BOX Options History — October 2011

In October 2011, BOX traded between $12.03 and $13.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.1%. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 51.6%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.15.

Notable Days

  • 2011-10-13: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2011-10-12: Largest IV spike — 125.7% change
  • 2011-10-11: Largest Expected Move — 15.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.01$12.03$13.93$12.03$13.90
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV51.1%38.5%118.4%43.3%40.3%
Expected Move13.7%11.0%15.3%12.4%11.6%
HV 20d51.6%43.0%58.9%55.7%43.1%
HV 60d60.8%58.5%62.0%58.5%61.2%
Term Structure2.6%-8.2%14.5%6.7%10.5%
VWIV83.0%43.6%122.5%43.6%122.5%
Skew 25d4.9%-51.8%15.6%2.5%7.1%
Skew 10d5.7%-67.5%19.5%7.9%12.1%
Call IV 25d44.2%33.6%103.0%46.4%36.9%
Put IV 25d49.1%40.3%55.4%48.9%44.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %116.4675.26128.78121.22122.00
Gamma HHI0.520.330.820.480.44
Net GEX7721231.7K1231.2K
Net DEX-7.1K-22.4K18.3K18.3K-21.0K
Net VEX-131-185-100-107-180
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.150.001.331.330.00
Total Volume3.101070
Total OI168155182156181

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-10-03$12.03$12.5043.3%12.4%55.7%0.0%43.6%2.5%6.7%12318.3K-1071.33121.22N/AN/A3412135
2011-10-04$12.61$12.5052.4%15.0%58.7%0.0%0.0%3.8%1.0%3559.0K-1160.00122.06N/AN/A0012431
2011-10-05$12.12$12.5049.4%14.2%58.9%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.5%3428.8K-1110.00128.78N/AN/A0012431
2011-10-07$12.08$12.5049.2%13.9%56.3%0.0%0.0%2.5%-2.3%2709.3K-1020.00109.44N/AN/A4012431
2011-10-10$12.68$12.5052.0%15.3%58.2%0.0%0.0%7.3%-0.0%3952.7K-1090.0075.26N/AN/A3012831
2011-10-11$12.64$12.5052.5%15.3%55.6%0.0%0.0%6.5%-0.7%5211.3K-1230.00103.12N/AN/A0013131
2011-10-12$13.10$12.50118.4%15.1%53.5%0.0%0.0%9.8%0.6%419-2.1K-1190.00112.69N/AN/A1013131
2011-10-13$13.51$12.5047.8%13.7%54.2%0.0%0.0%8.6%5.8%624-11.4K-1000.00122.73N/AN/A10013231
2011-10-14$13.35$12.5050.5%14.5%50.8%0.0%0.0%15.6%-8.2%740-15.7K-1420.00109.95N/AN/A0014231
2011-10-17$13.30$12.5045.0%12.9%50.7%0.0%0.0%11.3%10.5%645-16.0K-1330.00123.59N/AN/A9014231
2011-10-18$13.15$12.5049.9%14.3%51.0%0.0%0.0%11.3%1.9%700-15.3K-1310.00113.10N/AN/A0014231
2011-10-19$12.74$12.5052.3%15.0%50.9%0.0%0.0%8.5%-1.1%1.7K-13.9K-1340.00124.25N/AN/A0115131
2011-10-20$13.04$12.5046.4%13.3%51.2%0.0%0.0%9.5%7.1%1.4K-22.4K-1260.00117.41N/AN/A0015131
2011-10-21$12.59$12.5052.8%15.1%48.9%0.0%0.0%6.3%-8.0%1.6K-8.3K-1210.00121.91N/AN/A10015131
2011-10-24$13.19$12.5045.8%13.1%49.1%0.0%0.0%12.5%5.6%776-8.2K-1430.00119.50N/AN/A0014024
2011-10-25$13.27$12.5048.5%13.9%48.5%0.0%0.0%13.1%-8.2%848-9.5K-1420.00124.96N/AN/A0014024
2011-10-26$13.31$12.5047.3%13.6%47.4%0.0%122.5%-51.8%6.3%597-10.6K-1470.00118.55N/AN/A10014024
2011-10-27$13.73$12.5040.6%11.6%47.5%0.0%0.0%4.3%8.9%968-16.2K-1530.00117.10N/AN/A7015024
2011-10-28$13.93$12.5038.5%11.0%43.0%0.0%0.0%8.0%14.5%1.2K-21.5K-1850.00121.63N/AN/A0015724
2011-10-31$13.90$12.5040.3%11.6%43.1%0.0%0.0%7.1%10.5%1.2K-21.0K-1800.00122.00N/AN/A0015724