KNOP Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, KNOP traded between $11.09 and $16.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.1%, placing in the 25.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 16.7% (HV 20d: 73.8%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-22: Highest Volume — 1,494 contracts
  • 2016-02-17: Largest IV spike — 457.8% change
  • 2016-02-12: Highest IV Rank — 79.7%
  • 2016-02-12: Largest Expected Move — 42.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.77$11.09$16.17$13.65$15.99
Max Pain$14.32$12.50$15.00$12.50$15.00
ATM IV57.1%10.5%146.9%53.5%47.4%
Expected Move16.6%12.8%42.1%15.3%13.6%
HV 20d73.8%65.5%82.2%82.2%73.2%
HV 60d77.2%74.2%80.7%74.2%80.5%
IV Rank25.7%0.0%79.7%21.0%21.9%
IV Percentile77.7%0.0%99.6%88.9%69.0%
Term Structure9.0%-63.0%120.4%-32.8%5.4%
VWIV47.9%32.6%53.4%48.6%50.0%
Skew 25d8.2%-8.3%25.7%-4.8%3.1%
Skew 10d21.9%-7.1%52.5%8.6%28.6%
Call IV 25d60.8%37.2%106.4%64.0%55.8%
Put IV 25d69.0%49.7%109.2%59.2%59.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %113.3696.56184.81102.32109.42
Gamma HHI0.440.310.690.360.43
Net GEX59-31.6K22.6K9.7K-23.2K
Net DEX-51.3K-444.3K216.4K-161.8K4.8K
Net VEX-2.5K-5.2K-1.1K-1.9K-5.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.283.270.470.37
Total Volume402.552401,494389367
Total OI1,520.11,0122,5311,1642,531

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$13.65$12.5053.5%15.3%82.2%21.0%48.6%-4.8%-32.8%9.7K-161.8K-1.9K0.47102.32265124825339
2016-02-02$13.31$12.5058.1%16.7%80.9%23.9%50.6%8.9%53.5%9.4K-122.0K-2.0K0.45109.94277124867367
2016-02-03$13.58$12.5066.1%19.0%81.3%28.9%53.4%8.6%120.4%7.6K-98.3K-1.9K0.7998.55157124867367
2016-02-04$13.31$0.0059.8%15.4%81.0%24.9%0.0%3.5%3.5%9.0K-96.9K-1.8K0.71103.09157111866367
2016-02-05$13.29$0.0054.2%15.4%77.6%21.4%0.0%-3.6%0.3%9.6K-100.6K-1.8K0.71107.54157111866377
2016-02-08$12.67$0.0066.2%16.4%75.6%29.0%0.0%10.3%-1.2%8.6K18.6K-1.6K0.7196.56157111866377
2016-02-09$11.71$0.0071.5%16.2%76.2%32.3%0.0%2.5%-2.5%5.4K130.7K-1.3K0.71104.31157111866377
2016-02-10$11.09$0.0060.1%17.2%69.5%25.1%0.0%14.9%-5.9%4.9K180.6K-1.3K0.71103.64157111856376
2016-02-11$11.26$0.0054.2%15.5%65.5%21.4%0.0%2.8%-0.8%4.6K216.4K-1.1K0.71111.93157111856376
2016-02-12$12.01$0.00146.9%42.1%68.7%79.7%0.0%0.0%-63.0%4.6K-27.8K-1.6K0.63184.81177111856376
2016-02-16$12.67$0.0010.5%0.0%69.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%43.3%22.6K-95.4K-1.7K0.63181.42177111865376
2016-02-17$13.25$0.0058.5%16.8%70.6%28.5%0.0%25.7%-0.3%5.0K-137.1K-1.3K0.63103.31176111865376
2016-02-18$13.58$15.0055.8%16.0%67.6%26.9%32.6%25.1%12.4%6.5K-213.1K-1.5K0.35115.3017862879376
2016-02-19$14.93$15.0047.2%13.5%71.9%21.8%47.5%19.5%0.2%9.7K-444.3K-1.9K0.29107.8819456881377
2016-02-22$16.17$15.0044.5%12.8%71.8%20.2%49.7%12.2%13.2%11.1K-403.3K-2.2K2.99111.183741,120716296
2016-02-23$15.48$15.0048.5%13.9%74.1%22.6%46.7%-8.3%2.8%-25.6K102.7K-4.9K3.2796.782437949611,342
2016-02-24$15.89$15.0049.1%14.1%72.9%22.9%52.0%20.7%6.8%-31.6K79.2K-4.6K0.70109.722431709711,357
2016-02-25$15.66$15.0044.6%12.8%73.3%20.2%47.3%5.8%11.7%-27.8K127.1K-5.1K0.28103.38276769741,480
2016-02-26$15.99$15.0045.7%13.1%73.4%20.9%49.0%0.4%12.2%-18.8K15.2K-5.1K0.29106.15276801,0081,481
2016-02-29$15.99$15.0047.4%13.6%73.2%21.9%50.0%3.1%5.4%-23.2K4.8K-5.2K0.37109.42268991,0181,513