EMLP Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, EMLP traded between $26.09 and $27.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 96.6%, placing in the 40.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 81.3% (HV 20d: 15.4%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-02: Highest Volume — 29 contracts
  • 2015-03-11: Largest IV drop — 47.7% change
  • 2015-03-10: Highest IV Rank — 64.1%
  • 2015-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 31.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.77$26.09$27.36$27.17$26.83
Max Pain$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV96.6%74.7%142.8%102.9%106.6%
Expected Move24.7%19.1%31.3%29.5%30.6%
HV 20d15.4%12.3%17.4%16.8%16.2%
HV 60d17.3%15.9%18.7%18.7%16.5%
IV Rank40.8%29.7%64.1%44.0%45.8%
IV Percentile59.4%22.9%93.4%72.6%74.9%
Term Structure-32.9%-41.8%-24.0%-36.3%-41.8%
VWIV123.6%120.7%128.3%120.7%128.3%
Skew 25d10.9%-6.6%27.0%25.1%12.0%
Skew 10d39.6%29.0%74.2%74.2%43.1%
Call IV 25d115.5%89.6%145.8%124.2%145.8%
Put IV 25d126.3%83.0%158.8%149.4%157.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %153.36148.99176.26174.61150.90
Gamma HHI0.790.521.000.551.00
Net GEX588442861856446
Net DEX-15.3K-20.7K-11.3K-18.7K-13.8K
Net VEX-132-149-122-147-125
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.120.210.120.21
Total Volume8.9090292917
Total OI21.09117232317

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$27.17$30.00102.9%29.5%16.8%44.0%120.7%25.1%-36.3%856-18.7K-1470.12174.61263203
2015-03-03$27.36$30.00105.5%30.2%16.6%45.2%121.9%27.0%-37.5%861-19.7K-1490.12176.26263203
2015-03-04$27.14$30.00109.2%31.3%15.7%47.2%128.3%26.6%-41.1%847-18.7K-1450.12176.24263203
2015-03-05$27.26$0.00112.5%19.1%15.0%48.8%0.0%-6.6%-24.0%736-20.7K-1470.12149.65263203
2015-03-06$26.67$0.00117.7%19.5%15.5%51.4%0.0%7.3%-26.3%709-18.2K-1420.12149.79263203
2015-03-09$26.52$0.00133.1%20.3%13.7%59.2%0.0%7.9%-28.9%697-17.6K-1390.00149.0800203
2015-03-10$26.37$0.00142.8%21.0%13.6%64.1%0.0%7.6%-27.9%691-16.9K-1340.00149.3100203
2015-03-11$26.16$0.0074.7%21.4%12.8%29.7%0.0%7.9%-29.4%676-16.1K-1330.00148.9900203
2015-03-12$26.36$0.0075.4%21.6%12.9%30.1%0.0%8.1%-29.5%744-15.4K-1350.00150.0300203
2015-03-13$26.09$0.0076.9%22.1%12.3%30.8%0.0%8.1%-31.3%719-14.3K-1290.00149.9300203
2015-03-16$26.27$0.0080.3%23.0%12.8%32.5%0.0%8.6%-33.5%445-11.3K-1220.00149.0600203
2015-03-17$26.46$0.0081.2%23.3%13.3%33.0%0.0%8.8%-33.7%451-11.8K-1260.00149.1400203
2015-03-18$27.10$0.0080.0%22.9%16.1%32.4%0.0%8.7%-35.0%464-13.9K-1300.00150.3600203
2015-03-19$26.80$0.0081.8%23.4%16.5%33.3%0.0%9.7%-37.4%458-12.9K-1260.00150.2300203
2015-03-20$27.05$0.0082.9%23.8%16.9%33.9%0.0%9.7%-37.6%442-13.9K-1290.00149.4200203
2015-03-23$27.23$0.0087.6%25.1%17.1%36.2%0.0%10.0%-27.4%454-14.4K-1280.00150.2000143
2015-03-24$27.05$0.0089.4%25.6%17.2%37.1%0.0%10.4%-28.5%446-14.5K-1280.00150.1900143
2015-03-25$26.79$0.0091.7%26.3%17.4%38.3%0.0%10.1%-30.8%449-13.6K-1270.00150.3100143
2015-03-26$26.72$0.0093.8%26.9%16.5%39.4%0.0%10.2%-32.5%446-13.4K-1240.21149.89143143
2015-03-27$26.70$0.0096.1%27.5%16.4%40.5%0.0%10.4%-34.2%442-13.4K-1240.00150.7500143
2015-03-30$26.91$0.00103.5%29.7%16.4%44.2%0.0%11.8%-39.1%448-14.0K-1250.21149.64143143
2015-03-31$26.83$0.00106.6%30.6%16.2%45.8%0.0%12.0%-41.8%446-13.8K-1250.21150.90143143