CQP Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, CQP traded between $29.15 and $30.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.2%, placing in the 50.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 21.9%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $29.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.20.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-13: Highest Volume — 3,518 contracts
  • 2018-02-07: Largest IV drop — 19.5% change
  • 2018-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.86$29.15$30.71$30.71$29.32
Max Pain$29.00$29.00$29.00$29.00$29.00
ATM IV25.2%21.6%32.0%22.0%25.5%
Expected Move7.1%6.2%8.1%6.4%7.3%
HV 20d21.9%18.4%24.0%18.4%20.7%
HV 60d19.4%18.7%20.3%19.4%19.1%
IV Rank50.3%22.0%100.0%28.6%51.4%
IV Percentile81.9%37.7%100.0%45.2%94.4%
Term Structure-1.3%-4.0%1.3%-0.3%-0.6%
VWIV24.9%20.9%30.2%21.9%25.9%
Skew 25d4.5%2.6%6.6%3.5%3.7%
Skew 10d11.6%3.9%22.9%14.8%13.3%
Call IV 25d22.6%20.2%26.3%21.2%23.7%
Put IV 25d27.1%23.4%32.9%24.7%27.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %53.2618.7691.3736.1130.65
Gamma HHI0.490.400.630.480.48
Net GEX505.6K317.8K634.6K597.2K634.6K
Net DEX-6.6M-11.9M-2.5M-11.9M-3.0M
Net VEX-37.6K-45.6K-25.1K-25.1K-40.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.200.203.490.480.59
Total Volume1,758.4747893,518926789
Total OI10,033.6847,70211,4397,70211,439

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$30.71$29.0022.0%6.4%18.4%28.6%21.9%3.5%-0.3%597.2K-11.9M-25.1K0.4836.116253016,3191,383
2018-02-02$29.99$29.0025.0%6.8%20.4%54.0%22.5%4.4%-1.1%622.5K-9.7M-26.6K0.5025.866153096,3331,422
2018-02-05$29.71$29.0028.3%6.9%20.5%82.4%25.2%3.4%-1.8%614.6K-8.6M-25.9K1.3079.296238106,3301,440
2018-02-06$30.32$29.0032.0%8.1%21.7%100.0%30.2%6.6%-2.4%497.5K-9.5M-29.2K1.1786.806757886,2631,964
2018-02-07$30.16$29.0025.8%7.4%21.8%53.1%25.3%5.6%-1.8%560.8K-9.2M-28.4K1.2148.027238726,3181,979
2018-02-08$29.64$29.0028.2%8.1%22.7%71.6%28.9%6.4%-3.5%498.7K-7.6M-29.5K1.0391.377317556,2932,070
2018-02-09$29.51$29.0028.1%8.1%22.2%71.1%30.0%6.6%-4.0%432.6K-6.7M-32.0K3.4972.697232,5266,3242,457
2018-02-12$30.11$29.0025.4%7.3%23.0%50.8%25.8%4.3%-1.8%317.8K-5.9M-44.1K3.3358.247502,5016,3244,550
2018-02-13$30.23$29.0025.3%7.3%22.7%49.8%25.2%4.3%-2.0%343.2K-6.5M-43.9K2.1676.981,1122,4066,4554,566
2018-02-14$29.95$29.0025.0%7.2%22.7%47.6%24.6%2.6%-0.8%370.0K-5.9M-45.5K2.2078.411,0972,4106,7144,555
2018-02-15$29.82$29.0023.7%6.8%22.6%37.4%21.7%5.5%-0.5%386.2K-5.1M-45.6K2.2729.211,0372,3536,7294,575
2018-02-16$29.15$29.0024.7%7.1%23.7%44.9%26.2%5.7%-0.3%489.9K-2.5M-44.2K0.4133.381,0194166,7614,565
2018-02-20$29.63$29.0025.0%7.2%24.0%47.6%26.6%3.7%-1.0%423.1K-4.8M-43.4K0.3369.769553126,1764,391
2018-02-21$29.68$29.0024.3%7.0%23.9%42.5%22.8%5.5%-2.5%519.6K-5.3M-42.4K0.2073.061,0612106,4324,405
2018-02-22$29.63$29.0023.9%6.9%20.7%39.2%22.9%3.5%-1.0%556.1K-4.7M-42.9K0.3552.127612706,6334,459
2018-02-23$30.05$29.0021.6%6.2%21.4%22.0%20.9%3.2%1.3%563.2K-7.0M-42.1K0.5521.596673686,7594,469
2018-02-26$29.86$29.0023.0%6.6%21.2%32.2%23.6%4.6%-0.3%577.2K-6.0M-42.0K0.5618.766453596,7804,574
2018-02-27$29.85$29.0022.7%6.5%21.1%29.8%22.2%3.1%-0.2%602.2K-6.1M-41.3K0.7329.594843536,7944,640
2018-02-28$29.32$29.0025.5%7.3%20.7%51.4%25.9%3.7%-0.6%634.6K-3.0M-40.4K0.5930.654972926,7954,644