KNOP Options History — September 2017

In September 2017, KNOP traded between $23.05 and $23.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.5%, placing in the 17.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.1% (HV 20d: 14.4%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.96.

Notable Days

  • 2017-09-26: Highest Volume — 598 contracts
  • 2017-09-13: Largest IV drop — 48.5% change
  • 2017-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 61.8%
  • 2017-09-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.44$23.05$23.85$23.63$23.50
Max Pain$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV20.5%15.3%35.2%23.5%18.9%
Expected Move5.4%4.4%6.7%6.7%5.4%
HV 20d14.4%12.2%16.1%16.1%12.2%
HV 60d16.7%15.5%22.8%22.8%15.5%
IV Rank17.2%1.2%61.8%25.5%12.6%
IV Percentile22.6%0.4%95.2%41.7%11.9%
Term Structure4.5%-5.3%14.1%-5.3%13.1%
VWIV19.4%13.7%31.1%20.4%21.2%
Skew 25d9.7%-0.1%17.6%15.2%12.2%
Skew 10d28.2%1.7%44.7%14.1%4.8%
Call IV 25d14.3%9.6%23.8%14.6%14.4%
Put IV 25d23.9%17.6%37.9%29.8%26.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.1133.37100.3358.5677.11
Gamma HHI0.570.450.660.550.45
Net GEX-33.7K-51.8K-16.9K-27.8K-24.2K
Net DEX115.1K-45.5K318.6K-45.5K318.6K
Net VEX-4.9K-5.7K-4.3K-5.1K-5.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.961.115.802.345.08
Total Volume387.65154598515383
Total OI1,966.91,8872,0151,9982,015

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-09-01$23.63$22.5023.5%6.7%16.1%25.5%20.4%15.2%-5.3%-27.8K-45.5K-5.1K2.3458.561543617951,203
2017-09-05$23.55$22.5016.8%4.8%15.9%5.6%13.7%8.6%5.9%-40.1K-34.0K-4.8K2.3648.791543647971,188
2017-09-06$23.60$22.5020.5%4.9%15.9%16.6%17.5%4.6%5.0%-23.4K29.9K-4.9K2.8643.891253577991,180
2017-09-07$23.40$22.5020.8%4.6%16.1%17.4%19.0%-0.1%5.3%-48.1K51.9K-4.8K2.9050.921253637941,185
2017-09-08$23.25$22.5023.7%5.9%14.8%26.2%17.0%14.1%-2.1%-42.6K177.3K-5.0K2.7733.371153187941,195
2017-09-11$23.05$22.5027.8%5.9%14.8%38.2%23.3%14.2%-2.1%-38.3K277.8K-5.0K2.3756.401273017951,205
2017-09-12$23.33$22.5035.2%4.9%15.4%61.8%15.9%16.4%3.8%-36.8K189.8K-4.7K2.3585.141283017951,208
2017-09-13$23.25$22.5018.1%5.2%14.9%10.0%15.0%10.9%1.6%-36.4K140.5K-4.9K2.2972.491292967931,208
2017-09-14$23.45$22.5017.7%5.1%15.1%8.9%14.7%6.6%3.3%-42.4K46.9K-4.6K2.3391.101272967911,213
2017-09-15$23.20$22.5017.9%5.1%14.2%9.4%31.1%11.5%4.7%-30.0K243.3K-4.9K2.2381.851322947921,213
2017-09-18$23.30$22.5017.1%4.9%14.3%6.9%27.9%9.1%9.2%-33.7K196.8K-4.8K3.7192.37732717251,162
2017-09-19$23.45$22.5015.3%4.4%14.3%1.2%14.4%4.9%14.1%-51.8K-10.9K-4.3K1.1179.2173817251,162
2017-09-20$23.45$22.5018.8%5.4%14.3%12.3%17.5%5.1%5.0%-40.6K41.0K-4.5K1.23100.3373907251,162
2017-09-21$23.28$22.5020.6%5.9%13.3%18.0%17.0%11.9%0.8%-29.3K130.2K-4.7K1.9357.25731417251,166
2017-09-22$23.40$22.5019.0%5.4%13.3%12.8%16.6%5.3%3.3%-37.2K78.4K-4.7K1.3046.7473957251,195
2017-09-25$23.60$22.5018.3%5.2%13.1%10.6%20.2%8.3%6.7%-29.2K-25.5K-4.7K3.7192.75792937251,204
2017-09-26$23.75$22.5020.4%5.9%13.3%17.4%23.0%8.1%8.7%-20.4K136.5K-5.4K5.8091.39885107251,240
2017-09-27$23.85$22.5021.3%6.1%13.1%20.2%23.1%17.6%1.5%-16.9K116.3K-5.7K5.2777.74633327321,267
2017-09-28$23.45$22.5018.9%5.4%14.0%12.5%19.0%8.6%7.0%-23.9K242.4K-5.6K5.2784.83633327341,281
2017-09-29$23.50$22.5018.9%5.4%12.2%12.6%21.2%12.2%13.1%-24.2K318.6K-5.7K5.0877.11633207341,281