KNOP Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, KNOP traded between $17.28 and $20.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.7%, placing in the 45.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 23.5%). 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 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.84.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-26: Highest Volume — 415 contracts
  • 2018-12-17: Largest IV spike — 31.7% change
  • 2018-12-24: Highest IV Rank — 66.5%
  • 2018-12-24: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.92$17.28$20.65$20.65$17.82
Max Pain$22.13$20.00$22.50$20.00$22.50
ATM IV26.7%17.9%35.4%17.9%32.6%
Expected Move7.4%5.1%10.2%5.1%9.3%
HV 20d23.5%15.2%32.4%15.2%32.4%
HV 60d17.3%14.5%21.5%16.2%21.5%
IV Rank45.7%25.0%66.5%25.0%59.8%
IV Percentile76.0%36.1%97.6%36.1%95.2%
Term Structure-1.0%-3.7%3.9%3.9%-1.3%
VWIV25.3%18.2%37.3%20.5%32.6%
Skew 25d5.4%-0.8%16.3%3.9%6.1%
Skew 10d9.0%-0.6%26.3%26.3%8.0%
Call IV 25d21.9%16.4%31.7%16.6%25.5%
Put IV 25d27.2%17.6%42.5%20.5%31.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.9947.7199.5867.0570.14
Gamma HHI0.660.460.840.730.50
Net GEX-108.8K-172.2K-63.2K-106.4K-76.8K
Net DEX3.1M1.6M4.3M1.6M3.6M
Net VEX-8.5K-10.1K-6.4K-8.9K-8.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.840.1521.000.430.38
Total Volume233.6664159672
Total OI3,778.53,1544,2673,1544,267

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$20.65$20.0017.9%5.1%15.2%25.0%20.5%3.9%3.9%-106.4K1.6M-8.9K0.4367.0567299422,212
2018-12-04$20.12$20.0021.3%6.1%17.8%33.1%21.3%4.6%-2.6%-115.1K1.9M-9.1K0.4797.8590429972,219
2018-12-05$20.20$20.0019.8%5.7%17.8%29.4%19.8%4.0%-0.4%-114.8K1.9M-8.7K0.4799.5890429972,219
2018-12-06$20.06$22.5025.4%6.0%17.9%42.6%21.0%7.7%0.2%-114.0K2.0M-9.2K21.0085.943631,0182,260
2018-12-07$19.92$22.5023.8%5.9%18.0%38.9%20.2%1.1%-0.2%-126.8K2.2M-9.0K0.5281.34102531,0152,323
2018-12-10$19.60$22.5025.4%6.0%18.7%42.8%21.1%5.6%-0.8%-135.5K2.7M-8.5K7.4261.72312301,0292,424
2018-12-11$19.64$22.5023.3%5.8%18.7%37.7%20.7%-0.3%0.2%-157.3K2.9M-9.4K9.3058.48201861,0302,645
2018-12-12$20.06$22.5019.5%5.6%20.4%28.8%18.2%1.9%0.4%-172.2K2.4M-10.1K4.7557.35401901,0402,656
2018-12-13$19.76$22.5020.1%5.8%21.0%30.1%19.5%-0.8%0.1%-162.6K2.8M-9.3K4.7871.16401911,0672,658
2018-12-14$19.15$22.5020.7%5.9%23.5%31.6%20.9%3.9%-0.5%-132.5K3.3M-8.3K4.7571.71632991,0672,660
2018-12-17$18.68$22.5027.3%7.8%24.8%47.2%25.6%5.3%-0.6%-108.9K4.0M-7.8K2.2747.71701591,0642,959
2018-12-18$18.24$22.5029.8%8.5%25.8%53.1%27.6%3.0%-2.9%-99.3K4.0M-8.1K0.8157.282191781,0733,063
2018-12-19$18.40$22.5027.6%7.9%25.8%47.9%24.9%11.9%0.4%-108.5K4.0M-8.4K0.6586.732201421,0883,105
2018-12-20$17.89$22.5030.8%8.8%25.7%55.5%30.5%1.0%-3.3%-93.1K4.3M-6.9K1.1384.881251411,0373,127
2018-12-21$17.71$22.5031.1%8.9%25.7%56.3%28.1%6.7%-3.7%-79.1K4.1M-7.5K1.4671.051021491,0393,112
2018-12-24$17.28$22.5035.4%10.2%26.5%66.5%31.5%10.2%-2.6%-68.8K3.7M-6.4K0.1575.28356539762,791
2018-12-26$18.00$22.5034.7%9.9%31.4%64.8%32.0%11.5%-2.6%-73.1K3.3M-9.1K0.3763.453021131,2672,801
2018-12-27$17.56$22.5034.8%10.0%32.1%65.0%37.3%16.3%-2.7%-63.2K3.5M-7.9K10.2478.65171741,2772,826
2018-12-28$17.59$22.5031.8%9.1%31.6%57.9%31.8%3.9%-0.8%-68.4K3.6M-8.5K5.5372.54321771,2912,929
2018-12-31$17.82$22.5032.6%9.3%32.4%59.8%32.6%6.1%-1.3%-76.8K3.6M-8.9K0.3870.1452201,2862,981