KNOP Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, KNOP traded between $19.65 and $21.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.7%, placing in the 23.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 24.3%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 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 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-11: Highest Volume — 945 contracts
  • 2017-12-13: Largest IV drop — 49.6% change
  • 2017-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 65.7%
  • 2017-12-20: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.27$19.65$21.00$20.13$20.73
Max Pain$20.88$20.00$22.50$22.50$20.00
ATM IV21.7%17.2%35.9%20.4%22.6%
Expected Move5.6%4.2%6.5%5.9%6.5%
HV 20d24.3%19.2%35.2%35.2%22.9%
HV 60d24.5%23.4%25.9%23.4%25.7%
IV Rank23.9%9.1%65.7%17.4%30.3%
IV Percentile36.9%6.0%98.0%25.4%50.8%
Term Structure3.1%-3.1%13.6%-1.8%6.4%
VWIV27.7%15.6%62.0%20.5%62.0%
Skew 25d12.5%2.1%31.6%31.6%10.3%
Skew 10d22.3%4.4%57.7%57.7%12.6%
Call IV 25d16.0%10.5%23.6%23.6%14.9%
Put IV 25d28.5%18.4%55.3%55.3%25.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %81.0938.64109.8199.1279.04
Gamma HHI0.420.360.510.450.38
Net GEX-46.1K-56.8K-33.7K-38.2K-43.5K
Net DEX1.7M709.5K2.9M2.5M750.3K
Net VEX-11.2K-13.0K-9.4K-9.8K-12.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.351.280.590.66
Total Volume521.2267945294510
Total OI4,317.53,6784,7733,6784,773

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$20.13$22.5020.4%5.9%35.2%17.4%20.5%31.6%-1.8%-38.2K2.5M-9.8K0.5999.121851091,3902,288
2017-12-04$20.20$22.5020.8%4.5%35.2%18.4%15.6%15.9%5.5%-33.7K2.6M-9.4K0.50100.33178891,3902,317
2017-12-05$20.15$22.5022.1%5.6%35.0%22.8%19.7%20.9%3.7%-37.6K2.4M-10.2K1.2076.181631951,3962,318
2017-12-06$19.65$22.5024.9%6.2%25.9%31.2%22.1%2.1%2.4%-42.5K2.8M-9.9K1.2389.821561921,3972,448
2017-12-07$19.95$22.5023.9%5.7%25.8%28.4%20.1%25.8%2.4%-52.3K2.8M-9.6K1.28109.812012571,4072,489
2017-12-08$19.90$22.5022.4%5.3%25.8%23.5%18.5%4.4%-0.3%-56.8K2.9M-9.7K1.2890.462012571,4622,551
2017-12-11$19.73$22.5026.9%4.2%25.8%37.6%23.7%10.6%6.3%-56.4K2.7M-10.2K0.3553.887012441,4622,551
2017-12-12$20.25$20.0035.9%5.8%27.7%65.7%20.4%24.9%0.6%-46.9K1.8M-11.7K0.6995.563972721,9622,584
2017-12-13$20.27$20.0018.1%5.2%20.1%12.6%18.9%22.5%2.6%-52.5K1.5M-12.5K0.7795.073452672,0242,634
2017-12-14$20.18$20.0020.3%5.8%19.2%21.6%34.5%5.6%1.9%-56.4K1.6M-12.5K0.5294.043551832,0292,674
2017-12-15$20.20$20.0017.2%4.9%19.2%9.1%24.8%5.3%3.3%-39.1K1.5M-11.6K0.52103.563101612,0392,580
2017-12-18$20.65$20.0021.7%6.2%20.7%26.9%21.7%11.8%0.2%-48.7K984.9K-11.9K0.5857.293462011,9982,357
2017-12-19$20.30$20.0017.7%5.1%20.1%11.2%36.2%4.2%1.9%-40.2K1.3M-12.0K0.5886.163311932,0342,431
2017-12-20$20.20$20.0022.7%6.5%19.9%30.7%40.3%4.9%-3.1%-38.7K1.3M-12.4K0.6387.263312072,0332,437
2017-12-21$20.38$20.0020.7%5.9%19.8%23.1%30.0%3.7%1.1%-47.9K1.2M-11.6K0.5338.643902062,0332,470
2017-12-22$20.38$20.0018.4%5.3%19.8%14.1%18.6%15.4%7.1%-49.6K1.2M-10.3K0.5472.033391832,0902,473
2017-12-26$21.00$20.0017.6%5.1%22.4%10.9%60.6%13.6%13.6%-53.9K709.5K-11.7K0.4171.504401822,0232,474
2017-12-27$20.60$20.0019.9%5.7%22.9%19.8%20.4%10.8%2.1%-44.7K835.4K-12.3K0.4368.174541972,1242,472
2017-12-28$20.48$20.0020.4%5.9%22.7%21.8%26.3%5.1%5.6%-42.0K863.4K-13.0K0.5953.773121842,2262,510
2017-12-29$20.73$20.0022.6%6.5%22.9%30.3%62.0%10.3%6.4%-43.5K750.3K-12.4K0.6679.043072032,2552,518