KNOP Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, KNOP traded between $21.29 and $24.12. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.7%, placing in the 12.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 14.1% (HV 20d: 47.8%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-09: Highest Volume — 409 contracts
  • 2015-02-11: Largest IV drop — 12.9% change
  • 2015-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 15.5%
  • 2015-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 10.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.91$21.29$24.12$21.29$22.42
Max Pain$22.24$20.00$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV33.7%29.4%38.5%33.1%34.2%
Expected Move9.3%8.0%10.5%9.5%9.8%
HV 20d47.8%33.4%59.1%58.1%33.7%
HV 60d58.3%54.8%60.8%60.5%54.8%
IV Rank12.3%9.3%15.5%11.9%12.6%
IV Percentile56.1%40.5%65.9%57.1%59.5%
Term Structure0.4%-12.1%7.4%-3.7%-0.5%
VWIV34.9%24.2%44.0%38.1%36.3%
Skew 25d4.5%-2.9%17.9%2.5%1.7%
Skew 10d6.9%-6.3%27.3%7.9%5.6%
Call IV 25d34.0%21.9%41.7%32.8%35.8%
Put IV 25d38.5%32.0%57.1%35.3%37.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %115.75101.33127.26125.24125.00
Gamma HHI0.750.380.960.380.86
Net GEX11.5K44318.2K44310.4K
Net DEX106.3K-16.8K243.0K243.0K177.6K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.5K-585-585-872
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.581.311.310.74
Total Volume272.15804090306
Total OI429.526277496277476

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$21.29$22.5033.1%9.5%58.1%11.9%0.0%2.5%-3.7%443243.0K-5850.00125.2400113164
2015-02-03$21.98$20.0033.1%9.5%59.1%11.9%38.1%15.4%-3.6%958222.1K-6611.31117.98115151123164
2015-02-04$21.88$20.0036.7%10.5%56.5%14.3%36.5%15.4%-7.5%879219.8K-6621.31113.50115151123164
2015-02-05$22.53$22.5034.3%8.8%57.0%12.7%24.2%17.9%-0.7%2.0K189.2K-7020.82109.79184151123164
2015-02-06$23.31$22.5038.5%9.6%58.2%15.5%25.3%8.2%-0.8%6.8K104.6K-1.1K0.68105.03222151193164
2015-02-09$24.12$22.5038.0%9.2%58.7%15.2%37.8%0.3%-12.1%10.7K48.9K-1.2K0.59101.33258151241164
2015-02-10$22.98$22.5036.9%8.0%58.1%14.5%34.2%-1.6%6.7%17.1K58.6K-1.2K0.58113.75258149327164
2015-02-11$23.26$22.5032.2%9.2%53.5%11.2%34.1%2.7%6.3%16.3K45.5K-1.3K0.71116.61185131327163
2015-02-12$23.74$22.5035.0%10.0%48.8%13.2%34.3%5.5%5.1%16.8K-7.7K-1.5K0.71111.15185131328163
2015-02-13$23.52$22.5033.7%9.7%49.3%12.3%34.5%5.4%7.4%17.3K-12.3K-1.4K0.69106.77190131328163
2015-02-17$23.54$22.5032.1%9.2%43.8%11.2%34.9%1.5%6.6%17.5K-16.8K-1.5K0.69113.99190131333163
2015-02-18$23.65$22.5033.7%9.7%41.3%12.3%28.3%8.0%-4.7%18.2K22.6K-1.3K0.69120.04190131333163
2015-02-19$23.05$22.5031.5%9.0%41.9%10.8%0.0%1.3%-4.7%15.2K78.2K-1.3K0.00120.3900308163
2015-02-20$23.23$22.5030.6%8.8%40.8%10.2%0.0%6.3%1.4%15.3K85.0K-1.2K0.00127.2602308163
2015-02-23$22.90$22.5032.5%9.3%39.0%11.5%42.1%-2.7%5.8%16.2K108.9K-1.0K0.72114.03176126317155
2015-02-24$22.55$22.5031.7%9.1%38.4%10.9%44.0%-2.8%4.2%11.6K160.9K-9100.72114.29176126317155
2015-02-25$22.80$22.5029.4%8.4%38.5%9.3%39.5%-2.9%1.8%14.0K143.1K-9330.72118.93176126317155
2015-02-26$22.60$22.5032.9%9.4%33.4%11.7%34.1%2.8%0.8%11.0K148.0K-9920.74124.23176130317155
2015-02-27$22.42$22.5034.2%9.8%33.7%12.6%36.3%1.7%-0.5%10.4K177.6K-8720.74125.00176130317159