KNOP Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, KNOP traded between $22.55 and $24.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.3%, placing in the 21.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 20.8%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.16.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-28: Highest Volume — 533 contracts
  • 2017-04-24: Largest IV drop — 36.5% change
  • 2017-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 41.9%
  • 2017-04-11: Largest Expected Move — 9.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.12$22.55$24.25$22.70$23.93
Max Pain$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV23.3%17.7%29.3%20.2%22.3%
Expected Move6.9%5.1%9.0%5.8%6.4%
HV 20d20.8%19.1%22.9%22.4%22.7%
HV 60d19.2%18.7%20.6%18.7%19.5%
IV Rank21.6%7.0%41.9%10.6%20.7%
IV Percentile22.9%2.4%56.7%6.3%15.9%
Term Structure-0.5%-6.2%7.9%7.0%7.9%
VWIV24.6%15.5%31.4%20.0%15.5%
Skew 25d7.3%-6.8%17.9%1.6%16.0%
Skew 10d9.4%-5.5%26.7%4.7%4.4%
Call IV 25d20.0%11.9%31.0%21.0%12.5%
Put IV 25d27.4%21.8%37.3%22.5%28.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.3564.63112.08110.1991.33
Gamma HHI0.430.340.520.420.36
Net GEX20.8K-4.3K52.0K29.9K-4.0K
Net DEX-300.4K-687.4K-64.7K-395.7K-115.9K
Net VEX-5.9K-6.7K-4.9K-6.3K-4.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.160.442.721.530.92
Total Volume256.211149533245533
Total OI2,140.3681,4112,4462,3241,411

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$22.70$22.5020.2%5.8%22.4%10.6%20.0%1.6%7.0%29.9K-395.7K-6.3K1.53110.19971481,0091,315
2017-04-04$22.55$22.5025.0%7.2%21.8%21.3%21.4%-6.8%-4.0%16.8K-64.7K-6.7K1.23109.90931141,0131,323
2017-04-05$22.60$22.5024.6%7.0%21.6%21.0%26.2%-3.3%2.6%14.9K-124.3K-6.3K0.59110.0994551,0111,329
2017-04-06$22.71$22.5025.9%7.8%20.5%23.8%27.1%6.3%-1.2%18.3K-194.4K-6.5K0.88105.7192811,0131,329
2017-04-07$22.80$22.5024.4%7.8%20.5%20.5%27.1%9.9%-2.4%22.7K-221.1K-6.3K0.57105.96142811,0161,350
2017-04-10$22.90$22.5024.8%7.0%19.2%21.4%23.7%4.0%-0.4%26.1K-292.0K-6.6K0.9399.8287811,0561,350
2017-04-11$23.00$22.5022.4%9.0%19.1%16.0%31.4%3.2%-6.2%32.7K-511.7K-6.3K0.86102.7094811,0521,350
2017-04-12$22.69$22.5029.3%8.4%19.8%41.9%29.3%5.4%-5.3%37.1K-252.6K-6.4K0.76105.75106811,0531,350
2017-04-13$22.60$22.5023.5%6.7%19.6%24.5%23.6%17.9%-3.6%25.4K-95.4K-6.3K1.09108.6074811,0611,350
2017-04-17$22.60$22.5022.6%6.5%19.6%21.7%22.3%12.7%4.0%37.9K-201.5K-6.2K1.09104.5674811,0611,340
2017-04-18$22.80$22.5025.0%7.2%19.7%28.9%25.1%7.0%-4.5%52.0K-419.2K-5.7K0.91112.0889811,0461,340
2017-04-19$22.85$22.5024.9%7.1%19.4%28.5%25.4%-3.7%-5.3%45.4K-492.8K-5.7K0.94107.271181111,0291,340
2017-04-20$23.08$22.5026.3%7.5%19.6%32.7%26.2%6.3%-5.7%18.6K-687.4K-5.1K0.4495.122521111,0661,380
2017-04-21$23.15$22.5027.9%8.0%19.3%37.5%27.9%3.9%-5.2%-4.3K-588.9K-5.7K1.00103.861161169911,380
2017-04-24$24.05$22.5017.7%5.1%22.9%7.0%27.4%15.1%1.8%13.4K-295.0K-4.9K1.9291.13137263590898
2017-04-25$23.98$22.5019.5%5.6%22.9%12.4%23.7%13.2%1.7%6.1K-317.2K-5.7K1.7364.63138239677861
2017-04-26$24.25$22.5019.3%5.5%22.4%11.8%21.9%14.9%3.9%5.9K-282.6K-5.5K2.7279.9588239629865
2017-04-27$24.10$22.5018.0%5.1%22.5%7.8%21.6%15.5%5.0%1.3K-155.4K-5.0K1.8498.06141259567866
2017-04-28$23.93$22.5022.3%6.4%22.7%20.7%15.5%16.0%7.9%-4.0K-115.9K-4.9K0.9291.33278255524887