CQP Options History — July 2017

In July 2017, CQP traded between $29.42 and $32.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.6%, placing in the 15.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 22.1%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $32.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.78.

Notable Days

  • 2017-07-28: Highest Volume — 1,799 contracts
  • 2017-07-18: Largest IV spike — 8.4% change
  • 2017-07-31: Highest IV Rank — 29.5%
  • 2017-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.92$29.42$32.14$32.14$29.42
Max Pain$30.20$30.00$32.00$32.00$30.00
ATM IV22.6%21.1%26.2%21.4%26.2%
Expected Move6.5%6.0%7.5%6.1%7.5%
HV 20d22.1%18.8%23.5%21.0%18.8%
HV 60d19.3%18.3%20.1%18.3%19.2%
IV Rank15.0%9.0%29.5%10.4%29.5%
IV Percentile23.1%10.3%54.4%12.7%54.4%
Term Structure-1.1%-2.6%0.5%-0.3%-2.6%
VWIV24.1%20.8%33.5%20.8%21.5%
Skew 25d4.1%1.9%5.8%1.9%4.7%
Skew 10d10.1%3.4%30.6%3.4%13.1%
Call IV 25d20.7%19.6%22.1%20.5%22.1%
Put IV 25d24.7%22.4%26.8%22.4%26.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.2620.90107.7642.2922.13
Gamma HHI0.680.490.770.650.72
Net GEX-1.0M-1.4M-821.4K-865.0K-862.7K
Net DEX14.6M9.6M19.7M9.6M18.6M
Net VEX-61.6K-71.3K-48.8K-71.3K-48.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.780.883.721.611.20
Total Volume965.257651,7997651,583
Total OI12,386.511,17913,07712,53512,327

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-07-03$32.14$32.0021.4%6.1%21.0%10.4%20.8%1.9%-0.3%-865.0K9.6M-71.3K1.6142.292934722,22410,311
2017-07-05$31.80$32.0021.4%6.1%21.0%10.1%33.5%3.0%-0.5%-945.0K11.1M-70.3K1.65107.762914802,22310,321
2017-07-06$31.04$30.0022.8%6.8%22.1%15.9%25.3%4.2%-1.8%-1.0M13.9M-69.3K1.2947.963514542,22710,321
2017-07-07$31.39$30.0022.2%6.3%22.5%13.4%24.5%4.4%-0.7%-1.0M13.0M-69.1K1.2426.623744632,27510,323
2017-07-10$31.54$30.0021.6%6.3%22.6%10.9%25.3%4.5%-1.0%-1.0M12.2M-67.8K1.4128.863234542,27510,339
2017-07-11$31.68$30.0021.1%6.0%22.6%9.0%24.5%4.3%-0.2%-1.0M11.4M-67.3K1.3928.623234502,27110,340
2017-07-12$31.90$30.0021.4%6.1%22.7%10.2%24.9%3.5%-0.6%-915.3K10.1M-66.8K1.4535.353224672,29010,256
2017-07-13$31.81$30.0021.2%6.1%22.7%9.4%25.6%4.6%-1.1%-964.6K10.3M-66.1K1.4433.463224652,32710,276
2017-07-14$31.71$30.0021.1%6.1%22.2%9.2%23.9%3.7%-0.4%-1.0M11.2M-66.2K1.7626.363225662,32710,374
2017-07-17$31.10$30.0021.9%6.3%22.6%12.4%22.4%2.4%-1.4%-1.3M13.8M-63.2K2.2328.633016722,32710,383
2017-07-18$30.33$30.0023.8%6.8%23.5%19.9%24.3%4.9%-2.1%-1.4M18.4M-58.1K2.1827.302906332,31510,600
2017-07-19$30.33$30.0023.1%6.6%22.9%17.2%22.9%4.4%-1.4%-1.4M18.8M-58.3K1.9732.752995902,35510,696
2017-07-20$30.20$30.0023.2%6.6%22.2%17.3%23.2%4.3%-1.5%-1.4M19.7M-56.1K2.2126.572746062,36310,714
2017-07-21$30.85$30.0021.9%6.3%23.3%12.4%23.4%4.2%-1.0%-987.0K16.5M-60.2K2.3625.102726422,36410,548
2017-07-24$30.91$30.0022.9%6.6%22.5%16.2%24.9%4.3%-0.8%-978.8K14.6M-58.9K3.2623.211906191,8119,368
2017-07-25$30.55$30.0022.3%6.4%22.8%13.8%26.2%5.8%0.5%-964.2K15.7M-56.9K3.7234.951626031,8749,397
2017-07-26$30.14$30.0023.5%6.7%22.7%18.8%21.9%3.0%-1.1%-942.4K17.2M-53.1K0.9181.556816201,8829,399
2017-07-27$30.00$30.0023.8%6.8%21.5%19.9%21.7%4.3%-1.5%-837.5K17.5M-53.5K0.8820.906815962,4089,429
2017-07-28$29.48$30.0025.0%7.2%19.1%24.7%20.8%4.9%-2.0%-821.4K18.0M-51.3K1.4624.727321,0672,4089,462
2017-07-31$29.42$30.0026.2%7.5%18.8%29.5%21.5%4.7%-2.6%-862.7K18.6M-48.8K1.2022.137198642,3669,961