KNOP Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, KNOP traded between $24.15 and $26.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.7%, placing in the 9.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 26.6%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.14.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-29: Highest Volume — 354 contracts
  • 2015-04-20: Largest IV spike — 44.6% change
  • 2015-04-20: Highest IV Rank — 14.6%
  • 2015-04-20: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.02$24.15$26.07$24.15$24.44
Max Pain$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV29.7%24.2%37.1%28.3%29.8%
Expected Move8.5%6.9%10.7%8.1%8.6%
HV 20d26.6%17.9%37.6%37.6%24.8%
HV 60d36.6%30.9%44.4%44.4%32.3%
IV Rank9.5%5.8%14.6%8.6%9.6%
IV Percentile47.1%20.6%75.8%40.5%50.4%
Term Structure-0.7%-9.7%7.2%4.2%-3.0%
VWIV28.5%28.5%28.5%28.5%28.5%
Skew 25d3.7%-5.3%14.3%-2.7%-2.8%
Skew 10d4.8%-4.7%25.0%-4.7%-3.8%
Call IV 25d34.6%26.2%39.9%37.4%38.2%
Put IV 25d38.3%28.3%53.5%34.7%35.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %119.07101.64124.52120.57123.43
Gamma HHI0.520.380.730.430.55
Net GEX12.6K1.1K20.7K18.6K6.7K
Net DEX-37.9K-205.6K204.2K-108.8K159.5K
Net VEX-1.4K-1.7K-749-1.4K-1.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.141.023.002.751.02
Total Volume258.9520354225354
Total OI506.238301559559492

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$24.15$22.5028.3%8.1%37.6%8.6%28.5%-2.7%4.2%18.6K-108.8K-1.4K2.75120.5760165326233
2015-04-02$24.42$0.0028.0%7.8%36.6%8.4%0.0%4.2%1.5%17.9K-146.8K-1.4K2.75119.8060165326233
2015-04-06$24.31$0.0031.9%9.0%34.9%11.1%0.0%3.1%-0.3%18.0K-113.2K-1.4K3.00120.5255165326233
2015-04-07$24.26$0.0031.0%8.9%33.6%10.4%0.0%1.0%-2.2%20.0K-89.5K-1.3K3.00117.3555165325233
2015-04-08$24.65$0.0024.3%7.0%33.7%5.9%0.0%2.1%7.2%20.7K-162.9K-1.2K0.00123.7500310233
2015-04-09$24.81$0.0029.6%8.5%33.3%9.5%0.0%10.6%0.4%18.7K-172.5K-1.3K3.00114.5255165325233
2015-04-10$24.80$0.0030.2%8.7%33.3%9.9%0.0%6.0%-0.4%17.0K-135.9K-1.3K3.00119.2655165305233
2015-04-13$24.88$0.0028.1%8.0%30.8%8.4%0.0%6.6%1.8%17.0K-163.2K-1.3K2.89123.0557165305233
2015-04-14$24.99$0.0030.4%8.7%28.3%10.0%0.0%5.2%-1.3%18.4K-160.4K-1.2K2.89123.0157165305233
2015-04-15$25.49$0.0024.2%6.9%21.6%5.8%0.0%7.3%3.1%15.6K-205.6K-1.1K2.89123.0157165305233
2015-04-16$24.93$0.0028.5%8.2%22.5%8.7%0.0%8.1%1.3%17.7K-146.5K-1.2K2.95120.1456165305233
2015-04-17$24.93$0.0025.7%7.4%22.5%6.8%0.0%-2.5%2.7%3.0K-107.3K-7492.66124.2262165307233
2015-04-20$25.21$0.0037.1%10.7%22.4%14.6%0.0%6.7%-8.5%1.1K204.2K-1.1K1.60101.64112179108193
2015-04-21$25.25$0.0027.4%7.9%21.4%8.0%0.0%9.1%4.5%4.8K138.0K-1.6K1.63120.38110179191242
2015-04-22$25.41$0.0030.2%8.7%19.4%9.9%0.0%-3.1%-3.5%4.5K125.6K-1.6K1.56124.14115179191242
2015-04-23$26.00$0.0024.7%7.1%20.6%6.1%0.0%12.1%-0.5%9.3K53.5K-1.2K1.03116.18174179196242
2015-04-24$26.07$0.0033.7%9.7%20.5%12.3%0.0%0.9%-5.2%9.2K15.4K-1.6K1.03109.27174179250242
2015-04-27$26.07$0.0035.8%10.3%17.9%13.7%0.0%-2.7%-9.7%8.7K652-1.6K1.03111.47174179250242
2015-04-28$25.76$0.0028.8%8.3%17.9%9.0%0.0%14.3%-0.8%11.6K58.5K-1.4K1.03124.52174179250242
2015-04-29$24.52$0.0035.4%10.1%25.3%13.4%0.0%-5.3%-5.6%5.9K161.4K-1.7K1.02120.16175179250242
2015-04-30$24.44$0.0029.8%8.6%24.8%9.6%0.0%-2.8%-3.0%6.7K159.5K-1.6K1.02123.43175179250242