KNOP Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, KNOP traded between $13.20 and $18.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.6%, placing in the 35.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 26.9% (HV 20d: 73.5%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.39.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-27: Highest Volume — 437 contracts
  • 2015-08-21: Largest IV spike — 30.2% change
  • 2015-08-10: Highest IV Rank — 47.8%
  • 2015-08-25: Largest Expected Move — 15.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.88$13.20$18.31$14.72$18.29
Max Pain$17.38$15.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV46.6%31.4%56.6%46.3%52.5%
Expected Move12.8%9.0%15.9%13.3%15.0%
HV 20d73.5%54.7%82.6%54.7%72.9%
HV 60d52.1%44.2%57.9%47.6%57.8%
IV Rank35.9%18.3%47.8%35.7%41.8%
IV Percentile88.5%48.8%97.6%92.9%96.0%
Term Structure-3.4%-14.9%11.5%-2.3%-6.7%
VWIV48.3%36.1%62.4%47.0%41.0%
Skew 25d4.3%-8.8%22.4%-0.4%13.9%
Skew 10d5.3%-15.6%23.3%-0.5%14.3%
Call IV 25d45.8%27.9%64.5%46.5%39.6%
Put IV 25d50.1%38.2%69.1%46.2%53.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %108.1592.36124.26115.28109.20
Gamma HHI0.640.290.900.820.83
Net GEX-2.5K-15.3K12.9K-7.1K12.7K
Net DEX223.6K-128.4K401.4K347.6K-112.9K
Net VEX-759-2.3K-116-364-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.390.000.710.560.24
Total Volume294.42914375435
Total OI722.905516970679970

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$14.72$20.0046.3%13.3%54.7%35.7%0.0%-0.4%-2.3%-7.1K347.6K-3640.00115.2805368311
2015-08-04$13.77$20.0050.0%14.3%58.0%40.0%47.0%-2.3%-6.7%-4.7K351.5K-3440.5694.46194108373316
2015-08-05$13.20$20.0049.7%14.2%58.0%39.6%51.4%-8.8%-6.2%-2.0K401.4K-1160.5693.76194108373320
2015-08-06$14.41$15.0052.7%9.5%67.9%43.2%36.1%12.3%-0.4%-6.0K366.7K-3080.56113.51194108373320
2015-08-07$15.03$15.0045.7%12.2%70.3%35.0%41.6%5.5%-1.8%-9.2K342.8K-3960.71106.08191136373320
2015-08-10$15.00$15.0056.6%12.6%70.2%47.8%46.8%-7.0%-2.4%-7.5K339.7K-3520.50102.8719195371306
2015-08-11$14.06$15.0046.8%12.1%72.4%36.3%0.0%-3.1%-14.9%-6.2K365.5K-2640.00115.0601366308
2015-08-12$14.90$15.0044.4%12.7%75.3%33.5%45.0%2.4%-2.7%-8.6K339.4K-3670.50111.2819196371309
2015-08-13$15.33$15.0045.6%13.1%76.4%34.8%47.4%10.4%-2.8%-15.3K322.1K-3420.46112.5420895371309
2015-08-14$16.29$15.0037.4%10.7%77.3%25.3%48.5%3.4%-3.3%-5.8K281.3K-5970.39118.5024295386316
2015-08-17$16.12$15.0040.9%11.7%77.3%29.3%51.9%1.6%11.5%-3.7K229.1K-6700.39104.5124295439316
2015-08-18$15.55$15.0040.9%11.7%76.5%29.3%47.1%-6.5%0.3%-10.6K249.1K-6180.39108.3424495439316
2015-08-19$16.36$15.0031.4%9.0%79.0%18.3%0.0%10.2%-2.2%-3.8K236.7K-6330.00124.26190431316
2015-08-20$16.64$15.0035.9%10.3%78.2%23.6%46.0%10.4%-4.6%-721215.3K-6810.46109.0720895436316
2015-08-21$16.00$20.0046.8%13.4%79.4%36.2%54.7%7.0%0.3%-208245.8K-5590.46105.3220895429316
2015-08-24$17.08$20.0047.2%13.5%82.4%36.7%60.0%13.0%-5.0%-872164.3K-7690.29111.1929685328188
2015-08-25$17.45$20.0055.3%15.9%82.6%45.3%62.4%22.4%-6.8%4.2K50.6K-1.3K0.2992.3629785505188
2015-08-26$17.00$20.0053.2%15.2%79.9%42.8%38.4%8.9%-6.3%3.9K82.7K-1.2K0.28107.7929182511178
2015-08-27$17.97$20.0051.0%14.6%77.8%40.3%54.2%-3.6%-7.4%5.6K4.7K-1.5K0.23108.5935681561178
2015-08-28$18.31$20.0049.4%14.1%76.9%38.1%49.9%0.6%-1.6%12.9K-128.4K-2.3K0.25107.1133785772188
2015-08-31$18.29$20.0052.5%15.0%72.9%41.8%41.0%13.9%-6.7%12.7K-112.9K-2.2K0.24109.2035085773197