KNOP Options History — September 2013

In September 2013, KNOP traded between $24.00 and $25.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.0%. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.0% (HV 20d: 21.0%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2013-09-16: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2013-09-13: Largest IV spike — 46.3% change
  • 2013-09-27: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.39$24.00$25.25$24.11$24.05
Max Pain$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV29.0%20.4%35.3%29.1%30.6%
Expected Move7.8%5.8%9.6%8.4%8.8%
HV 20d21.0%17.1%26.2%26.2%23.5%
HV 60d28.1%27.2%28.7%28.3%28.4%
Term Structure0.9%-12.1%13.2%9.9%4.2%
Skew 25d1.4%-8.0%33.8%9.5%10.0%
Skew 10d0.3%-10.8%56.2%-0.8%-6.6%
Call IV 25d28.7%20.2%35.3%30.1%23.3%
Put IV 25d30.2%19.4%66.6%39.6%33.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %124.32101.08138.23122.64138.23
Gamma HHI0.510.400.720.450.67
Net GEX-4.2K-6.9K-1.5K-3.6K-5.9K
Net DEX3.3K-38.2K33.0K19.8K9.8K
Net VEX-553-668-395-668-501
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.001.331.330.00
Total Volume0.9501000
Total OI200.5168219207169

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-09-03$24.11$22.5029.1%8.4%26.2%0.0%0.0%9.5%9.9%-3.6K19.8K-6680.00122.640046161
2013-09-04$24.01$22.5029.6%8.5%25.8%0.0%0.0%5.7%9.5%-4.4K31.7K-6631.33125.153446161
2013-09-05$24.24$22.5026.1%7.5%25.3%0.0%0.0%6.9%5.8%-4.8K466-6120.00132.600049164
2013-09-06$24.15$22.5034.1%6.9%24.3%0.0%0.0%0.4%1.4%-6.9K18.3K-6440.00125.380049164
2013-09-09$24.31$22.5031.4%7.1%21.3%0.0%0.0%-6.4%-5.1%-2.9K11.4K-6220.00123.710049164
2013-09-10$24.00$22.5035.3%7.8%18.4%0.0%0.0%-2.6%-2.5%-5.9K33.0K-6680.00132.840149164
2013-09-11$24.25$22.5034.9%6.7%18.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%2.5%-4.8K2.5K-6000.00115.660049165
2013-09-12$24.25$22.5020.4%5.8%17.6%0.0%0.0%-2.2%6.8%-3.7K-1.6K-5650.00115.550049165
2013-09-13$24.05$22.5029.8%8.5%17.1%0.0%0.0%-1.5%-12.1%-4.2K12.7K-5940.00118.710049165
2013-09-16$24.60$22.5032.9%9.4%18.6%0.0%0.0%2.2%-4.5%-3.0K-8.5K-5550.00121.8801049165
2013-09-17$24.14$22.5023.9%6.9%19.2%0.0%0.0%-6.4%4.2%-4.3K3.3K-5580.00121.020049170
2013-09-18$24.15$22.5024.7%7.1%19.0%0.0%0.0%-3.4%-2.7%-4.6K113-5100.00125.960049170
2013-09-19$24.60$22.5031.6%9.1%19.9%0.0%0.0%-4.6%-4.1%-1.6K-8.9K-5510.00116.750049170
2013-09-20$25.00$22.5024.5%7.0%19.6%0.0%0.0%-1.6%-0.2%-1.5K-38.2K-4280.00129.230049170
2013-09-23$24.99$22.5021.1%6.1%19.6%0.0%0.0%3.7%13.2%-4.7K-15.8K-3950.00131.950029139
2013-09-24$25.25$22.5027.6%7.9%19.8%0.0%0.0%33.8%6.6%-2.5K-14.4K-4470.00101.081029139
2013-09-25$25.23$22.5032.1%9.2%19.8%0.0%0.0%-1.6%-3.9%-4.2K-4.9K-4770.00124.340030139
2013-09-26$24.13$22.5027.0%7.7%24.2%0.0%0.0%-8.0%-4.3%-5.6K4.4K-4910.00135.460030139
2013-09-27$24.25$22.5033.6%9.6%23.4%0.0%0.0%-5.0%-6.4%-5.7K11.3K-5120.00128.330030139
2013-09-30$24.05$22.5030.6%8.8%23.5%0.0%0.0%10.0%4.2%-5.9K9.8K-5010.00138.230030139