CQP Options History — September 2019

In September 2019, CQP traded between $43.83 and $48.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.1%, placing in the 21.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 25.5%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $46.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2019-09-17: Highest Volume — 1,802 contracts
  • 2019-09-16: Largest IV spike — 15.9% change
  • 2019-09-16: Highest IV Rank — 30.1%
  • 2019-09-16: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$45.58$43.83$48.20$43.83$45.38
Max Pain$44.40$43.00$46.00$43.00$44.00
ATM IV22.1%18.7%24.3%23.4%22.0%
Expected Move6.3%5.4%7.0%6.7%6.3%
HV 20d25.5%19.9%29.8%23.1%28.3%
HV 60d22.3%20.4%24.3%20.4%23.8%
IV Rank21.9%8.6%30.1%26.8%21.2%
IV Percentile24.6%2.0%41.7%34.9%21.0%
Term Structure0.7%-1.2%1.7%-0.7%1.7%
VWIV21.5%17.0%24.6%23.1%20.7%
Skew 25d4.6%0.6%8.5%6.6%4.0%
Skew 10d11.4%6.0%34.0%16.4%10.0%
Call IV 25d19.9%13.9%22.0%21.3%20.1%
Put IV 25d24.5%19.4%27.9%27.9%24.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %62.1244.1088.9283.4952.61
Gamma HHI0.290.180.380.340.24
Net GEX1.3M377.5K2.8M1.7M469.5K
Net DEX-14.7M-31.3M-3.5M-8.9M-4.9M
Net VEX-26.9K-36.8K-19.5K-36.1K-22.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.052.800.920.54
Total Volume264.15191,8022360
Total OI7,646.753,8329,7888,8264,213

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-09-03$43.83$43.0023.4%6.7%23.1%26.8%23.1%6.6%-0.7%1.7M-8.9M-36.1K0.9283.4912117,2011,625
2019-09-04$44.43$43.0022.9%6.6%23.6%24.7%22.1%5.0%-1.1%2.0M-11.9M-36.8K0.2986.1568207,2091,635
2019-09-05$44.99$45.0020.2%5.8%23.9%14.5%20.4%5.5%0.6%2.1M-15.3M-35.9K0.1865.5666127,2291,629
2019-09-06$44.24$45.0020.1%5.7%23.6%13.9%17.8%4.9%1.7%2.2M-10.5M-34.1K0.1060.81123127,2341,628
2019-09-09$44.33$45.0022.8%6.2%20.6%24.4%23.2%4.3%1.1%2.3M-11.3M-32.2K0.3257.3647157,3181,638
2019-09-10$44.53$45.0020.5%5.8%20.4%15.7%21.3%4.3%1.2%2.5M-12.4M-31.9K0.6556.0023157,3531,645
2019-09-11$44.82$45.0019.9%5.7%19.9%13.2%17.7%4.5%1.7%2.8M-14.4M-30.8K0.0861.482427,3571,659
2019-09-12$44.59$45.0018.7%5.4%19.9%8.6%19.3%8.5%1.4%2.8M-12.6M-29.6K1.0087.6520207,3491,657
2019-09-13$46.67$45.0020.9%6.0%25.5%17.3%19.9%0.6%1.4%1.8M-26.1M-22.3K0.0788.92325237,3431,636
2019-09-16$48.20$45.0024.3%7.0%27.0%30.1%22.7%6.2%-0.6%732.6K-31.3M-19.5K0.3773.768163007,5601,633
2019-09-17$48.02$46.0023.9%6.9%27.0%28.7%17.0%5.1%-1.2%703.3K-30.1M-22.3K0.0859.361,6681347,8861,902
2019-09-18$47.55$44.0023.1%6.6%27.1%25.6%22.0%4.0%-0.1%880.1K-28.0M-23.7K0.0655.09181107,8021,919
2019-09-19$47.56$44.0023.0%6.6%26.8%25.4%23.9%4.2%1.0%675.4K-28.2M-23.3K0.2348.72133307,8401,919
2019-09-20$47.48$44.0023.0%6.6%25.9%25.1%24.6%4.4%0.3%673.9K-28.0M-23.3K0.0762.76413307,8501,929
2019-09-23$45.67$44.0022.8%6.5%29.4%24.5%23.1%4.4%0.8%383.1K-4.9M-22.6K1.0956.241061162,919913
2019-09-24$45.22$44.0023.1%6.6%29.7%25.6%22.1%4.5%1.2%377.5K-4.2M-22.7K0.0547.2016782,9701,002
2019-09-25$44.70$44.0022.9%6.6%29.8%25.0%22.1%3.7%0.9%404.5K-3.6M-22.8K0.2644.91145383,0521,000
2019-09-26$44.61$44.0022.8%6.5%29.8%24.4%23.3%3.9%1.4%407.7K-3.5M-22.8K2.8044.105143,1161,017
2019-09-27$44.84$44.0022.3%6.4%28.1%22.6%22.9%4.2%1.6%431.3K-3.9M-22.7K0.3750.1652193,1291,019
2019-09-30$45.38$44.0022.0%6.3%28.3%21.2%20.7%4.0%1.7%469.5K-4.9M-22.4K0.5452.6139213,1791,034