BOX Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, BOX traded between $11.58 and $12.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.3%, placing in the 20.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 28.1% (HV 20d: 25.2%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-18: Highest Volume — 5,354 contracts
  • 2016-05-11: Largest IV spike — 23.4% change
  • 2016-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 33.7%
  • 2016-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 17.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.98$11.58$12.92$12.92$12.58
Max Pain$13.95$13.00$15.00$13.00$13.00
ATM IV53.3%44.0%62.5%45.2%62.5%
Expected Move15.8%13.0%17.9%13.0%17.9%
HV 20d25.2%20.8%28.8%24.6%26.2%
HV 60d35.9%28.4%50.3%50.3%28.8%
IV Rank20.8%7.7%33.7%9.4%33.7%
IV Percentile40.1%8.3%67.1%12.7%67.1%
Term Structure-2.5%-11.5%9.7%7.0%-11.5%
VWIV55.3%41.6%62.8%41.6%62.8%
Skew 25d3.8%-0.9%6.9%3.2%5.4%
Skew 10d5.3%-11.3%22.0%17.9%22.0%
Call IV 25d54.7%43.1%61.1%43.1%61.1%
Put IV 25d58.4%46.3%66.5%46.3%66.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %68.3219.03105.9919.6919.03
Gamma HHI0.240.230.250.240.25
Net GEX299.2K226.9K433.9K369.6K433.9K
Net DEX-4.4M-9.3M-2.1M-9.3M-8.2M
Net VEX-84.8K-100.0K-79.3K-100.0K-87.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.181.170.390.85
Total Volume3,516.6192,7595,3543,2295,106
Total OI46,193.33343,85549,49743,85546,299

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$12.92$13.0045.2%13.0%24.6%9.4%41.6%3.2%7.0%369.6K-9.3M-100.0K0.3919.69N/AN/A2,31991033,83010,025
2016-05-03$12.51$13.0045.6%13.1%25.8%9.9%42.0%4.4%9.7%331.5K-7.1M-96.0K0.3228.37N/AN/A2,61282534,16710,153
2016-05-04$12.32$13.0048.9%14.0%25.3%14.6%43.9%1.8%2.7%313.9K-6.6M-94.3K0.2994.07N/AN/A2,85683134,40710,183
2016-05-05$12.06$15.0044.9%15.9%25.2%8.9%55.7%4.0%-1.8%282.3K-5.0M-89.9K0.41100.86N/AN/A2,8151,15334,64610,214
2016-05-06$11.79$15.0045.7%15.8%26.0%10.0%54.0%3.5%-2.5%250.2K-3.1M-83.1K0.4384.28N/AN/A2,25396234,96810,481
2016-05-09$11.58$15.0045.9%15.6%26.7%10.3%55.3%2.9%-3.7%226.9K-2.1M-79.8K0.3444.85N/AN/A2,43283035,32110,616
2016-05-10$11.91$15.0044.0%15.6%28.8%7.7%58.1%1.3%-2.8%280.3K-4.1M-85.7K0.3139.63N/AN/A2,42875935,65310,625
2016-05-11$11.86$15.0054.3%15.6%27.6%22.1%56.6%-0.9%0.3%270.7K-3.9M-86.8K0.3336.07N/AN/A2,30175835,81710,672
2016-05-12$11.67$15.0056.2%16.1%27.2%24.7%54.9%2.9%-3.1%241.6K-3.1M-83.0K0.3742.73N/AN/A2,28484235,81510,712
2016-05-13$11.58$15.0056.3%16.2%27.2%25.0%60.5%5.3%-2.5%230.4K-2.3M-80.1K0.4654.65N/AN/A2,2271,02735,87310,783
2016-05-16$11.70$15.0056.3%16.1%26.5%24.9%60.0%6.0%-2.9%233.0K-2.6M-80.3K0.5364.22N/AN/A1,9651,05135,90510,972
2016-05-17$11.66$15.0057.9%16.6%25.0%27.2%56.0%5.6%-3.5%233.6K-2.4M-80.0K0.5588.30N/AN/A1,9181,05035,93211,004
2016-05-18$11.64$15.0058.2%16.7%24.9%27.6%59.3%3.4%-5.9%230.0K-2.3M-79.4K0.1892.64N/AN/A4,53881636,16511,003
2016-05-19$11.65$13.0057.1%16.4%23.9%26.1%58.0%4.0%-2.4%278.3K-2.9M-80.8K0.3486.00N/AN/A2,47483138,17910,939
2016-05-20$11.71$13.0056.4%16.2%20.8%25.1%58.2%4.3%-2.6%298.7K-2.5M-80.3K0.5187.31N/AN/A2,1851,12238,46811,029
2016-05-23$11.84$13.0057.8%16.6%21.6%27.0%57.2%4.0%-6.9%308.9K-3.6M-79.3K0.3386.41N/AN/A2,07768235,27310,051
2016-05-24$12.10$13.0058.7%16.8%23.6%28.4%56.6%6.9%-7.6%342.3K-5.0M-84.5K0.3083.60N/AN/A2,21867035,37010,073
2016-05-25$12.12$13.0056.9%16.3%23.7%25.7%56.1%6.1%-5.7%359.1K-5.5M-84.1K0.9485.60N/AN/A2,1131,98735,96410,082
2016-05-26$12.10$13.0056.0%16.1%23.7%24.6%56.6%3.8%-2.7%369.4K-5.5M-82.8K1.0490.37N/AN/A1,9392,01936,2179,917
2016-05-27$12.34$13.0055.0%15.8%25.0%23.1%58.1%1.4%-4.7%398.0K-6.1M-84.2K1.17105.99N/AN/A1,6851,97936,2759,982
2016-05-31$12.58$13.0062.5%17.9%26.2%33.7%62.8%5.4%-11.5%433.9K-8.2M-87.4K0.8519.03N/AN/A2,7672,33936,25910,040