EPP Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, EPP traded between $43.90 and $45.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.9%, placing in the 13.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 14.1%). Max pain ranged from $46.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.39.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-21: Highest Volume — 229 contracts
  • 2018-09-26: Largest IV spike — 10.5% change
  • 2018-09-10: Highest IV Rank — 16.6%
  • 2018-09-11: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$45.03$43.90$45.78$45.55$45.38
Max Pain$46.11$46.00$47.00$47.00$46.00
ATM IV13.9%12.4%15.9%13.6%14.1%
Expected Move3.9%3.6%4.4%3.9%4.0%
HV 20d14.1%11.6%15.2%14.4%11.6%
HV 60d14.1%13.1%15.4%14.7%13.1%
IV Rank13.0%10.5%16.6%12.4%13.4%
IV Percentile74.4%54.4%89.7%75.4%81.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.6%1.5%-0.1%-0.6%
VWIV14.7%12.8%18.3%15.7%14.3%
Skew 25d4.3%0.9%19.4%1.4%2.7%
Skew 10d9.7%0.3%29.1%2.1%2.5%
Call IV 25d13.2%11.4%15.8%14.8%13.6%
Put IV 25d17.5%14.8%35.2%16.2%16.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.1555.86126.9698.32101.73
Gamma HHI0.260.220.290.240.28
Net GEX-6.9K-18.0K7.8K7.8K-5.0K
Net DEX61.2K-39.4K182.3K29.3K3.1K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.3K-884-1.1K-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.391.101.741.711.52
Total Volume208.211189229190199
Total OI277.421261293261263

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$45.55$47.0013.6%3.9%14.4%12.4%15.7%1.4%-0.1%7.8K29.3K-1.1K1.7198.32N/AN/A70120148113
2018-09-05$44.97$47.0014.6%4.2%14.5%14.3%18.3%0.9%-0.5%-4.5K98.6K-1.1K1.7176.01N/AN/A70120148123
2018-09-06$44.54$46.0014.6%4.1%14.6%14.4%16.0%3.7%-0.4%-9.1K132.7K-1.1K1.7489.18N/AN/A69120148123
2018-09-07$43.90$46.0015.2%4.2%15.2%15.3%15.3%4.2%-0.2%-16.4K182.3K-9561.7467.65N/AN/A69120138123
2018-09-10$43.94$46.0015.9%4.3%14.3%16.6%15.6%3.0%-0.2%-18.0K178.6K-8841.2255.86N/AN/A98120138123
2018-09-11$43.95$46.0015.8%4.4%14.2%16.5%15.8%4.3%-1.1%-15.6K159.9K-1.1K1.2261.13N/AN/A98120168123
2018-09-12$44.52$46.0014.7%4.2%15.0%14.5%16.2%4.1%-1.1%-11.7K123.3K-1.2K1.2270.36N/AN/A98120168123
2018-09-13$44.77$46.0013.7%3.9%15.1%12.6%14.9%4.1%-0.3%-7.5K77.4K-1.2K1.2090.39N/AN/A100120168123
2018-09-14$44.80$46.0013.2%3.8%14.5%11.8%14.3%4.1%0.5%-10.1K85.2K-1.2K1.2092.20N/AN/A100120170123
2018-09-17$44.71$46.0013.0%3.7%13.8%11.5%14.6%6.2%1.5%-13.4K86.5K-1.2K1.2072.50N/AN/A100120170123
2018-09-18$45.20$46.0012.9%3.7%14.5%11.3%13.4%3.4%0.3%-8.8K44.0K-1.2K1.2076.55N/AN/A100120170123
2018-09-19$45.50$46.0013.3%3.8%14.8%12.0%13.5%3.0%0.8%-1.2K15.5K-1.1K1.2075.98N/AN/A100120170123
2018-09-20$45.69$46.0012.6%3.6%14.9%10.7%13.0%3.4%0.7%-4.6K6.4K-1.1K1.2092.66N/AN/A100120170123
2018-09-21$45.78$46.0012.4%3.6%14.0%10.5%12.8%3.5%0.4%-3.8K-14.9K-1.2K1.1066.93N/AN/A109120170123
2018-09-24$45.52$46.0013.1%3.7%13.9%11.6%13.7%3.2%-0.6%-2.6K5.6K-1.1K1.5268.04N/AN/A79120140123
2018-09-25$45.63$46.0013.0%3.7%13.3%11.4%13.5%3.4%-0.8%-2.3K-5.8K-1.1K1.5277.64N/AN/A79120140123
2018-09-26$45.68$46.0014.4%4.1%13.3%13.9%15.0%19.4%-2.6%-1.8K-39.4K-1.3K1.52126.96N/AN/A79120140123
2018-09-27$45.52$46.0013.1%3.7%12.6%11.5%14.3%3.3%-0.3%-2.7K-4.4K-1.1K1.52100.76N/AN/A79120140123
2018-09-28$45.38$46.0014.1%4.0%11.6%13.4%14.3%2.7%-0.6%-5.0K3.1K-1.1K1.52101.73N/AN/A79120140123