CQP Options History — March 2024

In March 2024, CQP traded between $47.88 and $50.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 15.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.8% (HV 20d: 21.9%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.13.

Notable Days

  • 2024-03-18: Highest Volume — 303 contracts
  • 2024-03-25: Largest IV spike — 24.6% change
  • 2024-03-28: Highest IV Rank — 28.6%
  • 2024-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 10.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.98$47.88$50.53$48.81$49.65
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV25.8%20.7%29.9%26.9%27.7%
Expected Move7.5%5.9%10.0%7.7%8.0%
HV 20d21.9%18.6%26.6%26.6%18.6%
HV 60d24.9%22.9%27.4%27.4%22.9%
IV Rank15.0%6.1%28.6%8.7%28.6%
IV Percentile36.1%6.3%58.3%41.7%53.6%
Term Structure4.8%-3.2%13.6%2.2%-2.5%
VWIV27.9%20.9%44.5%29.9%26.0%
Skew 25d4.1%-2.1%26.2%3.8%-1.1%
Skew 10d3.9%-20.0%63.9%2.5%-2.3%
Call IV 25d27.5%22.4%36.9%29.2%29.3%
Put IV 25d31.6%23.2%54.5%32.9%28.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %87.3570.2699.7192.3096.84
Gamma HHI0.360.220.550.410.28
Net GEX-86.8K-228.8K43.9K-151.6K18.8K
Net DEX1.6M-322.0K3.1M2.1M262.4K
Net VEX-13.2K-15.9K-11.3K-13.2K-14.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.130.044.502.240.14
Total Volume86.8243035566
Total OI3,057.61,9063,7453,4892,576

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-03-01$48.81$50.0026.9%7.7%26.6%8.7%29.9%3.8%2.2%-151.6K2.1M-13.2K2.2492.3017382,0361,453
2024-03-04$48.81$50.0029.3%10.0%26.2%10.4%44.5%12.6%6.4%-161.7K2.2M-13.9K2.0099.7119382,0461,486
2024-03-05$48.92$50.0029.9%8.7%26.1%10.9%30.5%-2.1%5.5%-154.2K2.1M-13.3K1.7296.5625432,0511,480
2024-03-06$49.39$50.0029.1%6.9%22.8%10.3%32.8%4.2%13.6%-162.6K1.8M-13.5K0.5598.9429162,0561,502
2024-03-07$48.69$50.0023.7%8.0%23.2%6.4%28.6%1.2%1.1%-184.6K2.4M-11.9K0.8286.8265532,0541,515
2024-03-08$48.49$50.0023.2%8.2%23.2%6.1%32.7%22.5%0.2%-181.0K2.5M-13.2K1.1987.4457682,0771,565
2024-03-11$49.17$50.0028.7%7.5%23.9%10.0%26.4%4.9%6.3%-228.8K2.4M-12.5K2.1394.448172,1161,604
2024-03-12$48.89$50.0027.2%7.8%21.6%8.9%28.1%26.2%3.5%-217.9K2.6M-12.5K0.7191.8414102,1221,617
2024-03-13$48.28$50.0027.1%7.8%21.6%8.9%28.7%3.0%2.8%-153.3K3.0M-12.0K2.3490.8029682,1231,622
2024-03-14$47.88$50.0027.8%8.0%21.7%9.4%28.5%-1.9%6.2%-126.8K3.1M-11.3K4.5083.6612542,1211,624
2024-03-15$48.31$50.0026.8%7.7%20.6%26.5%29.5%1.9%6.6%-48.4K2.9M-11.7K1.3379.4657762,1311,605
2024-03-18$48.27$50.0025.7%7.4%19.9%24.1%25.7%1.7%6.9%-57.4K1.4M-11.7K0.0471.3929211918988
2024-03-19$48.92$50.0025.5%7.3%20.8%23.8%25.7%1.2%6.6%-13.6K690.8K-13.5K0.0870.2611691,1631,002
2024-03-20$50.12$50.0023.0%6.6%22.3%18.2%23.7%2.7%6.9%20.4K6.1K-14.7K0.3085.8981241,2841,004
2024-03-21$50.53$50.0021.9%6.3%21.0%15.8%23.3%3.1%10.8%43.9K-322.0K-15.7K0.1492.573651,3521,024
2024-03-22$49.45$50.0020.7%5.9%21.0%13.2%20.9%0.5%6.9%16.6K390.2K-14.1K1.0082.6329291,3791,027
2024-03-25$49.35$50.0025.8%7.4%20.0%24.3%26.2%-1.7%-3.2%-15.9K482.8K-12.5K1.2682.1519241,3931,049
2024-03-26$48.59$50.0021.2%6.1%18.9%14.3%23.3%0.8%5.8%-9.3K969.6K-13.2K0.1186.226371,4021,070
2024-03-27$49.06$50.0024.0%6.9%18.7%20.5%23.2%-1.3%3.5%31.2K347.3K-15.9K0.1077.12102101,4391,076
2024-03-28$49.65$50.0027.7%8.0%18.6%28.6%26.0%-1.1%-2.5%18.8K262.4K-14.2K0.1496.845881,4901,086