KNOP Options History — December 2023

In December 2023, KNOP traded between $5.36 and $6.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.5%, placing in the 11.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.2% (HV 20d: 35.3%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2023-12-14: Highest Volume — 505 contracts
  • 2023-12-13: Largest IV drop — 33.0% change
  • 2023-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 26.7%
  • 2023-12-07: Largest Expected Move — 14.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.73$5.36$6.21$5.46$5.73
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV47.5%29.1%77.0%48.6%35.0%
Expected Move12.2%8.3%14.9%13.9%10.0%
HV 20d35.3%22.8%47.3%23.0%46.2%
HV 60d38.6%36.7%41.4%39.3%36.7%
IV Rank11.0%1.1%26.7%11.5%4.2%
IV Percentile43.0%0.4%94.4%48.4%7.5%
Term Structure2.7%-12.2%20.1%3.4%-3.5%
VWIV50.4%29.9%111.8%42.1%35.3%
Skew 25d7.7%-20.0%25.9%4.4%9.3%
Skew 10d37.6%-39.6%107.4%27.6%-6.3%
Call IV 25d43.1%30.7%72.6%60.1%45.6%
Put IV 25d50.9%32.3%65.8%64.5%54.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %67.3718.9489.5934.9176.32
Gamma HHI0.580.450.830.670.46
Net GEX4.5K1.5K7.2K6.4K2.1K
Net DEX-301.2K-430.7K-254.6K-299.3K-254.6K
Net VEX-776-946-539-923-677
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.002.002.000.00
Total Volume60.750505030
Total OI1,687.71,4561,9681,7621,629

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-12-01$5.46$5.0048.6%13.9%23.0%11.5%0.0%4.4%3.4%6.4K-299.3K-9230.0034.91001,421341
2023-12-04$5.53$5.0045.6%13.2%23.4%9.9%0.0%8.0%3.8%6.1K-325.1K-8852.0051.08361,421341
2023-12-05$5.52$5.0056.3%13.4%23.0%15.6%0.0%8.1%1.5%6.2K-311.7K-8970.0566.142011,424347
2023-12-06$5.52$5.0059.5%12.3%22.9%17.4%42.1%4.7%3.1%6.2K-324.3K-8730.0989.593331,444348
2023-12-07$5.46$5.0056.6%14.9%22.8%15.8%0.0%22.2%-5.8%6.3K-309.5K-9460.0070.42001,433351
2023-12-08$5.58$5.0054.4%13.3%24.2%14.7%47.3%-3.6%4.9%5.8K-340.1K-8841.4383.677101,433351
2023-12-11$5.51$5.0070.5%13.7%23.6%23.3%0.0%1.8%2.7%6.0K-331.2K-8530.0087.751301,435341
2023-12-12$5.36$5.0077.0%10.6%25.0%26.7%42.5%25.9%-2.6%7.2K-279.0K-8191.3584.2037501,438341
2023-12-13$5.46$5.0051.6%14.8%25.1%13.1%75.2%-20.0%-1.5%5.8K-301.3K-8760.7575.75109821,439388
2023-12-14$5.94$5.0041.7%12.0%40.2%7.8%29.9%20.7%20.1%5.6K-430.7K-8480.0718.94474311,483485
2023-12-15$5.74$5.0029.1%8.3%41.6%1.1%30.8%1.3%15.7%1.5K-285.5K-5400.2071.503061,293476
2023-12-18$5.98$5.0032.9%9.4%43.5%3.1%32.9%0.6%1.5%1.7K-257.5K-5390.8171.0027221,152304
2023-12-19$6.21$5.0038.7%11.1%45.3%6.2%51.6%-17.2%7.6%5.4K-312.5K-8310.0668.248051,160307
2023-12-20$6.08$5.0046.6%13.4%45.1%10.5%57.2%23.6%-12.2%4.4K-298.6K-7650.0071.602701,246305
2023-12-21$5.99$5.0034.1%9.8%45.6%3.8%0.0%23.5%18.0%2.3K-285.1K-6330.6779.48321,251305
2023-12-22$5.85$5.0044.8%12.8%46.4%9.5%0.0%6.9%-4.7%3.2K-261.3K-7030.0028.401901,253307
2023-12-26$5.98$5.0044.4%12.7%46.0%9.3%50.8%22.6%-2.0%3.0K-285.6K-6680.0077.201701,272308
2023-12-27$5.89$5.0042.7%12.2%46.2%8.4%111.8%9.0%0.1%2.6K-276.2K-6620.5979.3017101,270308
2023-12-28$5.72$5.0040.6%11.6%47.3%7.3%48.3%3.2%4.0%2.5K-254.6K-7021.4161.8517241,286317
2023-12-29$5.73$5.0035.0%10.0%46.2%4.2%35.3%9.3%-3.5%2.1K-254.6K-6770.0076.323001,296333