EPP Options History — February 2021

In February 2021, EPP traded between $48.53 and $51.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.0%, placing in the 7.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 38.88.

Notable Days

  • 2021-02-01: Highest Volume — 1,502 contracts
  • 2021-02-25: Largest IV spike — 52.7% change
  • 2021-02-25: Highest IV Rank — 14.0%
  • 2021-02-25: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.29$48.53$51.80$48.53$49.76
Max Pain$54.21$50.00$55.00$50.00$55.00
ATM IV19.0%14.7%28.1%22.0%24.4%
Expected Move5.6%4.9%8.1%6.3%7.0%
HV 20d17.8%16.6%19.3%18.9%18.3%
HV 60d15.7%14.9%17.6%17.5%15.3%
IV Rank7.0%3.1%14.0%11.3%10.1%
IV Percentile19.6%2.8%64.3%38.5%50.0%
Term Structure0.7%-4.8%2.8%0.0%0.1%
VWIV19.5%19.3%19.6%19.3%19.6%
Skew 25d4.3%-3.6%9.0%5.0%4.7%
Skew 10d7.3%-2.7%42.0%2.7%11.6%
Call IV 25d16.6%12.6%19.8%19.7%14.3%
Put IV 25d20.9%14.6%24.8%24.7%19.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %108.6185.01119.25114.41114.93
Gamma HHI0.500.260.630.540.30
Net GEX25.0K9.8K37.1K21.7K14.2K
Net DEX3.6M-52.2K4.6M-52.2K4.6M
Net VEX-4.6K-7.0K-2.2K-2.2K-4.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio38.880.00184.001.00184.00
Total Volume110.47401,5021,5022
Total OI1,939.3163032,1843032,184

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-02-01$48.53$50.0022.0%6.3%18.9%11.3%0.0%5.0%0.0%21.7K-52.2K-2.2K1.00114.41N/AN/A752750184119
2021-02-02$49.22$50.0018.6%5.3%19.3%7.9%0.0%1.7%2.8%27.4K3.3M-4.6K1.00114.75N/AN/A100100936869
2021-02-03$49.25$50.0019.0%5.4%18.2%8.2%0.0%6.6%1.7%27.1K3.9M-3.7K0.00110.92N/AN/A001,036969
2021-02-04$49.24$55.0016.7%5.6%18.2%6.0%0.0%5.8%0.7%28.5K3.9M-3.3K0.00102.41N/AN/A001,036969
2021-02-05$49.68$55.0014.8%5.2%18.4%4.1%0.0%4.0%1.8%30.5K3.8M-4.4K0.00105.56N/AN/A001,036969
2021-02-08$49.98$55.0014.7%5.4%18.4%4.0%0.0%7.7%1.5%34.7K3.8M-4.2K0.00103.81N/AN/A0121,036969
2021-02-09$50.14$55.0014.8%5.2%17.8%4.1%0.0%6.1%1.7%37.1K3.7M-5.0K0.00102.68N/AN/A101,036975
2021-02-10$50.02$55.0017.1%4.9%17.7%6.4%0.0%-3.6%0.9%30.9K3.7M-4.6K0.00108.64N/AN/A001,035975
2021-02-11$50.49$55.0017.9%5.1%17.9%7.1%0.0%3.3%2.0%26.0K3.7M-4.6K0.00118.40N/AN/A001,035975
2021-02-12$50.53$55.0019.4%5.6%17.8%8.7%19.3%6.5%1.7%27.4K3.7M-4.8K0.00110.65N/AN/A031,035975
2021-02-16$50.90$55.0020.3%5.8%17.6%9.6%0.0%3.3%-0.3%28.1K3.7M-4.6K0.00119.25N/AN/A001,035978
2021-02-17$50.93$55.0018.7%5.4%17.4%6.9%0.0%5.3%1.1%29.7K3.6M-4.5K0.00108.97N/AN/A001,035978
2021-02-18$50.78$55.0018.2%5.2%17.0%6.3%0.0%7.6%0.6%32.5K3.6M-4.3K0.00103.82N/AN/A001,035978
2021-02-19$50.88$55.0017.7%5.1%17.0%3.1%0.0%1.2%2.0%22.3K3.5M-4.8K0.00107.00N/AN/A001,035978
2021-02-22$50.91$55.0021.0%6.0%16.6%6.6%19.6%0.8%-1.1%17.9K3.6M-4.5K8.40104.29N/AN/A201681,013978
2021-02-23$51.80$55.0018.4%5.3%17.6%3.9%0.0%6.6%2.0%16.4K3.8M-5.8K184.0085.01N/AN/A11841,0331,055
2021-02-24$51.71$55.0018.4%5.3%17.6%3.9%0.0%9.0%-1.2%13.6K4.3M-5.7K0.00111.41N/AN/A021,0341,147
2021-02-25$50.75$55.0028.1%8.1%16.7%14.0%0.0%-0.0%-4.8%9.8K3.8M-7.0K0.00116.76N/AN/A041,0341,148
2021-02-26$49.76$55.0024.4%7.0%18.3%10.1%0.0%4.7%0.1%14.2K4.6M-4.2K0.00114.93N/AN/A021,0341,150