CQP Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, CQP traded between $25.08 and $28.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.8%, placing in the 63.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.5% (HV 20d: 28.4%). Max pain ranged from $27.00 to $29.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-17: Highest Volume — 2,029 contracts
  • 2015-11-09: Largest IV spike — 17.2% change
  • 2015-11-27: Highest IV Rank — 84.7%
  • 2015-11-27: Largest Expected Move — 11.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.44$25.08$28.19$27.74$25.70
Max Pain$27.95$27.00$29.00$27.00$28.00
ATM IV34.8%29.8%40.4%32.6%37.3%
Expected Move9.9%8.5%11.6%9.3%10.7%
HV 20d28.4%25.8%30.0%28.6%26.7%
HV 60d31.5%30.8%32.2%31.9%31.0%
IV Rank63.3%44.2%84.7%54.8%72.8%
IV Percentile74.6%49.6%95.2%65.5%84.9%
Term Structure-1.0%-4.1%3.1%-0.8%-0.8%
VWIV33.7%28.1%38.9%33.1%38.7%
Skew 25d6.3%2.1%10.6%6.4%8.9%
Skew 10d9.6%-8.5%25.8%19.4%23.2%
Call IV 25d31.7%26.6%36.3%30.0%31.9%
Put IV 25d38.1%30.6%42.0%36.4%40.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %86.0278.7198.3086.6095.76
Gamma HHI0.160.120.210.200.14
Net GEX19.8K-60.7K132.6K118.2K24.0K
Net DEX1.0M-1.6M2.7M-185.9K2.0M
Net VEX-12.0K-17.6K-7.2K-16.8K-8.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.272.530.592.53
Total Volume1,199.5562,0291,62067
Total OI6,052.054,7656,6805,4545,109

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$27.74$27.0032.6%9.3%28.6%54.8%33.1%6.4%-0.8%118.2K-185.9K-16.8K0.5986.601,0215993,6651,789
2015-11-03$28.01$27.0032.1%9.2%28.8%52.9%33.4%10.6%0.1%130.0K-1.2M-16.5K0.7891.741,0258013,9782,101
2015-11-04$28.19$27.0032.3%9.3%28.4%53.8%30.7%6.4%1.9%132.6K-1.6M-17.6K0.6586.661,0246624,0102,298
2015-11-05$27.50$28.0035.1%9.7%27.8%64.5%31.2%6.1%-1.7%84.0K-517.1K-16.7K0.6983.629726754,0792,340
2015-11-06$27.52$28.0030.8%9.5%27.8%48.0%33.8%6.3%-2.1%59.4K-207.8K-15.6K0.5983.90130774,0802,340
2015-11-09$26.96$28.0036.1%9.8%28.5%68.2%32.7%8.7%-0.2%31.7K266.2K-14.5K0.2787.1944124,2042,403
2015-11-10$27.06$28.0035.6%9.7%27.6%66.5%31.8%8.7%-2.1%30.1K333.0K-14.1K0.3979.479133544,2392,415
2015-11-11$26.90$28.0029.8%8.5%26.4%44.2%28.1%3.3%3.1%23.0K499.3K-13.7K0.3998.308973544,2622,418
2015-11-12$25.84$28.0034.5%9.9%28.9%62.3%36.3%7.0%-0.5%-29.5K1.6M-11.5K0.7881.268246404,2302,419
2015-11-13$25.72$28.0035.7%10.2%27.6%66.9%33.7%3.1%-0.5%-35.5K1.8M-10.7K0.5481.441,1766314,1972,119
2015-11-16$26.38$29.0036.4%10.4%29.8%69.5%36.1%5.6%-1.9%-24.2K1.9M-11.8K1.9985.691072134,0062,109
2015-11-17$26.09$28.0035.0%10.0%29.9%64.2%33.8%2.2%-1.2%-38.5K1.6M-10.9K0.6582.681,2317984,2812,235
2015-11-18$25.96$28.0035.7%10.2%29.4%66.8%32.9%7.8%-1.7%-60.4K2.0M-10.2K0.5784.131,2887374,2812,240
2015-11-19$25.61$28.0034.2%9.8%29.5%61.1%34.3%2.1%-0.6%-60.7K2.4M-8.9K0.5883.781,2237084,2102,242
2015-11-20$25.08$28.0036.1%10.3%30.0%68.2%33.9%6.9%-2.3%-23.9K2.7M-7.9K0.8086.069057204,2112,240
2015-11-23$25.10$29.0036.3%10.4%25.8%68.8%32.1%6.0%-2.0%-5.7K2.5M-7.2K0.3382.8458193,0391,726
2015-11-24$26.00$28.0035.1%10.1%29.3%64.6%35.1%6.6%-4.1%3.6K1.9M-9.2K0.3278.71137443,0931,731
2015-11-25$25.77$28.0035.0%10.0%28.3%64.2%33.8%6.0%0.8%14.7K1.1M-9.2K0.7990.108116393,5331,758
2015-11-27$25.57$28.0040.4%11.6%28.2%84.7%38.9%7.4%-3.7%22.2K1.2M-9.0K0.7590.418306243,6471,764
2015-11-30$25.70$28.0037.3%10.7%26.7%72.8%38.7%8.9%-0.8%24.0K2.0M-8.5K2.5395.7619483,3451,764