KNOP Options History — December 2016

In December 2016, KNOP traded between $21.25 and $23.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.2%, placing in the 12.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 29.5%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2016-12-29: Highest Volume — 305 contracts
  • 2016-12-12: Largest IV spike — 49.6% change
  • 2016-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 26.7%
  • 2016-12-20: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.51$21.25$23.80$21.25$23.60
Max Pain$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV27.2%17.5%46.9%28.3%25.0%
Expected Move7.6%5.0%8.7%8.1%7.2%
HV 20d29.5%26.5%34.8%30.9%26.5%
HV 60d31.5%29.0%35.2%33.8%29.4%
IV Rank12.2%5.1%26.7%13.1%10.6%
IV Percentile21.8%0.4%76.6%23.8%15.5%
Term Structure2.0%-5.6%12.4%-5.6%7.5%
VWIV26.7%19.0%34.7%28.9%20.9%
Skew 25d4.9%-6.9%12.8%-6.9%7.5%
Skew 10d14.1%0.7%73.6%4.7%8.0%
Call IV 25d23.1%17.0%30.3%30.3%20.6%
Put IV 25d28.1%21.3%37.0%23.4%28.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %105.03100.20113.81113.81107.24
Gamma HHI0.700.570.870.570.75
Net GEX54.4K46.4K63.4K53.0K57.8K
Net DEX-981.6K-1.5M-618.0K-618.0K-1.1M
Net VEX-3.8K-4.3K-3.0K-3.8K-3.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.461.370.860.90
Total Volume208.524155305171253
Total OI1,536.3811,3751,5951,4561,520

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-12-01$21.25$20.0028.3%8.1%30.9%13.1%28.9%-6.9%-5.6%53.0K-618.0K-3.8K0.86113.819279919537
2016-12-02$22.30$20.0027.0%7.7%34.6%12.1%27.0%7.3%2.4%46.4K-905.2K-4.0K0.73102.2312390929545
2016-12-05$22.70$20.0025.7%7.8%34.8%11.2%28.4%12.8%3.5%54.4K-1.2M-4.2K1.00103.167979985556
2016-12-06$22.50$20.0026.0%8.0%32.2%11.4%28.2%11.8%-0.9%51.3K-1.1M-4.2K1.07102.927580988558
2016-12-07$22.81$20.0021.3%7.7%31.6%8.0%26.2%5.9%-1.5%63.4K-1.2M-3.8K0.55104.8914379983570
2016-12-08$22.30$20.0026.0%8.5%30.7%11.4%26.8%-3.4%0.5%48.6K-988.5K-4.3K0.83104.4510587983571
2016-12-09$21.98$20.0031.4%8.0%28.3%15.3%28.1%7.1%-0.6%53.0K-805.3K-4.3K0.63104.4614592987593
2016-12-12$21.90$20.0046.9%7.9%27.9%26.7%28.7%7.4%-2.8%49.9K-733.7K-4.1K0.63105.4514592987596
2016-12-13$21.90$20.0034.1%7.9%27.8%17.3%29.0%11.0%-2.7%50.4K-722.8K-4.2K0.71103.76145103987608
2016-12-14$22.05$20.0028.0%8.0%27.8%12.8%28.2%9.1%-1.5%52.9K-842.3K-4.2K0.64103.2915398987608
2016-12-15$22.30$20.0026.2%7.5%27.9%11.5%26.8%3.8%0.6%61.6K-810.0K-3.8K0.91100.20113103977604
2016-12-16$21.90$20.0025.6%7.3%28.8%11.1%28.0%8.2%1.5%55.1K-732.1K-4.0K0.84106.84122102977595
2016-12-19$22.00$20.0027.2%7.8%28.6%12.3%25.0%-0.5%2.7%54.6K-769.6K-3.8K1.17101.457689949578
2016-12-20$22.13$20.0030.2%8.7%28.3%14.5%26.7%-3.6%-3.5%49.7K-785.8K-3.7K1.37103.537197949591
2016-12-21$22.75$20.0026.3%7.5%29.9%11.6%26.2%0.9%3.8%59.4K-1.1M-3.5K1.23104.577997952591
2016-12-22$22.95$20.0025.5%7.3%30.0%11.0%25.2%1.6%4.8%63.4K-1.3M-3.3K1.31106.917497971591
2016-12-23$23.15$20.0021.8%6.3%30.0%8.3%25.4%4.2%6.7%57.1K-1.4M-3.1K1.28103.487495956591
2016-12-27$23.25$20.0022.2%6.4%27.6%8.6%22.9%7.4%10.0%48.8K-1.5M-3.0K0.85105.3410488966591
2016-12-28$23.20$20.0028.4%8.1%27.3%13.1%34.7%6.0%3.7%47.8K-921.5K-3.3K0.46109.4517581781594
2016-12-29$23.80$20.0017.5%5.0%28.0%5.1%19.0%5.5%12.4%63.2K-1.2M-3.0K0.65108.30185120858605
2016-12-30$23.60$20.0025.0%7.2%26.5%10.6%20.9%7.5%7.5%57.8K-1.1M-3.5K0.90107.24133120869651