EPP Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, EPP traded between $42.04 and $44.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.6%, placing in the 15.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-19: Highest Volume — 293 contracts
  • 2012-04-10: Largest IV spike — 16.3% change
  • 2012-04-10: Highest IV Rank — 24.8%
  • 2012-04-10: Largest Expected Move — 7.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.34$42.04$44.25$43.86$44.10
Max Pain$42.00$42.00$42.00$42.00$42.00
ATM IV20.6%17.2%25.2%18.3%18.0%
Expected Move5.9%4.9%7.1%5.3%5.2%
HV 20d17.7%16.0%21.1%21.1%17.3%
HV 60d17.4%16.9%17.8%17.1%17.4%
IV Rank15.3%8.3%24.8%11.3%9.9%
IV Percentile26.7%2.0%53.6%11.5%5.2%
Term Structure1.3%0.1%3.0%2.1%1.0%
VWIV19.9%16.5%26.4%22.2%17.9%
Skew 25d7.2%4.8%9.6%6.0%6.3%
Skew 10d11.4%5.5%16.7%11.7%6.5%
Call IV 25d16.8%12.7%21.2%16.6%14.8%
Put IV 25d24.0%20.8%27.4%22.5%21.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.0224.0285.3735.0741.75
Gamma HHI0.360.240.520.300.28
Net GEX400.1K126.0K722.4K417.2K219.2K
Net DEX-2.4M-4.9M-916.9K-3.5M-1.8M
Net VEX-8.0K-9.6K-6.1K-9.6K-8.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.006.000.000.75
Total Volume80.302931014
Total OI2,518.451,3223,3972,7911,609

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$43.86$42.0018.3%5.3%21.1%11.3%0.0%6.0%2.1%417.2K-3.5M-9.6K0.0035.07N/AN/A1001,939852
2012-04-03$43.28$42.0020.3%5.8%17.8%15.2%0.0%8.1%1.3%427.1K-2.8M-9.5K2.7832.58N/AN/A23641,949852
2012-04-04$42.82$42.0020.4%5.9%18.1%15.4%22.2%6.3%1.5%397.6K-2.0M-9.5K1.2024.02N/AN/A561,961916
2012-04-05$43.07$42.0020.8%6.0%17.2%16.1%0.0%6.9%0.7%417.2K-2.5M-9.4K0.0031.30N/AN/A001,961916
2012-04-09$42.63$42.0021.7%6.5%17.6%17.9%22.9%6.7%0.8%410.5K-1.9M-8.4K6.0079.11N/AN/A5301,961916
2012-04-10$42.04$42.0025.2%7.1%18.0%24.8%0.0%6.2%0.4%343.7K-1.1M-7.9K1.2479.14N/AN/A29361,959940
2012-04-11$42.39$42.0023.8%6.9%16.0%22.0%23.1%6.7%0.7%403.5K-1.5M-7.9K0.0081.67N/AN/A2601,961929
2012-04-12$43.50$42.0022.7%6.5%18.3%19.9%16.5%7.8%1.3%486.8K-3.2M-7.8K0.0475.77N/AN/A234101,971929
2012-04-13$42.98$42.0023.4%6.7%18.3%20.4%0.0%8.1%1.4%493.0K-2.5M-8.1K0.0083.01N/AN/A1402,031939
2012-04-16$43.07$42.0023.2%6.6%18.2%20.0%26.4%7.4%0.7%537.8K-2.6M-7.1K1.2784.14N/AN/A11142,035939
2012-04-17$43.59$42.0019.6%5.6%18.8%12.9%19.3%9.6%2.6%562.6K-3.6M-6.7K0.0083.87N/AN/A2902,046935
2012-04-18$43.48$42.0022.5%6.4%17.3%18.7%18.6%8.4%0.2%654.4K-3.6M-6.3K0.2784.24N/AN/A153412,075935
2012-04-19$43.52$42.0019.9%5.7%17.2%13.6%22.3%7.5%2.2%722.4K-4.0M-6.1K0.1084.83N/AN/A266272,228945
2012-04-20$43.74$42.0018.1%5.2%17.0%10.1%16.8%8.0%3.0%625.1K-4.9M-7.6K0.0785.37N/AN/A218152,441956
2012-04-23$43.06$42.0020.7%5.9%17.6%15.2%21.4%5.9%1.1%126.0K-916.9K-7.0K0.9538.44N/AN/A38361,023299
2012-04-24$43.38$42.0020.5%5.9%16.8%14.9%17.0%4.8%0.1%139.8K-1.1M-7.3K0.0040.70N/AN/A11801,048335
2012-04-25$43.95$42.0017.7%5.1%17.3%9.3%17.2%6.9%1.3%194.0K-1.6M-8.3K0.5943.75N/AN/A17101,166335
2012-04-26$44.12$42.0017.8%5.1%17.3%9.4%0.0%7.9%1.8%199.5K-1.7M-8.5K0.1336.72N/AN/A77101,183345
2012-04-27$44.25$42.0017.2%4.9%17.2%8.3%17.1%8.1%2.2%223.9K-1.9M-9.0K0.0034.98N/AN/A2001,254355
2012-04-30$44.10$42.0018.0%5.2%17.3%9.9%17.9%6.3%1.0%219.2K-1.8M-8.7K0.7541.75N/AN/A861,254355