EPP Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, EPP traded between $40.51 and $45.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.5%, placing in the 17.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 12.1%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $46.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.08.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-19: Highest Volume — 228 contracts
  • 2018-10-11: Largest IV spike — 23.9% change
  • 2018-10-30: Highest IV Rank — 23.6%
  • 2018-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.63$40.51$45.40$45.40$41.73
Max Pain$42.75$42.00$46.00$46.00$42.00
ATM IV16.5%12.4%20.1%14.0%15.7%
Expected Move4.7%3.6%5.8%4.0%4.5%
HV 20d12.1%10.3%16.3%11.5%16.3%
HV 60d13.0%12.3%14.1%12.8%14.1%
IV Rank17.3%10.4%23.6%13.2%15.8%
IV Percentile86.7%52.0%97.2%79.0%82.5%
Term Structure-0.8%-2.7%1.3%-0.2%1.1%
VWIV17.1%12.6%20.2%13.3%18.3%
Skew 25d3.6%1.5%7.3%5.0%4.0%
Skew 10d10.3%1.7%18.8%6.9%10.2%
Call IV 25d15.6%10.7%19.4%10.7%15.2%
Put IV 25d19.2%14.2%24.7%15.7%19.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %84.0119.32121.6162.4728.41
Gamma HHI0.290.210.520.310.28
Net GEX-12.6K-23.2K2.2K-7.2K-9.9K
Net DEX167.2K17.1K307.7K17.1K110.9K
Net VEX-841-1.2K-586-1.0K-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.081.455.611.524.81
Total Volume155.65268228199122
Total OI250.391179289263242

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$45.40$46.0014.0%4.0%11.5%13.2%13.3%5.0%-0.2%-7.2K17.1K-1.0K1.5262.47N/AN/A79120140123
2018-10-02$44.80$46.0012.4%3.6%12.0%10.4%12.6%2.8%0.1%-17.8K89.9K-9052.6852.74N/AN/A50134140123
2018-10-03$44.49$46.0013.9%4.0%11.3%13.0%12.8%1.5%-1.0%-21.7K130.6K-9342.6819.32N/AN/A50134139137
2018-10-04$44.01$0.0013.0%3.8%11.5%11.3%0.0%2.4%0.1%-21.4K180.9K-8232.6849.27N/AN/A50134139137
2018-10-05$43.85$0.0015.5%4.2%10.3%15.9%0.0%2.6%-0.5%-20.3K187.8K-8422.6891.46N/AN/A50134139137
2018-10-08$43.62$0.0014.3%3.7%10.5%13.7%0.0%3.9%1.3%-17.0K220.8K-7462.6886.18N/AN/A50134139137
2018-10-09$43.46$0.0016.8%4.2%10.5%18.2%0.0%2.5%0.3%-16.8K226.9K-7232.6878.79N/AN/A50134139137
2018-10-10$42.58$0.0014.8%4.2%11.5%14.5%0.0%3.4%-2.2%-16.6K240.2K-7172.72105.15N/AN/A50136139137
2018-10-11$42.05$0.0018.3%5.2%11.7%20.4%0.0%3.7%-2.2%-17.3K306.7K-6952.72105.41N/AN/A50136139139
2018-10-12$42.32$0.0014.1%4.1%12.1%13.0%16.0%2.0%-1.2%-17.0K289.0K-7142.70121.61N/AN/A50135139139
2018-10-15$42.31$42.0017.2%4.9%12.1%18.5%17.6%5.1%-1.3%-22.9K307.7K-6642.7098.08N/AN/A50135139150
2018-10-16$42.70$42.0016.7%4.8%11.9%17.5%17.0%5.3%-1.5%-23.2K282.1K-6492.7092.71N/AN/A50135139150
2018-10-17$42.56$42.0015.7%4.5%11.3%15.8%17.0%2.7%-1.7%-14.6K279.3K-6172.70111.20N/AN/A50135139140
2018-10-18$42.18$42.0018.1%5.2%11.1%20.1%18.5%1.7%-2.0%-18.5K293.1K-6052.70100.31N/AN/A50135139140
2018-10-19$42.52$42.0015.4%4.4%11.8%15.3%16.8%3.4%-1.0%-4.5K82.0K-5861.45105.92N/AN/A9313513997
2018-10-22$42.60$42.0016.7%4.8%11.9%17.6%17.9%4.2%-1.9%2.2K18.1K-1.0K2.78103.20N/AN/A185012653
2018-10-23$42.05$42.0019.2%5.5%12.2%22.0%19.2%4.0%-0.1%1.3K41.5K-1.0K2.7897.91N/AN/A185013153
2018-10-24$41.31$42.0018.8%5.4%12.9%21.4%19.5%2.6%0.3%-46854.6K-9072.78103.29N/AN/A185013153
2018-10-25$41.30$42.0019.6%5.6%13.0%22.8%20.2%5.8%-1.4%-3.6K97.6K-9233.39103.98N/AN/A186113164
2018-10-26$40.89$42.0019.0%5.4%13.1%21.6%15.4%3.9%-0.8%-3.6K103.1K-8875.06107.21N/AN/A189113164
2018-10-29$40.51$42.0019.8%5.7%13.0%23.0%19.3%7.3%-2.7%-8.5K148.3K-1.0K5.6161.10N/AN/A1810113199
2018-10-30$41.35$42.0020.1%5.8%15.7%23.6%19.6%4.1%-0.9%-10.6K137.1K-1.2K5.6146.57N/AN/A18101131109
2018-10-31$41.73$42.0015.7%4.5%16.3%15.8%18.3%4.0%1.1%-9.9K110.9K-1.2K4.8128.41N/AN/A21101133109