NGL Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, NGL traded between $28.74 and $31.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.5%, placing in the 53.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 48.5%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.83.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-24: Highest Volume — 1,967 contracts
  • 2015-02-10: Largest IV drop — 36.8% change
  • 2015-02-09: Highest IV Rank — 68.2%
  • 2015-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 16.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.10$28.74$31.31$28.74$30.28
Max Pain$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV47.5%36.2%57.3%55.9%47.0%
Expected Move13.6%11.7%16.0%16.0%13.5%
HV 20d48.5%43.4%58.2%57.9%43.4%
HV 60d70.1%65.1%73.1%70.9%65.1%
IV Rank53.2%35.9%68.2%66.0%52.5%
IV Percentile83.5%73.4%92.5%91.7%81.3%
Term Structure-0.7%-7.1%20.6%-7.1%-2.4%
VWIV46.0%32.3%52.8%51.6%45.8%
Skew 25d10.9%-7.6%37.9%-1.0%15.1%
Skew 10d18.9%-12.1%52.9%12.3%23.0%
Call IV 25d44.6%33.6%58.7%52.5%33.6%
Put IV 25d55.5%41.0%96.6%51.5%48.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %95.7385.33102.75102.75101.90
Gamma HHI0.380.290.500.290.50
Net GEX36.0K13.3K54.3K13.3K34.9K
Net DEX5.7M1.8M11.9M2.5M11.9M
Net VEX-9.5K-11.1K-7.3K-7.3K-8.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.830.4521.757.264.64
Total Volume1,158.10511,96711,901
Total OI4,573.1052,9786,6862,9786,686

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$28.74$30.0055.9%16.0%57.9%66.0%51.6%-1.0%-7.1%13.3K2.5M-7.3K0.00102.75N/AN/A011,5661,412
2015-02-03$30.96$30.0051.1%14.7%54.9%58.7%51.1%25.5%-2.9%28.9K2.0M-9.3K7.2698.28N/AN/A1188571,5661,413
2015-02-04$29.56$30.0053.0%15.2%58.2%61.6%52.8%37.9%-3.2%21.8K2.3M-8.0K1.87101.44N/AN/A4628641,5921,426
2015-02-05$29.99$30.0047.9%14.7%57.8%53.8%50.4%4.1%-4.2%39.2K1.8M-11.0K1.1789.18N/AN/A4695501,9451,423
2015-02-06$29.50$30.0055.3%14.2%57.3%65.0%46.5%8.8%-1.3%31.3K2.9M-9.8K1.4386.52N/AN/A4366251,9281,714
2015-02-09$30.01$30.0057.3%14.3%57.3%68.2%47.6%11.4%-1.8%40.8K3.6M-11.1K1.3785.33N/AN/A4466101,9292,093
2015-02-10$29.49$30.0036.2%13.4%45.4%35.9%43.5%10.9%-2.6%42.7K3.7M-10.3K1.3591.83N/AN/A4415941,9392,105
2015-02-11$28.95$30.0044.3%12.7%44.8%48.2%44.1%7.8%-4.1%32.7K3.9M-9.5K1.3492.25N/AN/A4455951,9442,092
2015-02-12$29.89$30.0043.5%12.5%45.6%47.1%43.4%8.3%1.4%43.9K3.8M-10.0K2.4399.02N/AN/A4411,0711,9512,071
2015-02-13$29.88$30.0043.8%12.5%44.6%47.4%42.7%11.0%2.4%48.1K6.1M-10.5K2.4396.97N/AN/A4411,0721,9612,918
2015-02-17$30.24$30.0048.4%13.9%44.0%54.6%47.2%7.8%0.6%53.8K6.3M-9.8K2.4499.49N/AN/A4411,0781,9612,918
2015-02-18$30.71$30.0048.1%13.8%43.8%54.1%47.1%8.2%-0.4%32.3K6.2M-9.9K12.8397.53N/AN/A841,0781,9612,939
2015-02-19$30.43$30.0045.9%13.2%43.5%50.8%0.0%18.2%-2.8%54.3K6.4M-9.1K0.4599.11N/AN/A1151,9642,939
2015-02-20$31.31$30.0041.0%11.7%44.4%43.2%32.3%21.2%20.6%38.7K6.2M-9.9K21.7597.50N/AN/A204351,9622,939
2015-02-23$30.81$30.0047.9%13.7%44.8%53.8%45.0%12.2%-3.3%33.5K7.9M-8.9K10.5293.72N/AN/A616421,8643,347
2015-02-24$30.92$30.0045.8%13.1%44.7%50.5%45.9%7.6%-2.0%33.9K7.9M-8.9K3.7195.42N/AN/A4181,5491,8663,347
2015-02-25$30.74$30.0047.3%13.6%44.5%52.9%46.6%-0.5%-4.9%33.6K11.9M-8.9K5.2294.52N/AN/A2961,5451,9014,686
2015-02-26$29.54$30.0043.7%12.5%43.8%47.3%44.1%-7.6%5.1%27.0K11.7M-8.8K4.6496.17N/AN/A3371,5651,9274,694
2015-02-27$30.28$30.0047.0%13.5%43.4%52.5%45.8%15.1%-2.4%34.9K11.9M-8.7K4.64101.90N/AN/A3371,5641,9724,714