KNOP Straddle Strategy
KNOP (KNOT Offshore Partners LP), in the Industrials sector, (Marine Shipping industry), listed on NYSE.
KNOT Offshore Partners LP owns, acquires, and operates shuttle tankers under long-term charters in the North Sea and Brazil. The company provides loading, transportation, discharge, and storage of crude oil under time charters and bareboat charters. As of March 17, 2022, it operated a fleet of seventeen shuttle tankers. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom.
KNOP (KNOT Offshore Partners LP) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Marine Shipping, with a market capitalization of approximately $362.9M, a trailing P/E of 15.61, a beta of -0.08 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 6.16-11.55, average daily share volume of 109K, a public-listing history dating back to 2013, approximately 1 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how KNOP stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -0.08 indicates KNOP has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. KNOP pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on KNOP?
A long straddle buys an ATM call and an ATM put at the same strike, profiting from a large move in either direction; max loss equals the combined debit when the underlying pins to the strike at expiration.
Current KNOP snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $10.74, ATM IV 55.60%, IV rank 11.22%, expected move 15.94%. The straddle on KNOP below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 34-day expiry.
Why this straddle structure on KNOP specifically: KNOP IV at 55.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a KNOP straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.94% (roughly $1.71 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated KNOP expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on KNOP should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.74 per share and to the trader's directional view on KNOP stock.
KNOP straddle setup
The KNOP straddle below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With KNOP near $10.74, the first option leg uses a $10.74 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed KNOP chain at a 34-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 KNOP shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $10.74 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $10.74 | N/A |
KNOP straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the strike minus the combined call plus put debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins to the strike). Two breakevens at strike plus debit and strike minus debit.
KNOP straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on KNOP. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
When traders use straddle on KNOP
Straddles on KNOP are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy KNOP straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
KNOP thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for KNOP extends from approximately $9.03 on the downside to $12.45 on the upside. A KNOP long straddle is a pure-volatility play: it profits when the underlying moves far enough from the strike in either direction to overcome the combined call plus put debit, regardless of direction. Current KNOP IV rank near 11.22% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on KNOP at 55.60%. As a Industrials name, KNOP options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to KNOP-specific events.
KNOP straddle positions are structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium); the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. KNOP positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move KNOP alongside the broader basket even when KNOP-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current KNOP chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on KNOP?
- A straddle on KNOP is the straddle strategy applied to KNOP (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium): A long straddle buys an ATM call and an ATM put at the same strike, profiting from a large move in either direction; max loss equals the combined debit when the underlying pins to the strike at expiration. With KNOP stock trading near $10.74, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed KNOP chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are KNOP straddle max profit and max loss calculated?
- Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the strike minus the combined call plus put debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins to the strike). Two breakevens at strike plus debit and strike minus debit. For the KNOP straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 55.60%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a KNOP straddle?
- The breakeven for the KNOP straddle priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current KNOP market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.94%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on KNOP?
- Straddles on KNOP are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy KNOP straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
- How does current KNOP implied volatility affect this straddle?
- KNOP ATM IV is at 55.60% with IV rank near 11.22%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.