BOX Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, BOX traded between $11.57 and $12.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.4%, placing in the 36.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.3% (HV 20d: 54.1%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-09: Highest Volume — 16,260 contracts
  • 2016-03-09: Largest IV drop — 29.5% change
  • 2016-03-08: Highest IV Rank — 85.2%
  • 2016-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 25.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.33$11.57$12.75$11.57$12.29
Max Pain$11.82$10.00$12.00$10.00$12.00
ATM IV64.4%48.5%99.2%85.4%48.5%
Expected Move17.2%13.9%25.3%24.5%13.9%
HV 20d54.1%35.6%83.3%83.3%35.6%
HV 60d68.4%67.7%69.6%69.6%68.5%
IV Rank36.3%14.0%85.2%65.8%14.0%
IV Percentile57.2%22.6%98.8%91.3%22.6%
Term Structure-2.2%-18.5%2.8%-16.9%0.1%
VWIV60.3%48.7%86.4%86.4%48.7%
Skew 25d3.6%-0.5%6.7%1.7%0.5%
Skew 10d4.9%-20.9%31.4%10.3%-9.3%
Call IV 25d59.7%47.4%89.0%89.0%49.6%
Put IV 25d63.2%50.1%90.7%90.7%50.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %40.3611.1984.0680.1626.46
Gamma HHI0.250.210.370.210.24
Net GEX377.0K220.5K673.8K423.8K280.6K
Net DEX-9.1M-18.2M-3.3M-8.7M-3.4M
Net VEX-83.4K-99.7K-70.9K-71.1K-82.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.160.950.360.74
Total Volume4,819.3641,88816,2605,8452,652
Total OI50,229.63637,80866,59248,66741,746

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$11.57$10.0085.4%24.5%83.3%65.8%86.4%1.7%-16.9%423.8K-8.7M-71.1K0.3680.16N/AN/A4,2921,55338,07710,590
2016-03-02$12.28$10.0088.4%25.3%80.8%70.1%85.3%3.7%-18.5%482.9K-12.9M-77.3K0.3260.04N/AN/A5,0201,62038,19010,625
2016-03-03$12.45$12.0089.6%19.8%77.4%71.7%72.9%5.1%-2.7%476.8K-14.5M-77.8K0.3157.02N/AN/A4,5961,42237,88010,824
2016-03-04$12.40$12.0087.9%19.5%77.2%69.4%66.3%6.0%-3.0%478.3K-13.9M-76.7K0.1684.06N/AN/A5,39787837,93410,854
2016-03-07$12.52$12.0091.0%19.7%70.9%73.7%67.8%6.7%-6.7%499.6K-14.0M-73.7K0.5748.76N/AN/A1,9541,10537,87411,001
2016-03-08$12.05$12.0099.2%19.5%55.1%85.2%72.3%2.0%-4.3%462.0K-11.2M-70.9K0.5783.11N/AN/A1,8791,06837,89711,128
2016-03-09$12.51$12.0070.0%20.1%55.2%44.2%73.0%5.1%-6.7%474.4K-14.1M-73.3K0.1741.86N/AN/A13,8542,40637,93911,468
2016-03-10$12.75$12.0059.6%17.1%55.0%29.6%59.3%4.8%0.2%673.8K-18.2M-99.7K0.9570.90N/AN/A6,3926,09947,83213,055
2016-03-11$12.19$12.0059.4%17.0%55.7%29.3%60.4%-0.5%1.3%519.8K-10.6M-94.9K0.5629.61N/AN/A5,2482,91349,16616,152
2016-03-14$12.03$12.0060.6%17.4%50.2%31.0%61.4%3.4%1.3%480.8K-8.4M-90.6K0.8411.19N/AN/A2,3691,99149,96816,624
2016-03-15$12.17$12.0059.5%17.1%49.8%29.5%58.5%2.7%0.2%378.7K-8.9M-91.2K0.6118.63N/AN/A2,7391,68047,75016,746
2016-03-16$12.28$12.0057.3%16.4%47.3%26.4%52.5%6.5%0.1%314.5K-9.0M-88.4K0.6752.35N/AN/A2,3041,55145,76816,598
2016-03-17$12.28$12.0055.4%15.9%46.2%23.7%55.6%4.1%1.8%220.5K-9.9M-85.4K0.5323.85N/AN/A1,9731,03645,47516,666
2016-03-18$12.71$12.0052.6%15.1%46.7%19.7%51.0%5.1%2.7%261.2K-11.9M-90.7K0.6032.58N/AN/A1,9611,17745,89916,775
2016-03-21$12.67$12.0052.0%14.9%45.2%18.9%51.7%4.7%1.4%264.3K-5.9M-89.5K0.7131.45N/AN/A1,27189928,3479,461
2016-03-22$12.55$12.0049.5%14.2%45.4%15.5%51.2%2.5%2.8%267.3K-5.4M-89.2K0.5922.44N/AN/A1,33178828,9779,634
2016-03-23$12.06$12.0049.7%14.3%43.7%15.7%49.1%0.8%2.4%238.2K-3.4M-83.0K0.7527.57N/AN/A1,09882829,6069,694
2016-03-24$12.18$12.0049.4%14.2%43.7%15.2%50.9%3.5%0.2%249.0K-3.3M-81.6K0.7317.72N/AN/A1,09479430,0599,768
2016-03-28$12.29$12.0051.4%14.7%43.8%18.0%52.9%5.6%-1.4%265.1K-3.9M-81.5K0.7120.79N/AN/A1,23187130,1739,789
2016-03-29$12.48$12.0050.8%14.6%40.7%17.2%49.3%3.0%-0.6%287.4K-4.4M-82.7K0.8025.33N/AN/A1,6131,29430,4579,863
2016-03-30$12.51$12.0049.5%14.2%40.7%15.4%49.7%1.5%-1.6%294.7K-4.4M-82.2K0.6822.11N/AN/A2,2581,52730,61910,104
2016-03-31$12.29$12.0048.5%13.9%35.6%14.0%48.7%0.5%0.1%280.6K-3.4M-82.9K0.7426.46N/AN/A1,5211,13131,11410,632