CQP Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, CQP traded between $29.91 and $32.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.5%, placing in the 3.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.6% (HV 20d: 18.9%). 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 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 8.36.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-21: Highest Volume — 5,522 contracts
  • 2017-02-28: Largest IV drop — 13.2% change
  • 2017-02-27: Highest IV Rank — 15.6%
  • 2017-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.59$29.91$32.99$29.91$32.99
Max Pain$29.05$29.00$30.00$30.00$29.00
ATM IV25.5%23.4%27.3%26.9%23.7%
Expected Move7.2%6.7%7.8%7.7%6.8%
HV 20d18.9%15.2%20.7%20.3%15.2%
HV 60d25.9%23.4%26.5%26.4%23.4%
IV Rank3.9%0.0%15.6%4.1%1.4%
IV Percentile7.0%0.0%26.6%15.1%0.4%
Term Structure-0.0%-1.8%1.6%-0.8%-0.4%
VWIV27.8%24.3%33.9%32.1%28.5%
Skew 25d4.0%2.2%5.4%4.8%2.2%
Skew 10d12.8%4.8%22.0%18.9%14.2%
Call IV 25d24.1%22.0%26.8%24.6%24.4%
Put IV 25d28.0%26.6%29.5%29.4%26.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %101.3088.59125.03125.0398.57
Gamma HHI0.210.160.280.260.17
Net GEX121.0K66.4K163.0K125.7K134.1K
Net DEX-5.5M-8.6M-610.3K-2.6M-8.6M
Net VEX-41.0K-46.2K-32.2K-32.3K-37.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio8.361.3315.671.3312.61
Total Volume3,766.8421,0735,5221,0734,995
Total OI12,606.0539,51514,8129,51513,218

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$29.91$30.0026.9%7.7%20.3%4.1%32.1%4.8%-0.8%125.7K-2.6M-32.3K1.33125.034616123,9145,601
2017-02-02$30.31$29.0026.2%7.3%20.7%2.7%25.2%4.7%-1.0%157.2K-3.6M-32.2K2.82101.504191,1813,9415,799
2017-02-03$30.48$29.0024.8%7.3%20.7%0.2%25.0%3.8%-0.3%132.3K-3.2M-39.2K3.51107.104471,5704,0136,994
2017-02-06$30.46$29.0027.3%7.3%20.2%4.7%25.5%4.2%0.4%70.0K-2.0M-44.8K4.1993.113741,5674,1087,994
2017-02-07$30.15$29.0026.7%7.0%20.7%3.8%25.1%4.4%1.6%68.4K-610.3K-46.2K4.3999.003561,5634,1197,994
2017-02-08$30.41$29.0025.9%7.4%18.4%2.8%26.3%5.0%-0.4%85.6K-1.8M-45.5K4.75105.793291,5634,1097,994
2017-02-09$31.27$29.0024.6%7.0%20.3%0.0%24.3%5.4%1.0%144.1K-4.7M-40.6K1.7599.968271,4494,1537,994
2017-02-10$31.63$29.0024.4%7.0%19.5%0.0%30.3%3.0%0.5%163.0K-7.2M-39.9K7.0388.595303,7254,7237,995
2017-02-13$31.65$29.0025.3%7.2%19.5%1.9%26.4%4.3%1.0%124.3K-6.4M-42.0K8.44108.035604,7294,9829,830
2017-02-14$31.90$29.0025.2%7.2%19.5%1.8%27.0%2.9%-0.1%152.4K-7.4M-44.3K12.9389.073664,7315,0128,912
2017-02-15$32.04$29.0024.9%7.1%19.3%1.2%27.8%3.9%0.3%139.0K-7.4M-43.6K12.37108.003824,7245,0178,916
2017-02-16$31.95$29.0024.6%7.1%19.5%0.6%27.3%3.5%0.6%130.1K-7.6M-43.6K13.3091.163704,9205,0308,923
2017-02-17$32.28$29.0023.4%6.7%19.5%0.0%27.9%4.1%1.3%66.4K-8.4M-43.5K15.6790.343144,9205,0819,027
2017-02-21$32.67$29.0025.5%7.3%19.4%6.8%26.4%4.0%0.4%102.3K-6.6M-39.5K6.4095.007464,7764,1998,069
2017-02-22$32.68$29.0025.8%7.4%17.3%7.7%26.3%4.9%-1.3%139.9K-7.2M-39.4K15.10107.143084,6514,6128,205
2017-02-23$32.60$29.0025.2%7.2%16.7%5.7%33.9%4.1%-0.3%116.3K-6.5M-42.0K11.48104.554014,6054,6928,209
2017-02-24$32.40$29.0026.5%7.6%16.3%12.2%30.6%3.2%-0.7%119.1K-6.5M-41.6K9.59106.383873,7104,7448,322
2017-02-27$32.47$29.0027.3%7.8%16.3%15.6%31.4%2.7%-1.8%128.1K-6.6M-40.5K11.16106.423293,6734,7448,326
2017-02-28$32.99$29.0023.7%6.8%15.2%1.4%28.5%2.2%-0.4%134.1K-8.6M-37.6K12.6198.573674,6284,8558,363