CQP Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, CQP traded between $40.86 and $44.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.1%, placing in the 45.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 30.0%). Max pain ranged from $38.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-05: Highest Volume — 4,515 contracts
  • 2019-02-27: Largest IV drop — 13.6% change
  • 2019-02-07: Highest IV Rank — 59.2%
  • 2019-02-07: Largest Expected Move — 9.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.45$40.86$44.95$41.80$44.95
Max Pain$39.74$38.00$40.00$38.00$40.00
ATM IV28.1%23.3%31.7%24.7%23.3%
Expected Move8.1%6.7%9.1%7.5%6.7%
HV 20d30.0%24.0%33.0%33.0%30.1%
HV 60d29.6%27.7%31.8%31.7%29.4%
IV Rank45.4%27.1%59.2%32.6%27.1%
IV Percentile73.3%50.8%89.7%60.7%50.8%
Term Structure-1.7%-4.2%1.6%1.0%1.6%
VWIV29.7%22.9%37.3%27.0%22.9%
Skew 25d3.9%1.7%5.3%5.3%1.7%
Skew 10d12.9%8.6%23.5%19.2%11.1%
Call IV 25d27.0%22.9%30.2%24.2%22.9%
Put IV 25d30.9%24.6%34.2%29.4%24.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %73.1063.6985.6482.7484.37
Gamma HHI0.290.220.510.490.23
Net GEX505.1K-352.8K1.1M-352.8K927.2K
Net DEX-13.0M-25.6M-244.6K-428.5K-25.6M
Net VEX-41.1K-57.7K-23.2K-35.0K-23.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.054.990.511.00
Total Volume1,441.8424924,5156133,284
Total OI12,226.3168,05114,1748,41812,499

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$41.80$38.0024.7%7.5%33.0%32.6%27.0%5.3%1.0%-352.8K-428.5K-35.0K0.5182.744062072,0346,384
2019-02-04$42.43$38.0026.4%7.3%32.0%39.1%25.7%3.5%0.5%-275.0K-1.8M-30.8K0.2380.54401912,0696,394
2019-02-05$42.35$39.0029.0%8.7%32.0%49.1%31.1%4.1%-3.7%-308.6K-244.6K-29.9K0.0568.834,3012141,5896,462
2019-02-06$41.93$40.0030.0%8.6%32.0%52.7%31.7%4.7%-3.4%158.5K-7.8M-47.9K0.0565.601,759894,8736,570
2019-02-07$41.41$40.0031.7%9.1%32.5%59.2%32.4%4.0%-4.2%295.0K-8.6M-54.4K0.1163.691,1631245,9286,608
2019-02-08$41.42$40.0030.6%8.8%32.5%55.1%31.4%4.5%-3.9%418.2K-10.7M-57.7K0.6168.995173166,7446,729
2019-02-11$42.24$40.0029.5%8.5%32.5%50.9%31.0%4.4%-3.0%563.1K-14.6M-52.8K0.5970.903412017,0426,922
2019-02-12$42.48$40.0029.1%8.3%32.4%49.5%31.3%4.2%-2.2%606.3K-16.8M-49.1K0.3766.645091867,1727,002
2019-02-13$42.50$40.0029.0%8.3%29.1%49.2%29.8%3.5%-2.5%606.3K-16.4M-47.8K0.6170.373081887,0377,007
2019-02-14$43.09$40.0028.1%8.0%28.1%45.4%29.4%3.7%-2.0%692.3K-19.3M-42.8K0.4165.125422207,0697,026
2019-02-15$43.15$40.0027.5%7.9%28.1%43.2%28.9%3.4%-1.4%767.7K-17.2M-46.7K0.4867.355642706,9127,029
2019-02-19$43.90$40.0026.9%7.7%28.2%41.0%32.6%4.2%-0.8%535.2K-20.1M-34.0K0.8765.285744986,4816,415
2019-02-20$43.00$40.0027.9%8.0%24.0%44.7%37.3%3.6%-2.3%548.2K-16.3M-38.5K4.9971.323461,7286,2456,480
2019-02-21$41.38$40.0030.0%8.6%28.3%52.9%33.0%4.0%-1.4%619.0K-10.4M-42.3K1.3074.101,3931,8056,2985,156
2019-02-22$40.86$40.0028.3%8.1%28.9%46.4%28.2%2.9%-0.7%767.6K-9.2M-44.1K0.1775.891,5482587,2905,184
2019-02-25$41.45$40.0030.0%8.6%28.5%52.7%29.4%4.7%-2.3%894.9K-11.6M-41.4K0.1780.726521107,3275,244
2019-02-26$42.18$40.0027.5%7.9%28.8%43.3%28.3%4.1%-1.4%1.1M-15.6M-35.6K0.1785.64526897,2565,320
2019-02-27$44.08$40.0023.8%6.8%29.6%29.0%23.6%3.3%0.7%1.0M-23.3M-27.0K0.1480.721,4632047,1875,316
2019-02-28$44.95$40.0023.3%6.7%30.1%27.1%22.9%1.7%1.6%927.2K-25.6M-23.2K1.0084.371,6381,6467,1625,337