EPP Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, EPP traded between $45.94 and $47.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.5%, placing in the 10.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 15.3%). Max pain ranged from $46.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.00.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-15: Highest Volume — 2,586 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 34.2% change
  • 2011-02-24: Highest IV Rank — 23.5%
  • 2011-02-24: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.15$45.94$47.86$47.09$47.23
Max Pain$46.79$46.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV18.5%16.1%22.4%17.3%20.0%
Expected Move5.4%4.7%6.4%5.0%5.7%
HV 20d15.3%13.5%20.1%14.3%19.0%
HV 60d16.9%15.0%18.3%18.2%15.0%
IV Rank10.1%1.6%23.5%5.9%15.1%
IV Percentile13.9%0.8%48.4%3.2%22.6%
Term Structure2.3%-0.5%4.9%2.0%2.4%
VWIV18.8%9.1%22.5%18.5%19.7%
Skew 25d5.4%4.5%7.0%6.0%5.1%
Skew 10d13.2%6.6%16.6%6.6%15.3%
Call IV 25d16.9%12.5%20.6%14.1%17.9%
Put IV 25d22.3%19.5%26.6%20.1%23.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.3436.8463.5161.0139.49
Gamma HHI0.410.310.520.520.32
Net GEX-580.7K-1.3M-167.8K-389.1K-1.2M
Net DEX5.5M1.5M13.7M3.7M8.9M
Net VEX-50.9K-71.6K-36.9K-42.0K-64.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.000.0033.331.070.00
Total Volume267.52642,5865869
Total OI8,232.7896,62010,3356,62010,335

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$47.09$47.0017.3%5.0%14.3%5.9%18.5%6.0%2.0%-389.1K3.7M-42.0K1.0761.01N/AN/A28301,2035,417
2011-02-02$47.02$47.0017.6%5.0%13.5%6.8%0.0%4.6%1.4%-385.7K3.9M-42.8K0.0063.51N/AN/A0781,2115,436
2011-02-03$47.49$47.0017.1%4.9%13.9%5.0%9.1%7.0%2.0%-373.2K3.1M-42.0K0.8854.72N/AN/A43381,2115,494
2011-02-04$47.85$46.0016.1%5.4%13.7%1.7%19.0%5.4%3.2%-344.9K2.3M-40.2K0.1559.14N/AN/A68101,2545,532
2011-02-07$47.81$46.0016.8%5.3%13.6%4.1%19.2%5.9%3.6%-312.9K2.1M-39.4K0.3053.61N/AN/A54161,3005,542
2011-02-08$47.86$46.0016.1%5.1%13.5%1.6%0.0%4.6%3.2%-313.9K1.5M-36.9K1.6747.16N/AN/A6101,3515,558
2011-02-09$47.26$46.0016.5%5.3%14.5%3.1%17.5%4.8%2.1%-305.3K2.9M-38.9K0.5349.16N/AN/A176941,3495,568
2011-02-10$46.98$47.0019.3%5.5%14.2%12.6%19.2%4.8%2.3%-270.7K3.7M-41.9K0.0041.83N/AN/A401,5215,657
2011-02-11$47.08$47.0018.6%5.3%14.2%10.4%19.6%4.7%2.5%-223.3K3.4M-41.3K1.6736.84N/AN/A30501,5235,657
2011-02-14$47.23$47.0019.4%5.6%14.2%13.0%19.3%4.9%2.2%-212.5K2.7M-38.6K0.1348.51N/AN/A2331,5505,707
2011-02-15$46.91$47.0018.4%5.3%14.2%9.8%0.0%5.0%2.5%-167.8K3.8M-39.7K29.0752.05N/AN/A862,5001,5395,710
2011-02-16$47.39$47.0018.5%5.3%14.6%9.8%18.3%4.6%2.5%-289.6K5.0M-63.6K0.9144.05N/AN/A22201,6158,210
2011-02-17$47.66$47.0017.4%5.0%13.5%6.1%18.3%5.2%3.4%-474.9K3.9M-59.2K0.8741.38N/AN/A15131,5708,230
2011-02-18$47.67$47.0016.5%4.7%13.5%2.9%18.4%4.5%4.9%-544.1K3.8M-58.5K33.3338.79N/AN/A301,0001,5808,234
2011-02-22$45.94$47.0022.1%6.3%18.7%22.4%22.5%6.4%0.6%-1.3M13.7M-70.7K0.9439.42N/AN/A1231158829,074
2011-02-23$46.10$47.0022.2%6.4%18.7%22.8%21.0%5.1%-0.1%-1.3M13.1M-71.6K0.0045.86N/AN/A2309399,188
2011-02-24$46.11$47.0022.4%6.4%18.5%23.5%22.4%6.6%-0.5%-1.3M13.3M-70.8K0.5638.43N/AN/A18109409,188
2011-02-25$47.12$47.0019.7%5.7%20.1%14.2%19.0%6.7%3.0%-1.2M10.1M-64.9K0.0044.41N/AN/A27809509,198
2011-02-28$47.23$47.0020.0%5.7%19.0%15.1%19.7%5.1%2.4%-1.2M8.9M-64.3K0.0039.49N/AN/A6901,1379,198