EPP Options History — August 2008

In August 2008, EPP traded between $39.57 and $42.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.8% (HV 20d: 23.8%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 625.82.

Notable Days

  • 2008-08-21: Highest Volume — 20,434 contracts
  • 2008-08-14: Largest IV drop — 40.2% change
  • 2008-08-22: Largest Expected Move — 11.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.04$39.57$42.61$42.42$41.11
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV33.7%19.3%52.9%34.5%19.9%
Expected Move7.8%5.5%11.6%9.9%5.7%
HV 20d23.8%20.2%27.1%25.9%20.2%
HV 60d21.3%20.6%22.9%22.9%22.0%
Term Structure1.0%-11.0%8.9%-11.0%3.8%
VWIV27.9%17.5%35.8%35.8%20.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %120.6083.22144.61128.47123.83
Gamma HHI0.720.371.000.371.00
Net GEX-1.5M-5.3M3.8K2.2K-5.2M
Net DEX24.1M-64.9K85.1M-27.1K72.0M
Net VEX-112.9K-368.8K-49-49-361.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio625.820.006800.000.000.00
Total Volume1,958.381020,434610
Total OI12,745.191741,0781741,076

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-08-01$42.42$40.0034.5%9.9%25.9%0.0%35.8%0.0%-11.0%2.2K-27.1K-490.00128.47N/AN/A60170
2008-08-04$41.87$40.0035.3%5.9%26.1%0.0%17.5%0.0%5.4%3.3K-42.9K-5910.00124.77N/AN/A110230
2008-08-05$42.38$40.0039.4%6.2%26.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.9%1.4K-39.3K-1200.00127.93N/AN/A402410
2008-08-06$42.61$40.0038.0%6.7%26.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%2.3K-49.1K-1360.00126.51N/AN/A002810
2008-08-07$41.61$40.0038.5%8.0%27.1%0.0%29.4%0.0%2.8%2.4K-34.2K-1360.91126.62N/AN/A11102810
2008-08-08$41.93$40.0040.8%7.5%26.5%0.0%25.3%0.0%3.4%2.7K-50.7K-2560.00109.27N/AN/A0103820
2008-08-11$41.73$40.0048.3%7.9%26.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.3%3.6K-64.9K-1890.00123.45N/AN/A003810
2008-08-12$41.20$40.0048.0%8.4%26.6%0.0%29.2%0.0%0.3%3.8K-55.9K-18416.67121.35N/AN/A3503810
2008-08-13$40.96$40.0052.9%8.9%26.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%-3.5K24.8K-4480.00120.13N/AN/A004160
2008-08-14$40.78$40.0031.6%9.1%23.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%-0.6%-3.2K30.1K-4430.00116.19N/AN/A704160
2008-08-15$40.39$40.0029.5%8.5%23.2%0.0%29.5%0.0%1.4%-2.7K31.2K-5010.00119.54N/AN/A024860
2008-08-18$40.04$40.0033.8%9.7%23.3%0.0%34.2%0.0%-4.0%-6.2K52.5K-4690.00107.13N/AN/A403360
2008-08-19$39.57$40.0029.5%8.5%21.3%0.0%29.5%0.0%0.4%-7.5K83.7K-4662.0883.22N/AN/A12253760
2008-08-20$40.48$40.0029.3%8.4%23.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%-8.6K59.6K-6206800.00124.27N/AN/A320,4004475
2008-08-21$40.28$40.0029.4%8.4%22.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.0%-2.0M40.3M-185.4K618.21119.27N/AN/A3320,4014720,475
2008-08-22$40.62$40.0040.5%11.6%22.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%-4.4M82.2M-364.3K0.00144.61N/AN/A0478040,876
2008-08-25$39.80$40.0025.3%7.3%20.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.4%-4.7M85.1M-358.4K0.00119.63N/AN/A0128040,923
2008-08-26$40.17$40.0022.9%6.6%20.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.7%-5.3M82.2M-365.1K62.00112.61N/AN/A1628040,935
2008-08-27$40.59$40.0020.7%5.9%20.5%0.0%20.6%0.0%1.5%-5.1M75.6M-368.8K0.00129.11N/AN/A028140,995
2008-08-28$41.37$40.0019.3%5.5%21.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.3%-5.1M69.9M-364.0K0.00124.80N/AN/A008140,997
2008-08-29$41.11$40.0019.9%5.7%20.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.8%-5.2M72.0M-361.6K0.00123.83N/AN/A1008140,995