KNOP Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, KNOP traded between $19.21 and $23.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.7%, placing in the 16.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 27.9% (HV 20d: 67.6%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.67.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-28: Highest Volume — 266 contracts
  • 2015-01-12: Largest IV spike — 48.9% change
  • 2015-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 32.1%
  • 2015-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 13.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.60$19.21$23.13$23.13$21.34
Max Pain$22.08$20.00$22.50$22.50$20.00
ATM IV39.7%27.3%62.8%40.0%33.3%
Expected Move10.3%7.8%13.7%10.3%9.5%
HV 20d67.6%60.1%72.2%66.7%60.1%
HV 60d60.5%58.4%62.0%62.0%60.7%
IV Rank16.4%7.9%32.1%16.6%12.0%
IV Percentile65.3%35.3%84.5%68.3%57.5%
Term Structure-2.1%-15.1%7.1%-2.3%5.2%
VWIV39.5%30.2%49.0%42.1%35.4%
Skew 25d7.9%-2.4%22.9%22.9%21.1%
Skew 10d13.4%0.4%37.3%37.3%15.3%
Call IV 25d35.7%29.0%46.2%29.2%32.5%
Put IV 25d43.6%32.7%55.7%52.1%53.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %119.20109.24130.85110.86116.29
Gamma HHI0.440.280.740.480.40
Net GEX-3.8K-11.1K882-8.5K882
Net DEX328.8K223.6K435.0K347.2K239.8K
Net VEX-532-785-290-785-555
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.670.004.894.761.31
Total Volume143.60266219266
Total OI346.6190436422287

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$23.13$0.0040.0%10.3%66.7%16.6%0.0%22.9%-2.3%-8.5K347.2K-7854.76110.8638181186236
2015-01-05$22.65$0.0041.1%10.2%66.8%17.4%0.0%4.2%-1.3%-7.4K357.3K-7010.00117.2300186236
2015-01-06$21.59$0.0037.4%9.5%68.3%14.8%0.0%-2.4%-1.3%-8.9K403.0K-5230.00119.3100186236
2015-01-07$22.05$0.0035.1%9.2%64.7%13.3%0.0%0.9%-0.2%-10.4K390.1K-5620.00121.1300186236
2015-01-08$22.08$0.0044.2%9.9%64.6%19.5%0.0%8.1%-2.5%-8.3K374.8K-5644.89116.5238186186236
2015-01-09$22.62$0.0042.1%10.0%64.6%18.0%0.0%4.0%-0.9%-11.1K370.5K-6154.89117.7538186186236
2015-01-12$21.44$0.0062.8%10.5%66.2%32.1%0.0%3.5%-0.1%-6.7K385.7K-4474.89121.9638186186236
2015-01-13$20.24$0.0058.4%11.4%69.1%29.1%42.1%6.9%-3.1%-3.3K435.0K-3023.64117.6547171186236
2015-01-14$19.21$22.5042.5%12.2%71.5%18.3%49.0%11.8%-6.6%-2.3K422.4K-2903.81118.5347179198238
2015-01-15$19.44$22.5044.1%12.6%68.6%19.4%48.9%14.5%-9.7%-2.8K419.6K-3303.81111.6947179198238
2015-01-16$20.86$22.5039.3%11.3%70.2%16.1%0.0%3.0%-8.3%-2.8K433.8K-3860.00130.8500198236
2015-01-20$21.83$22.5033.1%9.5%71.8%11.8%39.1%13.8%0.5%-2.6K271.9K-4490.00124.057030160
2015-01-21$22.33$22.5031.4%9.0%70.7%10.7%0.0%7.0%5.9%-2.6K267.8K-4920.00129.930037160
2015-01-22$21.80$22.5035.4%10.1%70.4%13.4%32.6%11.4%-5.7%-2.4K266.2K-4591.40113.7310514737160
2015-01-23$22.67$22.5027.3%7.8%71.6%7.9%30.2%15.8%7.1%370233.6K-7391.39109.24106147112160
2015-01-26$22.13$22.5029.3%8.4%72.2%9.3%0.0%1.8%1.2%720224.0K-7190.00124.6600113160
2015-01-27$22.21$22.5031.2%9.0%70.5%10.6%33.3%-2.2%-0.9%582223.6K-7330.00123.5110113160
2015-01-28$21.10$22.5038.6%11.1%63.7%15.6%37.9%-0.8%-3.0%571255.4K-4861.31124.11115151114160
2015-01-29$21.22$20.0047.7%13.7%60.2%21.9%46.2%12.7%-15.1%485253.5K-5111.31115.03115151123164
2015-01-30$21.34$20.0033.3%9.5%60.1%12.0%35.4%21.1%5.2%882239.8K-5551.31116.29115151123164