KNOP Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, KNOP traded between $18.16 and $18.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.7%, placing in the 36.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 17.5%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.02.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-21: Highest Volume — 649 contracts
  • 2019-02-20: Largest IV spike — 43.9% change
  • 2019-02-07: Highest IV Rank — 50.3%
  • 2019-02-07: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.52$18.16$18.78$18.49$18.16
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV22.7%14.8%28.6%18.6%19.8%
Expected Move6.8%4.2%8.2%7.7%5.7%
HV 20d17.5%15.2%22.2%22.2%15.2%
HV 60d23.9%23.6%24.2%23.9%23.7%
IV Rank36.3%17.5%50.3%26.7%29.4%
IV Percentile60.1%14.3%86.9%38.9%46.0%
Term Structure2.5%-2.2%8.9%-0.6%4.7%
VWIV22.3%15.5%28.0%22.3%16.3%
Skew 25d8.9%3.3%15.1%5.0%7.4%
Skew 10d9.7%2.0%18.0%2.0%18.0%
Call IV 25d17.5%12.6%24.5%22.4%16.7%
Put IV 25d26.4%24.1%28.5%27.4%24.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %95.6690.47104.2693.4896.62
Gamma HHI0.470.450.530.450.53
Net GEX952-45.2K23.1K1.0K-45.2K
Net DEX1.6M1.2M2.2M1.7M2.2M
Net VEX-10.5K-11.4K-9.4K-10.7K-9.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.020.0565.000.321.41
Total Volume221.57941649287373
Total OI4,692.3164,3625,1064,4515,106

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$18.49$17.5018.6%7.7%22.2%26.7%22.3%5.0%-0.6%1.0K1.7M-10.7K0.3293.48218692,2072,244
2019-02-04$18.43$17.5020.7%7.8%20.3%31.5%27.3%4.4%-1.0%-6771.6M-10.6K0.1392.11166222,2382,195
2019-02-05$18.53$17.5020.2%7.8%18.2%30.3%27.2%3.3%-0.7%8.3K1.5M-10.9K1.5795.8723362,3892,213
2019-02-06$18.77$17.5021.1%6.0%18.5%32.4%0.0%4.5%0.8%16.1K1.4M-11.4K1.8997.3827512,3922,225
2019-02-07$18.59$17.5028.6%8.2%18.7%50.3%0.0%4.7%-2.2%11.1K1.5M-10.9K3.9796.39321272,3922,210
2019-02-08$18.51$17.5028.1%8.1%18.7%49.1%0.0%11.6%-1.4%9.8K1.5M-10.7K4.5499.05281272,3922,176
2019-02-11$18.41$17.5028.0%8.0%18.2%48.8%28.0%12.8%-1.5%6.4K1.6M-10.2K65.0094.571652,3922,154
2019-02-12$18.42$17.5028.3%8.1%18.1%49.7%27.2%4.0%-2.2%1.3K1.6M-10.2K1.5094.2544662,3922,216
2019-02-13$18.47$17.5026.7%7.7%17.9%45.9%17.3%11.7%-1.8%4.8K1.5M-10.2K0.3596.2543152,4202,217
2019-02-14$18.52$17.5022.2%6.4%17.2%35.1%15.5%15.1%8.9%8.5K1.5M-10.2K0.8895.5189782,4302,230
2019-02-15$18.57$17.5020.9%6.0%17.0%32.1%15.7%10.8%8.5%12.8K1.5M-10.1K1.0295.2185872,4752,216
2019-02-19$18.78$17.5014.8%4.2%17.5%17.5%26.9%12.8%8.9%23.1K1.2M-10.3K3.8094.1625952,3032,059
2019-02-20$18.63$17.5021.3%6.1%16.3%32.9%25.0%9.9%6.0%11.9K1.5M-10.0K1.18104.262883392,3182,128
2019-02-21$18.57$17.5021.2%6.1%16.2%32.8%24.6%11.4%6.5%3751.7M-10.6K1.2090.472953542,4512,396
2019-02-22$18.58$17.5022.3%6.4%15.8%35.3%25.9%12.5%5.1%-6481.7M-10.8K5.5294.57603312,4532,471
2019-02-25$18.56$17.5022.7%6.5%15.4%36.4%0.0%11.1%4.7%-12.4K1.8M-10.7K0.0596.523922,4542,527
2019-02-26$18.48$17.5022.8%6.5%15.5%36.6%17.0%9.2%4.3%-14.9K1.9M-10.7K0.8495.4575632,4562,529
2019-02-27$18.38$17.5023.0%6.6%15.5%37.0%18.1%7.3%-0.1%-23.6K2.0M-10.5K0.2295.32304682,5022,586
2019-02-28$18.16$17.5019.8%5.7%15.2%29.4%16.3%7.4%4.7%-45.2K2.2M-9.4K1.4196.621552182,5152,591