KNOP Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, KNOP traded between $21.23 and $22.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.5%, placing in the 19.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 19.5%). Max pain ranged from $22.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.60.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-21: Highest Volume — 1,133 contracts
  • 2018-09-07: Largest IV drop — 47.6% change
  • 2018-09-06: Highest IV Rank — 40.7%
  • 2018-09-06: Largest Expected Move — 6.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.86$21.23$22.50$21.90$21.75
Max Pain$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50$22.50
ATM IV15.5%10.8%24.5%16.1%10.8%
Expected Move4.5%3.1%6.7%4.6%3.1%
HV 20d19.5%11.2%21.7%11.2%21.4%
HV 60d15.9%14.2%17.1%14.2%15.9%
IV Rank19.2%8.0%40.7%20.7%8.0%
IV Percentile18.9%2.8%71.8%17.5%2.8%
Term Structure0.8%-5.0%8.3%-0.2%8.3%
VWIV17.7%10.3%25.8%16.7%10.3%
Skew 25d7.3%-0.4%18.2%8.0%-0.4%
Skew 10d10.0%-17.9%28.1%11.2%3.2%
Call IV 25d16.0%13.8%22.0%18.6%15.3%
Put IV 25d23.3%14.9%31.9%26.6%14.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %34.0121.5747.8633.4642.31
Gamma HHI0.680.480.830.640.71
Net GEX149.5K10.0K240.0K135.7K136.5K
Net DEX309.8K-872.2K1.3M83.6K1.1M
Net VEX-12.2K-14.9K-9.9K-13.6K-9.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.601.3611.734.013.81
Total Volume585.1582741,133817543
Total OI5,079.8424,4655,5414,4654,768

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$21.90$22.5016.1%4.6%11.2%20.7%16.7%8.0%-0.2%135.7K83.6K-13.6K4.0133.461636542,3032,162
2018-09-05$21.53$22.5019.6%5.6%12.7%28.8%21.6%7.2%-5.0%87.0K813.5K-13.1K1.4921.571352012,3162,600
2018-09-06$21.23$22.5024.5%6.7%13.5%40.7%23.3%4.2%0.4%10.0K1.3M-12.5K8.8729.88686032,2632,608
2018-09-07$21.55$22.5012.9%4.8%14.6%13.0%20.3%5.2%1.0%31.0K1.0M-13.7K4.6131.44693182,2462,989
2018-09-10$22.45$22.5015.1%4.6%20.9%18.2%16.0%18.2%0.9%228.1K-650.2K-14.1K1.3627.363484752,2503,005
2018-09-11$22.36$22.5014.1%4.8%20.9%16.0%25.8%8.6%-0.1%196.4K-523.0K-14.9K3.3337.961625402,4013,026
2018-09-12$22.50$22.5017.5%5.0%21.0%23.9%17.6%8.9%0.2%178.0K-872.2K-14.6K1.6147.862484002,4573,084
2018-09-13$22.35$22.5016.3%4.7%21.2%21.2%16.6%9.0%1.1%208.6K-860.9K-14.2K2.9044.511514382,5272,966
2018-09-14$22.13$22.5015.5%4.5%21.5%19.3%16.6%4.6%1.9%211.8K-275.0K-12.4K10.5140.52515362,5302,848
2018-09-17$22.00$22.5015.9%4.5%21.4%20.1%16.9%7.9%1.4%240.0K-238.5K-12.2K5.6142.73945272,5322,759
2018-09-18$21.93$22.5015.4%4.4%21.3%19.0%15.6%6.5%1.8%221.5K173.2K-11.5K3.2622.391203912,5662,759
2018-09-19$21.93$22.5016.0%4.6%21.2%20.4%16.2%8.1%1.5%216.1K101.3K-11.8K3.2333.331213912,5322,793
2018-09-20$21.83$22.5018.0%5.1%21.2%25.1%21.8%6.5%-0.7%172.0K300.9K-11.3K6.2532.76603752,5122,797
2018-09-21$21.68$22.5011.1%3.2%21.3%8.9%10.4%7.8%2.9%223.4K325.8K-10.8K11.7332.26891,0442,5322,743
2018-09-24$21.38$22.5016.1%4.6%21.7%20.8%23.2%8.4%0.6%78.7K1.1M-10.4K7.7326.04745722,2522,393
2018-09-25$21.40$22.5014.8%4.2%20.9%17.6%16.9%5.1%-2.3%50.7K1.1M-10.5K1.8429.661242282,2622,414
2018-09-26$21.55$22.5013.0%3.7%21.0%13.3%14.1%6.7%-0.4%68.3K1.0M-10.7K1.6638.411031712,2052,460
2018-09-27$21.80$22.5011.8%3.4%21.5%10.4%16.3%8.3%2.1%146.2K872.3K-10.2K3.6231.721154162,1962,461
2018-09-28$21.75$22.5010.8%3.1%21.4%8.0%10.3%-0.4%8.3%136.5K1.1M-9.9K3.8142.311134302,1992,569