KNOP Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, KNOP traded between $21.70 and $24.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.3%, placing in the 11.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.0% (HV 20d: 34.3%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.09.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-05: Highest Volume — 1,028 contracts
  • 2017-01-24: Largest IV spike — 32.8% change
  • 2017-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 15.9%
  • 2017-01-13: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.42$21.70$24.40$24.40$21.70
Max Pain$22.25$20.00$22.50$20.00$22.50
ATM IV26.3%20.4%32.2%21.2%25.2%
Expected Move7.8%5.9%9.2%6.1%7.2%
HV 20d34.3%23.5%38.1%23.7%34.0%
HV 60d32.7%30.0%34.6%30.1%30.9%
IV Rank11.6%7.3%15.9%7.8%10.8%
IV Percentile23.4%2.0%44.4%2.4%17.9%
Term Structure-0.0%-7.9%11.8%11.8%-6.1%
VWIV28.3%22.7%32.4%23.6%26.5%
Skew 25d7.6%-7.5%18.2%18.2%-0.8%
Skew 10d11.1%-11.4%37.5%9.2%8.8%
Call IV 25d26.5%21.8%37.2%21.8%27.4%
Put IV 25d34.1%23.7%39.9%39.9%26.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %105.0389.12115.12106.80111.44
Gamma HHI0.550.310.810.600.54
Net GEX33.7K-29.6K105.3K28.2K-20.5K
Net DEX318.4K-1.4M1.0M-1.3M820.7K
Net VEX-5.9K-6.8K-3.0K-3.0K-6.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.090.573.200.570.94
Total Volume452.652011,028322221
Total OI2,024.61,5302,5341,5301,797

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$24.40$20.0021.2%6.1%23.7%7.8%23.6%18.2%11.8%28.2K-1.3M-3.0K0.57106.80205117879651
2017-01-04$24.25$20.0025.9%7.4%23.5%11.3%31.9%0.8%-7.9%34.7K-1.4M-3.6K1.02102.98122124925653
2017-01-05$22.35$22.5021.4%9.2%38.1%8.0%32.4%0.7%-2.9%101.3K-415.2K-3.5K1.1789.12474554879658
2017-01-06$22.40$22.5023.2%7.7%37.8%9.3%27.0%11.0%1.1%105.3K-55.5K-6.5K0.85108.843723161,1131,195
2017-01-09$22.28$22.5027.6%8.1%36.9%12.6%29.9%7.9%0.7%65.9K144.3K-6.3K2.51111.711333349781,246
2017-01-10$22.13$22.5025.7%7.6%36.6%11.1%27.9%9.4%3.6%59.1K336.4K-6.5K3.08112.891173609981,317
2017-01-11$22.18$22.5032.1%9.2%36.6%15.8%30.9%8.6%-0.4%83.1K467.1K-6.6K3.12103.711093401,0011,383
2017-01-12$22.10$22.5027.8%8.0%36.6%12.7%29.1%6.7%-3.9%70.3K330.9K-6.5K3.20115.121093491,0021,383
2017-01-13$22.20$22.5032.2%9.2%36.6%15.9%30.8%6.9%-3.7%69.0K410.9K-6.4K2.42110.321443491,0021,395
2017-01-17$22.15$22.5030.6%8.8%36.4%14.7%30.7%-7.5%-0.4%75.7K293.6K-6.3K3.0491.951123411,0431,395
2017-01-18$22.07$22.5027.5%7.9%35.8%12.5%30.2%7.8%0.4%98.7K451.6K-6.0K2.77110.991273521,0331,407
2017-01-19$22.15$22.5027.2%7.8%35.8%12.2%26.4%12.4%6.1%89.7K643.1K-6.2K2.44109.221423461,0331,448
2017-01-20$22.15$22.5027.1%7.8%35.7%12.2%27.8%10.6%2.6%-27.8K1.0M-6.1K2.48101.961413501,0731,461
2017-01-23$22.08$22.5020.4%5.9%34.2%7.3%22.7%10.3%3.6%-29.6K822.4K-5.9K2.11105.281433024241,122
2017-01-24$22.25$22.5027.1%7.8%34.2%12.2%29.6%10.0%0.6%-27.2K792.8K-6.3K2.5190.761403514491,162
2017-01-25$22.33$22.5024.9%7.1%34.0%10.5%25.8%13.1%-0.0%-29.6K821.2K-6.6K3.05107.531153514731,232
2017-01-26$22.43$22.5027.3%7.8%34.0%12.3%27.6%13.4%-2.4%-26.6K763.6K-6.7K2.66103.551323514871,232
2017-01-27$22.45$22.5026.1%7.5%34.0%11.4%30.0%13.5%1.0%-22.9K718.4K-6.8K0.93105.18104975321,232
2017-01-30$22.40$22.5026.5%7.6%32.5%11.7%25.9%-1.5%-4.2%-22.2K697.6K-6.1K0.88101.24110975561,243
2017-01-31$21.70$22.5025.2%7.2%34.0%10.8%26.5%-0.8%-6.1%-20.5K820.7K-6.5K0.94111.441141075551,242