EPP Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, EPP traded between $48.31 and $50.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.5%, placing in the 16.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 10.7%). Max pain ranged from $48.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-14: Highest Volume — 818 contracts
  • 2013-02-07: Largest IV spike — 39.9% change
  • 2013-02-26: Highest IV Rank — 32.7%
  • 2013-02-26: Largest Expected Move — 4.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$49.14$48.31$50.21$49.08$49.66
Max Pain$49.82$48.00$50.00$48.00$50.00
ATM IV12.5%8.8%15.8%10.6%15.3%
Expected Move3.7%3.1%4.5%3.3%4.4%
HV 20d10.7%8.0%14.4%8.0%14.4%
HV 60d11.6%10.9%12.1%12.1%12.0%
IV Rank16.7%0.0%32.7%4.6%30.2%
IV Percentile10.9%0.0%23.8%2.4%21.8%
Term Structure0.3%-1.3%1.9%0.5%-1.1%
VWIV12.7%10.2%15.7%12.9%14.8%
Skew 25d2.6%-3.5%4.3%4.3%3.2%
Skew 10d6.6%3.2%11.4%3.4%9.1%
Call IV 25d11.9%8.9%15.8%8.9%14.6%
Put IV 25d14.5%9.0%18.3%13.2%17.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.9021.6295.1259.9239.34
Gamma HHI0.330.190.510.290.38
Net GEX392.2K167.0K707.3K194.7K698.2K
Net DEX-3.2M-4.9M-2.1M-2.7M-4.5M
Net VEX-11.4K-15.2K-8.1K-8.7K-14.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.005.000.171.23
Total Volume88.526081812
Total OI2,185.2631,5352,9541,5432,954

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$49.08$0.0010.6%3.3%8.0%4.6%0.0%4.3%0.5%194.7K-2.7M-8.7K0.0059.92N/AN/A01954589
2013-02-04$48.49$0.0013.4%3.9%9.2%18.1%0.0%3.4%0.3%211.6K-2.3M-9.0K0.1753.13N/AN/A122954590
2013-02-05$48.57$0.009.9%3.4%9.0%0.9%0.0%3.3%1.9%202.5K-2.3M-8.9K0.0047.38N/AN/A012943592
2013-02-06$48.65$0.008.8%4.4%8.7%0.0%0.0%-3.5%0.6%209.4K-2.4M-8.7K0.0095.12N/AN/A04943602
2013-02-07$48.31$0.0012.3%3.5%8.9%16.2%0.0%3.0%0.9%230.3K-2.1M-8.9K0.0039.09N/AN/A20942602
2013-02-08$48.95$0.0012.0%3.4%9.4%14.9%0.0%3.2%-0.2%199.5K-2.6M-8.1K0.0060.60N/AN/A00944602
2013-02-11$48.88$0.0011.4%3.3%8.8%12.4%0.0%3.1%1.1%208.9K-2.5M-8.1K1.9246.17N/AN/A1223944602
2013-02-12$48.95$0.0011.4%3.3%8.8%12.3%12.9%2.8%1.4%177.6K-2.5M-8.7K0.0058.56N/AN/A200956625
2013-02-13$49.33$48.0011.6%3.3%9.0%13.1%11.2%1.6%1.2%167.0K-2.8M-8.4K0.8146.64N/AN/A175141966625
2013-02-14$49.60$50.0011.2%3.2%9.0%11.3%11.2%2.5%0.8%172.9K-2.8M-9.7K0.0147.54N/AN/A808101,131766
2013-02-15$49.47$50.0012.1%3.5%9.1%15.4%11.0%2.3%0.5%520.0K-4.0M-14.1K0.5048.00N/AN/A631,828776
2013-02-19$50.21$50.0010.9%3.1%10.2%9.8%10.2%2.4%1.4%595.1K-4.9M-13.2K0.0327.00N/AN/A370111,778760
2013-02-20$49.57$50.0011.6%3.3%11.4%13.1%0.0%1.6%0.7%707.3K-4.3M-15.2K5.0041.30N/AN/A2102,146771
2013-02-21$48.86$50.0014.7%4.2%12.7%27.6%0.0%3.8%-0.9%546.9K-3.1M-14.8K0.0032.21N/AN/A202,146778
2013-02-22$49.47$50.0014.3%4.1%13.4%25.6%14.3%2.9%-0.3%634.6K-3.9M-15.0K0.0021.62N/AN/A0132,147778
2013-02-25$48.90$50.0015.7%4.5%14.1%31.9%0.0%4.2%-1.3%551.6K-3.1M-13.7K0.0062.26N/AN/A012,147781
2013-02-26$49.01$50.0015.8%4.5%14.0%32.7%15.7%2.5%-0.5%544.9K-3.2M-14.4K0.0032.96N/AN/A1102,147782
2013-02-27$49.66$50.0014.8%4.2%14.4%27.8%14.8%2.6%-0.6%679.3K-4.3M-14.6K1.2332.22N/AN/A13162,147782
2013-02-28$49.66$50.0015.3%4.4%14.4%30.2%0.0%3.2%-1.1%698.2K-4.5M-14.3K0.0039.34N/AN/A022,156798