CQP Options History — July 2023

In July 2023, CQP traded between $46.09 and $52.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.7%, placing in the 4.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.7% (HV 20d: 17.0%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.53.

Notable Days

  • 2023-07-18: Highest Volume — 446 contracts
  • 2023-07-27: Largest IV spike — 47.2% change
  • 2023-07-27: Highest IV Rank — 16.6%
  • 2023-07-27: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.05$46.09$52.19$46.75$52.19
Max Pain$47.25$45.00$50.00$45.00$50.00
ATM IV24.7%20.5%40.6%21.7%20.5%
Expected Move6.7%5.5%11.7%6.2%5.9%
HV 20d17.0%14.2%24.5%24.5%14.9%
HV 60d22.4%21.0%23.4%23.0%21.2%
IV Rank4.9%1.9%16.6%2.8%1.9%
IV Percentile8.8%0.8%68.3%1.2%1.2%
Term Structure-0.6%-15.2%7.8%5.8%3.8%
VWIV22.5%16.5%27.9%18.0%16.5%
Skew 25d31.0%2.5%95.9%10.6%13.2%
Skew 10d70.8%3.0%152.9%138.7%46.4%
Call IV 25d23.1%10.8%76.4%14.8%10.8%
Put IV 25d54.2%24.0%117.2%25.4%24.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.5179.33106.77101.9288.91
Gamma HHI0.490.350.810.400.43
Net GEX169.9K24.4K599.3K48.4K164.2K
Net DEX-1.3M-3.3M340.8K73.1K-3.1M
Net VEX-9.6K-11.7K-7.1K-8.1K-10.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.530.0018.330.000.53
Total Volume106.75104461026
Total OI2,476.62,1742,9332,1742,648

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-07-03$46.75$45.0021.7%6.2%24.5%2.8%18.0%10.6%5.8%48.4K73.1K-8.1K0.00101.921001,415759
2023-07-05$46.41$45.0025.6%7.3%21.2%5.6%26.0%8.5%3.6%38.4K224.3K-7.1K2.1194.569191,418759
2023-07-06$46.09$45.0024.9%5.6%21.5%5.1%22.5%35.9%-3.5%24.4K340.8K-7.2K0.4299.7426111,425768
2023-07-07$46.25$45.0025.1%5.5%21.0%5.2%22.1%3.0%7.8%32.4K223.1K-7.9K1.5090.01461,433774
2023-07-10$46.49$45.0026.9%5.7%20.0%6.6%21.7%8.2%-5.6%35.8K101.1K-8.2K18.3398.8791651,433780
2023-07-11$47.23$45.0026.6%6.3%16.8%6.4%19.8%8.7%5.3%41.6K-95.2K-8.4K0.0998.006961,436945
2023-07-12$47.86$45.0025.4%7.3%16.8%5.5%27.9%2.5%-2.8%76.5K-462.6K-8.9K0.4195.0558241,457945
2023-07-13$48.51$45.0022.8%6.5%17.1%3.6%22.3%4.6%-2.1%119.2K-839.5K-9.2K0.0595.594221,487941
2023-07-14$47.92$45.0024.3%7.0%17.8%4.6%25.1%6.1%1.9%93.3K-553.8K-9.2K0.6794.0921141,522942
2023-07-17$48.27$45.0024.2%6.9%17.5%4.6%0.0%6.1%-2.0%111.1K-851.7K-9.7K0.0087.343901,537942
2023-07-18$49.16$45.0022.8%6.5%15.2%3.6%22.8%4.9%-0.1%224.8K-1.4M-9.6K0.4479.333091371,564942
2023-07-19$50.13$50.0020.7%5.9%14.7%2.0%21.2%94.1%4.4%499.9K-2.3M-11.1K0.16100.63186301,7621,073
2023-07-20$50.28$50.0020.5%5.9%14.2%1.9%20.5%92.2%1.2%599.3K-2.8M-11.5K0.5995.5727161,8431,090
2023-07-21$50.73$50.0024.8%7.1%14.3%5.0%24.7%36.7%0.1%407.6K-3.3M-11.3K0.1285.70339411,8381,088
2023-07-24$51.50$50.0023.2%6.7%14.4%3.9%23.2%35.6%-1.3%212.0K-2.5M-11.0K0.8394.5887721,553832
2023-07-25$51.34$50.0022.9%6.6%14.6%3.7%22.7%56.2%-0.1%175.3K-2.3M-11.7K0.50106.771891,550888
2023-07-26$51.31$50.0027.6%7.9%14.3%7.1%25.3%71.7%-11.8%190.2K-2.2M-10.8K3.2092.93601921,561891
2023-07-27$51.27$50.0040.6%11.7%14.3%16.6%23.6%95.9%-15.2%157.8K-1.7M-10.9K0.3290.572581,5901,050
2023-07-28$51.30$50.0022.2%6.4%14.4%3.2%22.2%26.2%-0.8%145.1K-3.0M-9.5K0.2780.011541,5971,054
2023-07-31$52.19$50.0020.5%5.9%14.9%1.9%16.5%13.2%3.8%164.2K-3.1M-10.5K0.5388.911791,5971,051