CQP Options History — January 2021

In January 2021, CQP traded between $35.00 and $39.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.2%, placing in the 10.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 31.9%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $34.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.21.

Notable Days

  • 2021-01-19: Highest Volume — 3,223 contracts
  • 2021-01-27: Largest IV spike — 24.0% change
  • 2021-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 15.1%
  • 2021-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 11.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.73$35.00$39.36$35.00$39.08
Max Pain$33.11$33.00$34.00$33.00$33.00
ATM IV32.2%26.7%38.5%35.0%34.0%
Expected Move9.1%7.6%11.0%9.8%9.8%
HV 20d31.9%27.6%36.0%36.0%31.0%
HV 60d32.5%31.6%33.5%32.5%33.2%
IV Rank10.8%6.6%15.1%13.5%11.0%
IV Percentile30.6%8.3%57.9%48.0%41.7%
Term Structure0.7%-1.3%3.2%-1.3%0.2%
VWIV32.3%25.8%41.7%32.4%33.9%
Skew 25d6.4%4.7%8.1%7.8%6.8%
Skew 10d13.1%9.2%19.6%14.4%9.2%
Call IV 25d29.1%26.4%34.8%30.8%30.0%
Put IV 25d35.5%31.1%43.0%38.5%36.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %57.6242.7175.2747.4372.46
Gamma HHI0.220.090.390.100.33
Net GEX-29.8K-155.6K127.0K-41.3K-123.6K
Net DEX-120.6K-4.2M3.5M1.1M1.5M
Net VEX-27.9K-48.0K-13.1K-13.1K-46.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.210.0531.560.900.51
Total Volume394.263533,22368959
Total OI5,206.6843,1716,9523,1716,938

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-01-04$35.00$33.0035.0%9.8%36.0%13.5%32.4%7.8%-1.3%-41.3K1.1M-13.1K0.9047.433633261,2451,926
2021-01-05$35.01$34.0035.6%9.4%35.7%13.9%35.7%6.5%1.0%-64.6K1.2M-14.4K0.5952.0174441,4982,153
2021-01-06$35.80$34.0034.7%9.4%34.8%13.2%37.5%7.9%-0.4%-42.0K420.7K-14.6K0.0753.26656481,5462,194
2021-01-07$36.62$33.0029.8%9.1%35.0%9.5%36.7%6.3%-0.8%44.9K-1.9M-16.0K0.0842.71709582,0642,199
2021-01-08$36.30$33.0031.4%9.6%34.7%10.7%32.2%7.8%-0.6%26.5K-972.4K-15.8K0.0546.5014371,9322,182
2021-01-11$36.67$33.0035.3%9.7%33.5%13.6%34.4%6.2%-0.1%49.2K-1.5M-15.3K0.1548.97379581,9582,198
2021-01-12$38.27$33.0037.2%9.3%35.2%15.1%30.7%6.7%0.1%110.7K-3.3M-14.3K0.2155.45149312,0572,196
2021-01-13$38.75$33.0030.4%8.7%34.8%10.0%31.0%6.0%0.4%108.8K-3.8M-13.6K0.3653.62184672,0822,218
2021-01-14$38.95$33.0030.9%8.9%33.2%10.4%31.9%7.0%1.0%111.7K-4.0M-13.7K0.3251.38134432,0972,226
2021-01-15$39.19$33.0029.8%8.6%30.5%9.6%28.9%6.1%1.0%127.0K-4.2M-13.4K0.3957.7485332,0942,248
2021-01-19$38.95$33.0029.4%8.4%30.0%9.2%29.3%6.7%1.9%77.8K-2.9M-13.1K31.5652.18993,1241,7801,862
2021-01-20$38.43$33.0030.3%8.7%29.6%9.5%30.3%4.7%0.8%-120.9K2.1M-46.6K1.6358.0346751,8254,913
2021-01-21$38.07$33.0030.0%8.6%27.8%9.2%28.6%5.0%2.2%-138.9K2.6M-46.6K1.3856.3332441,8524,974
2021-01-22$38.62$33.0026.7%7.6%27.9%6.6%25.8%4.7%3.1%-131.1K1.9M-46.7K0.1063.504851,8364,990
2021-01-25$38.52$33.0027.7%7.9%27.7%6.6%27.7%5.1%2.5%-148.9K2.0M-45.5K0.5970.84107631,8594,995
2021-01-26$37.91$33.0031.1%8.9%27.6%9.2%29.5%6.8%3.2%-155.6K2.8M-46.9K0.1164.795361,9125,006
2021-01-27$37.42$33.0038.5%11.0%28.4%14.9%41.7%8.1%-0.8%-138.1K3.5M-48.0K2.9072.3721611,9095,011
2021-01-28$39.36$33.0033.1%9.5%32.3%10.4%34.7%6.4%-0.1%-118.4K1.1M-45.4K0.1675.274981,9075,045
2021-01-29$39.08$33.0034.0%9.8%31.0%11.0%33.9%6.8%0.2%-123.6K1.5M-46.6K0.5172.4639201,8995,039