EPP Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, EPP traded between $38.18 and $43.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.9%, placing in the 12.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 23.1%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.32.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-22: Highest Volume — 379 contracts
  • 2010-01-14: Largest IV spike — 17.7% change
  • 2010-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 23.6%
  • 2010-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.67$38.18$43.66$42.76$38.18
Max Pain$43.00$43.00$43.00$43.00$43.00
ATM IV22.9%18.4%27.4%21.0%27.4%
Expected Move6.7%6.1%7.9%6.3%7.9%
HV 20d23.1%19.3%27.4%20.8%27.4%
HV 60d26.5%25.3%27.8%26.9%25.6%
IV Rank12.2%1.5%23.6%7.2%23.6%
IV Percentile17.3%0.4%50.8%2.4%50.8%
Term Structure-1.0%-9.6%1.6%-1.1%1.6%
VWIV22.1%15.2%27.6%22.1%27.6%
Skew 25d2.9%1.0%10.0%10.0%2.6%
Skew 10d9.2%2.0%13.8%5.2%9.5%
Call IV 25d21.5%13.9%25.6%13.9%25.2%
Put IV 25d24.4%22.3%28.8%24.0%27.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %62.6239.1790.7039.1785.67
Gamma HHI0.140.100.230.110.11
Net GEX22.0K-67.8K83.3K20.2K-67.8K
Net DEX-600.6K-2.0M1.8M-1.3M1.8M
Net VEX-7.2K-8.7K-6.5K-7.8K-8.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.320.0011.230.004.79
Total Volume82.368937944162
Total OI1,882.5791,3982,0922,0112,092

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$42.76$43.0021.0%6.3%20.8%7.2%22.1%10.0%-1.1%20.2K-1.3M-7.8K0.0039.17N/AN/A4409451,066
2010-01-05$42.98$43.0020.8%6.3%20.6%6.9%19.7%2.8%-9.6%40.8K-1.7M-7.4K0.1850.31N/AN/A1129861,066
2010-01-06$43.20$43.0020.9%6.2%20.0%7.0%0.0%3.9%-7.8%43.1K-1.7M-6.8K0.0044.65N/AN/A5309771,068
2010-01-07$42.86$43.0022.2%6.3%19.3%9.9%21.9%3.2%0.4%43.7K-1.5M-7.3K0.0646.55N/AN/A1619691,068
2010-01-08$43.37$43.0020.8%6.1%19.5%7.2%21.0%4.0%-2.3%58.8K-1.8M-6.6K0.0646.71N/AN/A3229691,067
2010-01-11$43.66$43.0021.4%6.2%19.5%8.5%21.4%2.3%-1.5%75.7K-2.0M-6.8K0.5650.98N/AN/A36209991,067
2010-01-12$42.52$43.0020.1%6.2%21.9%5.4%0.0%1.3%0.5%49.1K-1.4M-7.0K0.0053.02N/AN/A2109761,087
2010-01-13$42.89$43.0018.4%6.2%21.9%1.5%21.2%3.6%1.1%67.3K-1.5M-6.6K2.9252.20N/AN/A12359761,087
2010-01-14$43.16$43.0021.6%6.2%21.2%9.1%0.0%2.6%-3.1%83.3K-1.5M-6.7K0.0049.11N/AN/A3209411,092
2010-01-15$42.46$43.0021.9%6.3%22.1%9.8%22.8%1.0%0.5%50.2K-1.2M-6.5K0.0050.65N/AN/A13309411,092
2010-01-19$43.04$43.0021.1%6.1%21.1%7.9%19.6%3.7%0.1%39.6K-937.0K-6.8K0.5767.28N/AN/A6336788610
2010-01-20$41.82$43.0022.1%6.3%23.8%10.3%23.6%1.8%-0.3%27.6K-463.0K-7.1K0.0064.50N/AN/A180851637
2010-01-21$40.46$43.0023.5%6.8%26.6%14.1%23.5%1.2%-0.1%11.3K-81.3K-6.8K2.6978.08N/AN/A2978869637
2010-01-22$39.83$43.0026.1%7.5%26.6%20.3%15.2%1.4%0.9%-1.2K389.3K-7.2K11.2383.55N/AN/A31348883700
2010-01-25$40.37$43.0026.3%7.5%26.8%20.9%24.1%2.3%0.4%-23.5K538.2K-8.3K0.0079.06N/AN/A90900917
2010-01-26$39.68$43.0026.0%7.4%26.7%20.0%0.0%1.8%1.0%-32.2K823.1K-7.7K0.0079.03N/AN/A220891917
2010-01-27$39.44$43.0025.8%7.4%26.6%19.7%25.8%3.0%0.3%-31.3K936.5K-7.9K0.7590.70N/AN/A2015903917
2010-01-28$39.11$43.0027.4%7.8%26.4%23.4%0.0%3.1%0.5%-36.9K1.1M-7.5K0.0078.61N/AN/A0284886932
2010-01-29$38.18$43.0027.4%7.9%27.4%23.6%27.6%2.6%1.6%-67.8K1.8M-8.7K4.7985.67N/AN/A281348861,206