7662,351
2015-05-05$32.08$31.0022.8%6.8%15.8%4.0%23.8%4.4%0.5%694.8K-5.3M-25.1K1.5489.093565474,8352,351
2015-05-06$31.90$31.0021.1%6.8%15.7%2.3%23.7%3.5%0.7%699.9K-4.8M-24.7K1.5892.263535564,8712,366
2015-05-07$31.99$31.0021.0%6.5%14.9%2.3%23.4%4.1%1.7%724.5K-4.5M-24.1K1.7491.143415934,8772,377
2015-05-08$31.90$31.0021.1%6.6%14.9%2.3%22.7%4.1%0.5%757.0K-4.4M-23.6K0.0093.302604,8312,342
2015-05-11$32.04$31.0024.2%6.5%14.9%5.4%21.9%5.3%0.5%843.2K-4.9M-22.6K3.2392.53642074,8522,342
2015-05-12$32.23$31.0025.6%6.6%14.9%6.8%21.4%3.0%0.4%923.5K-5.6M-22.4K1.6795.303986654,9422,363
2015-05-13$31.93$31.0022.4%6.4%11.2%3.6%22.3%4.6%0.7%935.5K-4.7M-22.0K6.1195.574352,6584,9552,369
2015-05-14$31.98$31.0021.8%6.3%10.8%3.1%21.7%5.0%1.2%1.2M1.8M-22.2K6.5094.484072,6444,9664,417
2015-05-15$32.80$31.0019.7%5.7%12.9%0.7%20.5%4.0%1.4%400.8K-836.9K-20.8K4.5993.445752,6414,9814,428
2015-05-18$33.40$31.0020.0%5.7%14.1%0.9%18.9%4.2%1.0%409.5K480.1K-21.2K0.2591.635821443,6693,857
2015-05-19$33.48$31.0020.5%5.9%14.0%1.5%20.2%2.4%1.9%495.2K275.6K-22.2K4.6492.411557194,0723,941
2015-05-20$33.11$31.0021.1%6.1%14.5%2.1%22.2%3.5%1.1%453.1K2.9M-23.8K2.6694.313791,0074,1754,646
2015-05-21$33.11$31.0020.1%5.8%14.5%1.1%21.6%3.7%2.2%465.4K2.9M-23.7K2.8288.983519914,2424,650
2015-05-22$33.05$31.0020.3%5.8%14.5%1.2%20.6%4.8%1.0%477.3K2.7M-23.7K2.1792.184479724,2654,661
2015-05-26$33.26$31.0023.0%6.6%14.5%3.9%22.5%5.7%-0.8%499.4K2.5M-23.3K2.0690.504689664,3974,679
2015-05-27$33.23$31.0022.4%6.4%14.6%3.4%22.1%3.3%0.3%531.2K2.6M-22.5K2.2091.164379634,4414,676
2015-05-28$33.34$31.0022.7%6.5%14.6%3.6%23.1%3.6%0.3%529.3K2.2M-22.5K0.8093.041,1819474,4574,667
2015-05-29$33.14$31.0022.8%6.5%14.2%3.7%25.7%4.7%0.0%494.8K2.8M-22.8K0.8291.061,1529474,4514,677