KNOP Options History — February 2023

In February 2023, KNOP traded between $5.79 and $6.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.6%, placing in the 55.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 25.2% (HV 20d: 81.7%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2023-02-02: Highest Volume — 288 contracts
  • 2023-02-24: Largest IV spike — 42.3% change
  • 2023-02-10: Highest IV Rank — 79.5%
  • 2023-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 21.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.27$5.79$6.60$5.79$6.50
Max Pain$7.24$5.00$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV56.6%37.5%72.9%48.6%51.7%
Expected Move16.3%10.8%21.8%13.9%14.8%
HV 20d81.7%30.6%158.5%157.1%39.3%
HV 60d103.8%97.9%105.7%103.3%97.9%
IV Rank55.9%28.5%79.5%44.4%48.9%
IV Percentile87.9%46.4%99.2%84.1%84.5%
Term Structure0.5%-42.1%30.8%30.8%12.3%
VWIV53.8%30.5%77.7%56.4%44.4%
Skew 25d19.4%-22.6%113.9%14.5%14.6%
Skew 10d26.4%-20.2%171.7%0.1%0.4%
Call IV 25d50.2%33.2%75.9%48.0%38.0%
Put IV 25d69.6%37.3%187.8%62.5%52.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %67.3217.55103.1871.6223.65
Gamma HHI0.440.330.500.330.47
Net GEX13.8K7.3K17.6K7.3K16.9K
Net DEX-920.5K-1.1M-614.2K-614.2K-1.1M
Net VEX-5.2K-6.0K-4.4K-6.0K-4.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.001.951.330.39
Total Volume81.842112882857
Total OI7,700.9476,7318,2408,0246,844

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-02-01$5.79$7.5048.6%13.9%157.1%44.4%56.4%14.5%30.8%7.3K-614.2K-6.0K1.3371.6212165,5722,452
2023-02-02$5.92$5.0066.2%17.6%157.9%69.9%33.7%26.7%-22.4%9.2K-698.0K-5.9K0.2692.54228605,5682,448
2023-02-03$6.12$5.0054.1%18.0%158.5%52.4%66.8%27.1%-10.8%11.9K-707.8K-5.4K0.10103.18247245,4362,407
2023-02-06$6.12$7.5062.4%21.8%156.1%64.3%75.0%39.7%-42.1%12.8K-887.8K-5.2K0.0286.7216235,6562,431
2023-02-07$6.16$7.5067.7%16.5%154.7%72.0%49.6%3.8%-3.2%12.4K-829.6K-5.5K1.9571.4122435,6322,434
2023-02-08$6.07$7.5061.5%17.6%154.5%63.1%60.9%-1.3%8.2%13.0K-789.6K-5.3K0.0061.788505,6522,425
2023-02-09$6.00$7.5055.5%15.9%154.2%54.3%0.0%-3.1%12.3%12.1K-695.8K-5.4K0.5757.03745,7352,425
2023-02-10$6.16$7.5072.9%20.9%54.8%79.5%77.7%8.5%16.3%14.9K-852.1K-5.5K0.0071.471505,7362,426
2023-02-13$6.31$7.5067.8%19.4%48.4%72.1%63.9%-22.6%-9.7%13.3K-923.2K-5.1K0.0987.97142135,7482,432
2023-02-14$6.60$7.5041.8%12.0%36.5%34.7%38.4%113.9%2.5%17.6K-1.1M-5.1K0.2898.1054155,8002,440
2023-02-15$6.56$7.5055.8%16.0%36.7%54.8%73.1%112.0%-2.1%14.0K-1.1M-4.4K0.0385.253515,7902,441
2023-02-16$6.50$7.5049.4%14.2%36.7%45.6%59.1%-0.8%5.5%14.5K-1.0M-4.8K0.3991.3328115,7942,441
2023-02-17$6.44$7.5061.4%17.6%30.8%62.8%62.1%-13.7%-6.7%15.2K-949.6K-5.2K0.2567.772055,7762,440
2023-02-21$6.42$7.5049.0%14.1%30.6%45.0%0.0%11.1%-6.4%16.5K-1.1M-4.6K0.3680.1566245,1801,551
2023-02-22$6.28$7.5037.5%10.8%32.0%28.5%34.9%-1.5%10.7%14.6K-1.0M-4.9K1.2544.6816205,1991,570
2023-02-23$6.51$7.5044.2%12.7%33.8%38.2%30.5%12.1%20.1%16.2K-1.1M-4.8K0.3517.5534125,2031,590
2023-02-24$6.21$7.5062.9%18.0%38.8%65.1%0.0%8.0%-22.5%14.0K-938.1K-5.0K0.0019.973405,2061,601
2023-02-27$6.50$7.5064.4%18.5%41.5%67.2%34.1%20.1%16.4%15.6K-1.1M-5.0K0.0046.984005,2361,601
2023-02-28$6.50$7.5051.7%14.8%39.3%48.9%44.4%14.6%12.3%16.9K-1.1M-4.9K0.3923.6541165,2421,602