EMLP Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, EMLP traded between $26.97 and $27.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 79.6%, placing in the 32.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 69.1% (HV 20d: 10.6%). Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.20.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-27: Highest Volume — 22 contracts
  • 2015-05-11: Largest IV drop — 68.4% change
  • 2015-05-08: Highest IV Rank — 75.1%
  • 2015-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 32.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.40$26.97$27.78$27.63$27.23
ATM IV79.6%41.2%164.6%113.5%70.7%
Expected Move15.7%10.3%32.5%32.5%20.3%
HV 20d10.6%9.1%11.5%9.2%10.6%
HV 60d12.5%12.1%13.6%13.6%12.1%
IV Rank32.2%12.8%75.1%49.3%27.7%
IV Percentile32.2%2.0%98.5%81.0%16.3%
Term Structure-8.9%-106.5%45.1%-106.5%-30.7%
Skew 25d7.9%6.1%12.0%12.0%10.1%
Skew 10d26.7%21.3%35.2%21.3%35.2%
Call IV 25d100.6%81.4%156.3%156.3%121.9%
Put IV 25d108.4%87.5%168.3%168.3%132.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %149.96148.85151.18151.18150.41
Gamma HHI0.950.551.001.000.55
Net GEX494451691462686
Net DEX-16.4K-24.0K-14.2K-16.2K-24.0K
Net VEX-114-150-103-116-149
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.200.160.210.210.16
Total Volume13.550221722
Total OI17.6517231723

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$27.63$0.00113.5%32.5%9.2%49.3%0.0%12.0%-106.5%462-16.2K-1160.21151.18143143
2015-05-04$27.67$0.00127.9%10.3%9.1%56.6%0.0%6.1%26.8%465-16.3K-1150.00150.5700143
2015-05-05$27.41$0.00137.3%13.8%9.8%61.3%0.0%6.1%-25.5%464-15.5K-1120.21150.40143143
2015-05-06$27.08$0.00145.8%14.1%10.7%65.6%0.0%6.4%-27.3%457-14.5K-1110.21149.04143143
2015-05-07$26.97$0.00155.0%14.3%10.8%70.3%0.0%6.8%-28.3%451-14.2K-1110.21149.59143143
2015-05-08$27.28$0.00164.6%14.3%11.4%75.1%0.0%6.5%-27.7%475-15.0K-1110.00150.1800143
2015-05-11$27.13$0.0052.0%14.9%11.5%18.2%0.0%7.0%-30.4%476-14.4K-1090.00149.5000143
2015-05-12$27.16$0.0052.6%15.1%11.1%18.6%0.0%6.9%-31.0%473-14.6K-1090.21150.35143143
2015-05-13$27.27$0.0053.2%15.3%10.3%18.8%0.0%7.1%-31.3%480-14.9K-1090.21150.35143143
2015-05-14$27.39$0.0053.8%15.4%10.5%19.1%0.0%7.2%-31.6%485-15.2K-1090.21149.08143143
2015-05-15$27.69$0.0041.2%11.8%11.1%12.8%0.0%7.2%26.8%492-16.2K-1100.21149.38143143
2015-05-18$27.78$0.0043.1%12.4%10.9%13.7%0.0%7.6%44.0%491-16.5K-1090.00150.5500143
2015-05-19$27.64$0.0043.8%12.6%10.6%14.1%0.0%8.0%44.2%464-16.3K-1080.00149.2500143
2015-05-20$27.59$0.0044.5%12.8%10.5%14.5%0.0%8.1%44.5%464-16.1K-1070.21148.85143143
2015-05-21$27.65$0.0045.3%13.0%10.2%14.8%0.0%8.0%44.8%464-16.3K-1070.21150.48143143
2015-05-22$27.66$0.0046.1%13.2%10.0%15.2%0.0%8.1%45.1%467-16.3K-1070.21149.88143143
2015-05-26$27.27$0.0066.0%18.9%11.1%25.3%0.0%9.0%-26.4%460-15.1K-1030.20150.54153143
2015-05-27$27.34$0.0067.3%19.3%11.2%26.0%0.0%9.3%-27.4%507-16.8K-1110.16149.92193153
2015-05-28$27.22$0.0069.1%19.8%11.2%26.9%0.0%9.8%-29.3%691-23.9K-1500.16149.79193203
2015-05-29$27.23$0.0070.7%20.3%10.6%27.7%0.0%10.1%-30.7%686-24.0K-1490.16150.41193203