EPP Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, EPP traded between $43.12 and $44.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.2%, placing in the 44.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 13.3%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 10.68.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-14: Highest Volume — 587 contracts
  • 2015-01-07: Largest IV drop — 16.4% change
  • 2015-01-05: Highest IV Rank — 58.9%
  • 2015-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 4.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.12$43.12$44.59$43.87$44.20
Max Pain$42.60$42.00$44.00$42.00$44.00
ATM IV15.2%13.3%17.2%15.3%16.7%
Expected Move4.3%3.8%4.8%4.3%4.8%
HV 20d13.3%11.6%15.2%13.5%11.6%
HV 60d14.1%13.4%15.0%15.0%13.4%
IV Rank44.3%31.0%58.9%47.6%53.4%
IV Percentile73.6%49.2%88.9%77.4%87.3%
Term Structure0.1%-0.9%1.0%-0.2%-0.2%
VWIV19.5%14.3%22.3%18.6%20.2%
Skew 25d4.2%3.5%5.2%3.5%4.6%
Skew 10d10.9%6.5%14.2%10.8%9.9%
Call IV 25d13.9%12.9%15.2%14.9%15.2%
Put IV 25d18.1%16.9%19.8%18.4%19.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.8073.5992.3573.5986.33
Gamma HHI0.260.180.550.290.20
Net GEX-83.7K-158.1K-38.9K-113.7K-82.4K
Net DEX7.0M1.7M11.6M11.1M1.9M
Net VEX-3.8K-4.3K-3.3K-4.3K-4.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio10.680.00100.001.387.72
Total Volume318.10587541532
Total OI2,186.36933,4123,252906

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$43.87$42.0015.3%4.3%13.5%47.6%18.6%3.5%-0.2%-113.7K11.1M-4.3K1.3873.59N/AN/A2273144832,769
2015-01-05$43.44$42.0017.2%4.7%13.7%58.9%21.3%4.5%-0.4%-91.9K11.1M-3.8K1.0476.42N/AN/A26274832,769
2015-01-06$43.12$42.0016.6%4.7%13.8%55.4%0.0%4.6%0.3%-84.7K11.2M-3.7K29.0075.59N/AN/A1294802,796
2015-01-07$43.60$42.0013.9%4.2%14.5%38.4%0.0%4.5%0.5%-97.5K11.2M-3.7K0.0077.94N/AN/A1704792,820
2015-01-08$44.06$42.0014.4%4.2%15.0%42.0%20.8%4.5%0.5%-122.2K11.1M-4.1K2.4681.03N/AN/A1423494962,820
2015-01-09$44.35$42.0013.7%4.1%15.0%37.4%21.4%4.1%0.5%-147.0K11.1M-4.2K2.4680.05N/AN/A1423494972,820
2015-01-12$44.04$42.0015.2%4.2%15.2%46.4%21.3%4.6%0.4%-95.9K11.2M-3.8K2.4080.80N/AN/A1423414972,820
2015-01-13$44.18$42.0015.6%4.3%14.9%45.8%22.3%5.2%0.0%-111.2K11.1M-3.8K2.4079.43N/AN/A1423414972,822
2015-01-14$43.90$42.0015.1%4.3%14.7%42.7%21.7%4.7%0.2%-46.9K11.2M-3.5K3.1382.24N/AN/A1424454972,822
2015-01-15$44.10$42.0014.9%4.3%14.6%41.2%22.2%4.2%0.5%-57.2K11.6M-3.5K3.7479.82N/AN/A1194454972,915
2015-01-16$44.46$42.0014.8%4.2%12.4%40.5%0.0%4.4%0.4%-158.1K11.5M-3.7K100.0084.37N/AN/A11004972,915
2015-01-20$43.95$42.0015.6%4.5%12.8%46.1%17.1%3.9%-0.9%-38.9K1.7M-3.3K0.0086.65N/AN/A020145548
2015-01-21$44.40$43.0015.5%4.5%12.6%45.6%14.3%4.3%-0.5%-44.8K1.7M-3.5K0.0083.31N/AN/A60145568
2015-01-22$44.52$43.0013.3%3.8%12.4%31.0%19.4%4.3%1.0%-42.2K1.7M-3.5K4.6985.45N/AN/A68319151568
2015-01-23$44.29$43.0014.8%4.3%12.2%41.1%17.9%3.5%0.0%-40.5K1.7M-3.5K5.9088.23N/AN/A61360161568
2015-01-26$44.48$43.0015.5%4.4%12.2%45.2%15.1%3.7%-0.2%-57.6K1.7M-3.7K0.0092.35N/AN/A0101164629
2015-01-27$44.59$44.0014.5%4.2%12.1%38.8%0.0%3.5%-0.1%-75.8K1.8M-4.0K0.0087.79N/AN/A00164730
2015-01-28$44.32$44.0015.9%4.5%11.8%47.8%19.2%4.0%-0.5%-82.6K1.8M-4.0K7.5686.59N/AN/A61461164730
2015-01-29$44.51$44.0014.9%4.3%11.7%41.4%19.7%4.3%0.5%-81.8K1.8M-4.1K7.7287.94N/AN/A61471164730
2015-01-30$44.20$44.0016.7%4.8%11.6%53.4%20.2%4.6%-0.2%-82.4K1.9M-4.1K7.7286.33N/AN/A61471164742