CQP Options History — February 2022

In February 2022, CQP traded between $47.25 and $53.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.8%, placing in the 29.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 35.1%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $46.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2022-02-07: Highest Volume — 2,405 contracts
  • 2022-02-10: Largest IV spike — 31.1% change
  • 2022-02-24: Highest IV Rank — 50.1%
  • 2022-02-24: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.33$47.25$53.34$49.82$53.34
Max Pain$45.42$43.00$46.00$45.00$46.00
ATM IV32.8%23.0%42.4%23.0%33.9%
Expected Move9.4%6.6%12.2%6.6%9.7%
HV 20d35.1%31.9%41.2%31.9%41.2%
HV 60d30.7%28.4%33.2%28.4%33.0%
IV Rank29.9%9.4%50.1%9.4%32.2%
IV Percentile79.1%9.1%99.6%9.1%89.3%
Term Structure-2.6%-15.3%11.9%2.3%1.2%
VWIV34.7%21.8%43.7%29.2%38.3%
Skew 25d3.3%-15.5%10.7%-15.5%1.8%
Skew 10d4.3%-23.5%21.5%-19.8%6.3%
Call IV 25d33.5%27.0%46.0%46.0%38.6%
Put IV 25d36.8%30.5%47.0%30.5%40.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %83.1169.60106.20103.0983.30
Gamma HHI0.330.190.500.370.23
Net GEX215.3K121.5K357.7K348.7K266.8K
Net DEX-4.6M-10.1M-2.1M-8.8M-7.3M
Net VEX-25.0K-33.0K-18.8K-25.9K-29.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.150.700.500.51
Total Volume1,278.7898012,4051,0081,013
Total OI4,210.9473,0634,5864,1974,586

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-02-01$49.82$45.0023.0%6.6%31.9%9.4%29.2%-15.5%2.3%348.7K-8.8M-25.9K0.50103.096743343,0571,140
2022-02-02$51.48$46.0024.2%6.9%32.1%12.0%21.8%5.6%9.0%357.7K-10.1M-19.2K0.70106.204703312,7851,221
2022-02-03$51.02$43.0030.7%8.7%32.5%25.5%30.1%2.3%-1.4%263.1K-9.1M-18.8K0.4281.968263432,6551,222
2022-02-04$51.21$46.0033.0%9.4%32.5%30.4%31.7%3.3%-3.1%196.3K-5.1M-20.5K0.3473.869163151,8311,232
2022-02-07$49.28$46.0030.9%8.9%36.3%25.9%25.5%4.9%-13.9%218.5K-4.2M-18.8K0.1595.712,0873181,8751,246
2022-02-08$47.41$45.0034.8%9.8%39.4%34.1%43.7%7.3%-10.1%181.5K-2.9M-28.0K0.2969.601,3273793,0011,262
2022-02-09$47.72$45.0025.4%7.3%34.2%14.3%33.0%5.3%3.2%234.9K-3.1M-26.7K0.2073.951,3502733,1181,202
2022-02-10$47.59$45.0033.2%9.5%34.2%30.8%35.9%4.0%-2.7%218.9K-3.0M-24.6K0.2878.569682673,2021,218
2022-02-11$48.75$45.0039.3%11.3%34.2%43.5%39.9%0.6%-9.8%264.1K-4.2M-29.0K0.3391.929713163,1741,224
2022-02-14$48.31$45.0029.6%8.5%34.4%23.2%38.8%2.4%-2.4%242.4K-4.3M-33.0K0.2886.159212593,1901,274
2022-02-15$47.25$45.0028.9%8.3%35.0%21.9%41.1%10.7%-1.8%191.6K-2.4M-24.3K0.2581.621,1162843,1751,339
2022-02-16$47.60$45.0034.8%10.0%34.8%34.2%31.0%3.2%-10.7%204.8K-2.4M-25.9K0.4278.778963743,0651,362
2022-02-17$47.49$46.0035.9%10.3%33.6%36.4%32.4%4.9%0.8%128.1K-2.1M-24.5K0.4778.047783653,0651,451
2022-02-18$47.93$46.0034.6%9.9%33.5%33.6%37.9%2.2%-2.2%128.0K-2.2M-24.0K0.6571.617404803,0691,456
2022-02-22$48.93$46.0034.4%9.9%33.9%33.3%31.3%2.8%11.9%125.9K-2.8M-24.1K0.5183.826223162,7241,435
2022-02-23$48.00$46.0036.2%10.4%32.0%37.0%34.2%0.8%-2.9%121.5K-2.4M-25.6K0.6175.346213792,8311,505
2022-02-24$51.62$46.0042.4%12.2%40.8%50.1%43.7%10.7%-2.3%171.2K-5.0M-26.5K0.3185.481,1343472,8761,512
2022-02-25$52.43$46.0037.4%10.7%41.0%39.5%40.7%4.7%-15.3%226.9K-5.9M-25.3K0.4980.187983892,9111,517
2022-02-28$53.34$46.0033.9%9.7%41.2%32.2%38.3%1.8%1.2%266.8K-7.3M-29.7K0.5183.306693443,0551,531