EPP Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, EPP traded between $45.70 and $49.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.8%, placing in the 14.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 18.1%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $51.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.61.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-21: Highest Volume — 1,077 contracts
  • 2018-02-06: Largest IV spike — 141.7% change
  • 2018-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 57.8%
  • 2018-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.61$45.70$49.59$49.59$47.71
Max Pain$47.05$45.00$51.00$51.00$47.00
ATM IV15.8%10.4%42.6%10.4%13.5%
Expected Move4.4%3.1%10.7%3.1%3.9%
HV 20d18.1%9.0%20.6%9.0%20.6%
HV 60d13.9%10.4%15.1%10.4%15.1%
IV Rank14.9%6.1%57.8%6.1%11.1%
IV Percentile81.5%22.6%98.0%22.6%81.0%
Term Structure-1.1%-13.4%3.3%0.2%-1.7%
VWIV15.1%10.6%20.4%10.6%14.8%
Skew 25d4.2%2.1%8.0%2.1%3.5%
Skew 10d8.8%-0.5%20.4%4.5%7.8%
Call IV 25d13.7%10.5%20.0%10.5%13.0%
Put IV 25d17.9%12.6%28.0%12.6%16.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %90.5048.00132.5465.75111.68
Gamma HHI0.330.280.400.300.28
Net GEX-18.0K-54.7K14.0K1.9K5.9K
Net DEX229.2K-352.2K988.8K-192.3K-126.7K
Net VEX-8.8K-9.7K-7.5K-7.5K-9.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.611.594.053.861.59
Total Volume951.2638161,077816995
Total OI1,077.5799431,2489431,248

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$49.59$51.0010.4%3.1%9.0%6.1%10.6%2.1%0.2%1.9K-192.3K-7.5K3.8665.75N/AN/A168648274669
2018-02-02$48.73$50.0013.1%3.7%11.1%10.5%11.1%3.6%-2.3%-12.9K-2.2K-7.7K3.8666.74N/AN/A168648279672
2018-02-05$47.30$50.0017.6%3.8%15.1%17.7%14.1%4.3%0.4%-33.1K250.3K-7.5K3.97122.66N/AN/A168667279672
2018-02-06$47.72$50.0042.6%10.7%15.6%57.8%20.4%8.0%-13.4%-35.0K539.6K-9.0K4.05132.54N/AN/A168680279672
2018-02-07$46.78$45.0015.2%4.4%16.9%13.9%16.6%3.8%0.3%-52.0K709.7K-8.3K4.0588.07N/AN/A168680279677
2018-02-08$45.70$45.0012.6%3.6%18.4%9.7%16.9%2.8%3.3%-52.7K761.9K-7.9K3.82128.31N/AN/A178680279677
2018-02-09$45.95$45.0019.4%5.6%18.5%20.5%17.2%4.6%-1.8%-54.7K988.8K-8.1K2.54114.28N/AN/A268680289677
2018-02-12$46.44$45.0017.4%5.0%18.8%17.3%17.7%3.9%-1.2%-34.8K621.4K-9.2K2.1295.69N/AN/A321680379677
2018-02-13$46.83$45.0016.2%4.7%19.2%15.5%15.6%4.4%-0.7%-18.9K416.9K-9.2K2.1292.90N/AN/A321680413677
2018-02-14$47.55$45.0013.9%4.0%19.9%11.7%15.1%3.8%-2.0%-4.1K395.6K-9.2K2.19106.67N/AN/A321703413677
2018-02-15$48.04$47.0013.7%3.9%20.3%11.5%14.6%3.1%-0.3%-9.9K-5.6K-9.1K2.1196.60N/AN/A331700413696
2018-02-16$47.87$47.0014.4%4.1%20.2%12.5%15.3%4.7%-0.2%-9.1K119.0K-9.2K2.1598.09N/AN/A331710421697
2018-02-20$47.67$47.0013.8%3.9%20.2%11.5%15.2%4.9%-0.0%-18.3K250.9K-9.1K2.1969.88N/AN/A321704406712
2018-02-21$47.62$47.0014.0%4.0%20.1%11.9%15.3%6.4%-0.1%-16.3K167.2K-9.3K2.2471.32N/AN/A332745411712
2018-02-22$47.83$47.0013.7%3.9%20.0%11.5%14.8%4.0%-0.0%-15.9K166.6K-9.6K1.8452.14N/AN/A332611422753
2018-02-23$48.26$47.0013.4%3.8%20.4%10.9%14.8%4.6%-0.1%-8.6K-27.0K-9.4K1.6348.00N/AN/A375611422773
2018-02-26$48.78$47.0011.7%3.3%20.3%8.1%12.0%3.8%0.6%13.1K-352.2K-9.5K1.6348.70N/AN/A375611466773
2018-02-27$48.22$47.0014.4%4.1%20.4%12.6%15.6%2.7%-1.3%14.0K-326.9K-9.3K1.59109.49N/AN/A384611466773
2018-02-28$47.71$47.0013.5%3.9%20.6%11.1%14.8%3.5%-1.7%5.9K-126.7K-9.7K1.59111.68N/AN/A384611475773