BOX Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, BOX traded between $18.25 and $19.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 12.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.4% (HV 20d: 17.5%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-25: Highest Volume — 75 contracts
  • 2012-09-06: Largest IV spike — 115.6% change
  • 2012-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 39.3%
  • 2012-09-04: Largest Expected Move — 18.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.73$18.25$19.20$19.20$18.75
Max Pain$17.76$17.50$20.00$17.50$17.50
ATM IV31.9%22.8%63.4%63.4%25.0%
Expected Move9.2%6.5%18.2%18.2%7.2%
HV 20d17.5%15.2%19.2%17.5%17.8%
HV 60d21.9%20.2%24.3%24.3%20.8%
IV Rank12.6%4.7%39.3%39.3%7.6%
IV Percentile33.9%6.0%95.6%95.6%12.3%
Term Structure-2.8%-34.0%7.8%-34.0%-2.4%
VWIV28.5%28.5%28.5%28.5%28.5%
Skew 25d1.4%-12.5%10.8%-12.5%6.3%
Skew 10d8.4%2.6%39.5%39.5%9.5%
Call IV 25d31.9%19.8%67.9%67.9%19.8%
Put IV 25d33.3%20.7%55.4%55.4%26.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %106.9258.59163.24153.7085.04
Gamma HHI0.750.550.840.760.62
Net GEX21.0K18.8K25.4K19.8K25.4K
Net DEX-285.7K-349.2K-235.2K-331.7K-349.2K
Net VEX-1.7K-1.9K-1.5K-1.7K-1.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.003.750.000.00
Total Volume9.7890753212
Total OI562.789514636514636

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$19.20$17.5063.4%18.2%17.5%39.3%0.0%-12.5%-34.0%19.8K-331.7K-1.7K0.00153.70N/AN/A32042589
2012-09-05$18.96$20.0022.8%6.5%18.3%4.7%0.0%2.5%7.8%18.8K-321.6K-1.8K0.00113.12N/AN/A0044189
2012-09-06$19.05$20.0049.1%14.1%17.1%27.1%0.0%-11.8%0.6%21.9K-311.3K-1.8K0.00163.24N/AN/A5044189
2012-09-07$18.97$17.5023.4%8.0%17.2%5.3%28.5%4.2%-1.3%19.0K-312.4K-1.8K3.7591.67N/AN/A41543689
2012-09-10$18.81$17.5023.6%7.3%17.5%5.4%0.0%0.8%-3.5%19.1K-293.0K-1.8K0.0091.91N/AN/A00439104
2012-09-11$18.79$17.5024.4%6.7%17.5%6.1%0.0%5.2%1.5%19.3K-260.3K-1.7K0.3391.51N/AN/A155439104
2012-09-12$18.85$17.5026.2%7.2%17.5%7.7%0.0%0.6%-3.9%20.5K-285.1K-1.7K0.0098.22N/AN/A00454104
2012-09-13$18.64$17.5026.8%7.7%17.0%8.2%0.0%1.4%5.1%20.0K-251.6K-1.7K0.00103.17N/AN/A05454104
2012-09-14$18.63$17.5026.0%7.5%17.0%7.5%0.0%1.1%6.6%19.4K-263.4K-1.7K0.00100.29N/AN/A00454109
2012-09-17$18.50$17.5031.4%9.0%17.0%12.0%0.0%10.8%-1.5%19.4K-249.0K-1.6K0.00104.31N/AN/A00454109
2012-09-18$18.94$17.5025.9%7.4%18.7%7.4%0.0%0.8%-3.1%22.1K-271.2K-1.6K0.00106.20N/AN/A00454109
2012-09-19$18.93$17.5023.5%6.7%18.7%5.3%0.0%-6.4%-1.7%22.4K-303.4K-1.7K0.0058.59N/AN/A00454109
2012-09-20$18.62$17.5028.5%8.2%19.2%9.6%0.0%8.5%2.2%22.2K-258.0K-1.6K0.00108.95N/AN/A100454109
2012-09-21$18.75$17.5049.5%14.2%18.5%27.5%0.0%4.0%-16.2%19.7K-283.7K-1.7K0.00156.76N/AN/A00464106
2012-09-24$18.50$17.5038.7%11.1%17.4%18.3%0.0%-2.0%-6.4%22.0K-256.2K-1.5K0.00121.70N/AN/A3046489
2012-09-25$18.40$17.5042.0%12.0%16.5%21.1%0.0%-1.9%-11.9%22.5K-235.2K-1.5K0.00138.78N/AN/A75046789
2012-09-26$18.25$17.5028.3%8.1%16.1%9.5%0.0%7.6%2.0%23.5K-304.7K-1.8K0.0075.36N/AN/A0054289
2012-09-27$18.26$17.5026.8%7.7%15.2%9.2%0.0%7.8%6.2%22.3K-287.8K-1.7K0.0069.05N/AN/A0554289
2012-09-28$18.75$17.5025.0%7.2%17.8%7.6%0.0%6.3%-2.4%25.4K-349.2K-1.9K0.0085.04N/AN/A12054294