BOX Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, BOX traded between $14.30 and $15.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.8%, placing in the 15.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 35.3%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.10.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-21: Highest Volume — 411 contracts
  • 2011-12-05: Largest IV spike — 100.0% change
  • 2011-12-30: Highest IV Rank — 15.6%
  • 2011-12-01: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.96$14.30$15.54$15.12$14.81
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV39.8%23.2%83.0%44.6%38.5%
Expected Move11.0%8.3%12.8%12.8%11.0%
HV 20d35.3%31.4%39.9%37.1%36.9%
HV 60d42.7%40.0%46.9%46.9%40.0%
IV Rank15.3%15.1%15.6%15.1%15.6%
IV Percentile32.4%31.0%33.9%31.0%33.9%
Term Structure0.6%-14.7%9.7%0.2%-2.1%
VWIV35.3%21.2%43.5%37.1%39.2%
Skew 25d5.1%-8.0%15.5%10.0%6.5%
Skew 10d10.7%-6.7%19.6%16.1%11.5%
Call IV 25d31.3%22.6%39.7%37.0%31.3%
Put IV 25d36.4%30.8%47.1%47.1%37.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %108.7488.42154.82106.06100.96
Gamma HHI0.600.420.700.430.64
Net GEX5.2K1.3K13.1K1.3K11.6K
Net DEX-93.5K-281.9K-35.6K-37.9K-194.2K
Net VEX-547-1.7K-172-197-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.100.001.001.000.00
Total Volume22.762041100
Total OI225.5718353283532

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$15.12$15.0044.6%12.8%37.1%0.0%0.0%10.0%0.2%1.3K-37.9K-1970.00106.06N/AN/A006320
2011-12-02$15.36$15.0041.5%11.9%37.2%0.0%37.1%7.0%-2.1%1.3K-41.0K-2011.00113.43N/AN/A226320
2011-12-05$15.33$15.0083.0%12.5%36.2%0.0%43.5%8.1%1.9%1.3K-39.9K-1990.00106.23N/AN/A1106522
2011-12-06$15.30$15.0034.5%12.3%34.2%0.0%0.0%5.5%1.3%1.9K-49.9K-2110.00113.02N/AN/A107622
2011-12-07$15.26$15.0023.2%10.6%32.4%0.0%0.0%8.5%9.2%2.1K-52.7K-2090.00105.65N/AN/A1207722
2011-12-08$14.81$15.0031.8%11.2%33.7%0.0%40.0%-8.0%5.5%3.3K-54.0K-2230.0088.42N/AN/A208922
2011-12-09$15.08$15.0030.9%11.5%33.0%0.0%0.0%7.2%2.0%3.7K-56.8K-2140.00110.84N/AN/A029122
2011-12-12$14.91$15.0035.7%11.6%32.4%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.1%3.7K-53.1K-2130.00106.18N/AN/A009122
2011-12-13$14.68$15.0047.2%11.3%31.4%0.0%0.0%2.0%0.7%3.2K-49.9K-2030.00111.32N/AN/A009122
2011-12-14$14.30$15.0060.3%10.2%32.7%0.0%0.0%-3.1%1.3%2.6K-35.8K-1930.00111.41N/AN/A009122
2011-12-15$14.65$15.0038.9%11.2%31.5%0.0%0.0%-1.3%1.0%3.0K-45.0K-1930.00115.97N/AN/A009120
2011-12-16$14.64$15.0039.7%11.4%31.4%0.0%0.0%1.6%-11.0%3.4K-47.5K-1880.00109.82N/AN/A1009120
2011-12-19$14.38$15.0028.9%8.3%32.0%0.0%30.7%1.0%9.7%2.1K-35.6K-1750.00114.64N/AN/A107620
2011-12-20$15.30$15.0035.2%10.1%39.2%0.0%21.2%15.5%9.2%2.3K-53.0K-1720.00113.00N/AN/A2207720
2011-12-21$15.51$15.0029.1%8.3%37.8%0.0%39.2%9.7%-3.4%3.1K-63.4K-2180.00154.82N/AN/A41019920
2011-12-22$15.54$15.0035.6%10.2%36.3%0.0%0.0%11.9%5.4%13.1K-281.9K-1.7K0.0098.12N/AN/A2050921
2011-12-23$14.80$15.0044.5%12.7%39.9%0.0%0.0%2.5%-14.7%11.9K-183.6K-1.3K0.00100.16N/AN/A0051121
2011-12-27$14.87$15.0039.5%11.3%39.6%0.0%0.0%6.6%-2.4%11.5K-201.5K-1.4K0.00101.36N/AN/A0051121
2011-12-28$14.65$15.0036.0%10.3%38.8%0.0%0.0%6.4%0.5%11.9K-178.2K-1.3K0.00101.49N/AN/A0051121
2011-12-29$14.84$15.0037.9%10.9%37.4%15.1%0.0%7.0%-0.6%11.6K-209.0K-1.4K0.00100.63N/AN/A0051121
2011-12-30$14.81$15.0038.5%11.0%36.9%15.6%0.0%6.5%-2.1%11.6K-194.2K-1.3K0.00100.96N/AN/A0051121