CQP Options History — February 2021

In February 2021, CQP traded between $38.54 and $41.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.7%, placing in the 6.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 26.3%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2021-02-04: Highest Volume — 829 contracts
  • 2021-02-10: Largest IV spike — 24.8% change
  • 2021-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 11.2%
  • 2021-02-10: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.77$38.54$41.25$39.31$39.28
Max Pain$35.84$33.00$37.00$33.00$37.00
ATM IV31.7%26.0%37.3%34.3%34.6%
Expected Move9.3%8.1%10.7%9.8%9.9%
HV 20d26.3%18.5%29.3%29.3%18.5%
HV 60d31.2%29.3%33.2%33.2%29.4%
IV Rank6.6%4.0%11.2%11.2%7.6%
IV Percentile26.4%4.4%55.6%42.5%45.2%
Term Structure0.1%-9.5%11.4%1.0%-1.4%
VWIV33.1%25.4%40.2%33.3%36.2%
Skew 25d6.4%-3.7%10.6%6.0%8.1%
Skew 10d17.2%7.6%34.1%8.3%19.3%
Call IV 25d30.4%27.1%41.1%31.3%30.8%
Put IV 25d36.8%32.5%40.1%37.3%38.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.5863.0187.0272.1773.63
Gamma HHI0.330.270.380.370.35
Net GEX-79.1K-114.6K26.3K-106.0K-104.0K
Net DEX1.4M327.2K2.9M1.2M2.4M
Net VEX-43.7K-47.5K-39.0K-44.7K-42.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.042.630.950.73
Total Volume146.94718829117137
Total OI6,751.8426,2037,1046,9546,506

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-02-01$39.31$33.0034.3%9.8%29.3%11.2%33.3%6.0%1.0%-106.0K1.2M-44.7K0.9572.1760571,9005,054
2021-02-02$39.09$33.0029.0%8.3%28.8%7.1%31.5%5.1%4.2%-108.4K1.3M-44.4K1.0884.7626281,9155,087
2021-02-03$39.27$33.0028.2%8.1%28.7%6.5%28.2%5.4%5.3%-112.2K1.2M-44.9K0.2681.08177461,9145,112
2021-02-04$39.41$36.0026.0%9.4%28.0%4.9%35.2%6.3%-1.1%-91.0K826.0K-43.6K0.0478.68798311,9585,146
2021-02-05$38.54$36.0028.8%9.3%28.8%4.0%33.7%6.5%-1.3%-114.6K2.0M-47.5K0.5572.9729161,8995,160
2021-02-08$39.17$36.0030.8%9.6%28.8%5.6%39.3%6.6%-0.7%-102.9K2.5M-46.1K1.6268.5021341,5795,159
2021-02-09$38.81$36.0029.9%9.4%29.1%4.9%35.2%7.4%-0.1%-107.4K2.9M-46.7K0.3364.552171,5965,153
2021-02-10$39.40$36.0037.3%10.7%25.5%10.8%35.3%8.6%-9.5%-92.9K2.3M-46.0K2.6386.7324631,6105,158
2021-02-11$39.72$36.0032.9%9.4%25.3%7.2%32.0%-3.7%11.4%-110.1K1.8M-44.4K0.5084.531261,6185,204
2021-02-12$40.05$36.0032.3%9.3%25.4%6.8%32.9%6.6%0.1%-57.3K1.4M-44.8K1.1468.3235401,6145,210
2021-02-16$40.10$36.0033.3%9.5%25.3%7.5%33.4%7.2%-0.6%-31.5K1.3M-43.1K0.3069.3640121,6155,209
2021-02-17$40.72$36.0030.1%8.6%25.6%4.4%28.1%5.8%1.7%-20.7K472.4K-42.0K0.1272.06149181,6195,200
2021-02-18$40.35$36.0034.2%9.8%25.3%7.7%40.2%5.4%-4.7%-571823.1K-42.3K0.4779.94120571,6445,202
2021-02-19$40.67$37.0030.8%8.8%25.0%4.6%30.3%5.2%1.4%26.3K327.2K-41.7K0.4366.77117501,7265,230
2021-02-22$41.25$37.0033.4%9.6%25.0%6.6%33.6%7.7%-0.9%-99.6K340.3K-39.0K0.3163.01125391,4604,743
2021-02-23$40.56$37.0033.4%9.6%25.9%6.6%33.2%10.6%-2.1%-95.3K1.1M-41.4K0.4573.7062281,4934,777
2021-02-24$40.23$37.0032.0%9.2%25.3%5.5%25.4%7.1%-0.5%-83.1K1.4M-41.6K0.4869.30166791,5374,802
2021-02-25$39.73$37.0031.7%9.1%25.3%5.3%32.7%9.4%0.5%-92.2K1.9M-42.5K0.4887.0242201,6574,819
2021-02-26$39.28$37.0034.6%9.9%18.5%7.6%36.2%8.1%-1.4%-104.0K2.4M-42.9K0.7373.6379581,6744,832