BOX Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, BOX traded between $11.81 and $13.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.3%, placing in the 17.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 21.3% (HV 20d: 29.0%). Max pain ranged from $11.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.44.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-31: Highest Volume — 14,566 contracts
  • 2016-08-10: Largest IV spike — 23.4% change
  • 2016-08-31: Highest IV Rank — 39.0%
  • 2016-08-31: Largest Expected Move — 18.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.65$11.81$13.64$11.91$13.64
Max Pain$11.09$11.00$12.00$11.00$12.00
ATM IV50.3%39.1%65.7%39.6%65.7%
Expected Move14.9%11.3%18.8%11.4%18.8%
HV 20d29.0%20.6%35.2%35.2%21.4%
HV 60d43.3%36.9%45.0%45.0%37.1%
IV Rank17.8%2.2%39.0%2.9%39.0%
IV Percentile36.7%2.8%79.8%4.8%79.8%
Term Structure-1.6%-17.7%27.1%11.1%-17.7%
VWIV51.6%39.7%66.0%39.7%66.0%
Skew 25d3.2%-5.5%19.8%19.8%4.7%
Skew 10d9.6%-5.2%35.2%29.4%1.7%
Call IV 25d51.4%26.5%65.7%26.5%65.7%
Put IV 25d54.6%44.8%70.4%46.3%70.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %69.7129.00100.5657.8569.13
Gamma HHI0.270.190.330.330.19
Net GEX536.1K452.0K701.3K452.0K701.3K
Net DEX-16.3M-24.7M-11.0M-11.1M-24.7M
Net VEX-79.8K-85.0K-76.2K-76.2K-85.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.440.010.660.620.32
Total Volume3,118.82615414,5662,18614,566
Total OI40,649.34839,37145,79139,54745,791

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$11.91$11.0039.6%11.4%35.2%2.9%39.7%19.8%11.1%452.0K-11.1M-76.2K0.6257.85N/AN/A1,34883833,3416,206
2016-08-02$11.81$11.0040.1%11.5%32.9%3.6%40.3%1.8%7.6%460.1K-11.0M-78.4K0.5829.00N/AN/A1,41982933,5556,217
2016-08-03$11.81$11.0039.3%11.3%32.9%2.5%40.2%1.7%8.8%467.4K-11.6M-80.0K0.59100.56N/AN/A1,40083133,6676,217
2016-08-04$11.92$11.0040.7%14.1%32.7%4.5%49.6%2.7%-1.9%479.9K-11.7M-79.2K0.3690.89N/AN/A2,30082933,6836,216
2016-08-05$12.18$11.0039.1%14.0%33.1%2.2%46.6%2.2%0.4%487.7K-12.8M-77.4K0.6635.73N/AN/A1,29685633,2596,217
2016-08-08$12.29$11.0039.1%13.9%32.8%2.2%46.5%3.5%1.4%507.1K-13.8M-78.9K0.6035.40N/AN/A1,56394333,1946,232
2016-08-09$12.36$11.0039.7%14.2%31.5%3.0%45.3%0.5%1.1%506.3K-13.8M-76.6K0.6464.08N/AN/A1,29883633,0776,294
2016-08-10$12.31$11.0049.0%14.0%30.7%15.9%45.6%1.9%0.7%504.4K-13.8M-78.7K0.6033.53N/AN/A1,36181133,1876,325
2016-08-11$12.42$11.0049.0%14.1%30.5%15.9%45.2%3.8%0.6%525.1K-14.3M-77.0K0.5637.58N/AN/A1,43981033,3626,340
2016-08-12$12.48$11.0048.5%13.9%30.3%15.2%45.1%2.1%0.6%564.3K-14.8M-78.7K0.5589.79N/AN/A1,45579933,4946,340
2016-08-15$12.82$11.0050.4%14.4%31.1%17.9%51.9%3.3%-1.9%551.5K-17.3M-79.0K0.4689.84N/AN/A1,71578833,5666,340
2016-08-16$12.72$11.0050.5%14.5%30.4%18.0%51.4%3.7%-1.1%525.8K-16.4M-78.1K0.3834.90N/AN/A2,38291333,4196,368
2016-08-17$12.60$11.0050.9%14.6%30.8%18.6%55.5%2.7%-0.9%522.6K-15.6M-77.9K0.0163.37N/AN/A9161233,5566,448
2016-08-18$12.74$11.0051.3%14.7%29.0%19.1%53.5%0.4%-3.8%547.9K-16.8M-79.1K0.1491.00N/AN/A1351934,0626,455
2016-08-19$12.90$11.0052.2%15.0%29.1%20.4%53.6%3.2%-1.6%490.4K-17.5M-79.7K0.3886.22N/AN/A2,7291,03134,0476,457
2016-08-22$12.90$11.0053.3%15.3%29.1%21.8%55.1%0.1%27.1%524.1K-16.9M-80.1K0.5090.87N/AN/A1,69184133,7816,053
2016-08-23$13.32$11.0053.8%15.4%29.5%22.6%56.2%-5.5%-8.1%558.7K-20.9M-81.8K0.4490.15N/AN/A2,4411,08634,1276,159
2016-08-24$13.07$11.0057.4%16.5%30.8%27.5%55.9%0.1%-9.3%532.7K-18.7M-82.9K0.2286.61N/AN/A84618934,3476,264
2016-08-25$13.16$11.0057.4%16.4%21.2%27.5%56.7%4.9%-10.4%561.2K-19.2M-81.3K0.3585.07N/AN/A2,58590234,9386,433
2016-08-26$13.03$11.0062.2%17.8%21.3%34.3%60.2%5.0%-11.1%567.1K-19.4M-83.3K0.3090.70N/AN/A3,22497335,5696,457
2016-08-29$13.31$11.0063.6%18.2%21.1%36.1%60.3%6.2%-13.1%642.8K-21.4M-83.7K0.6383.10N/AN/A1,7351,09437,2836,540
2016-08-30$13.32$12.0065.3%18.7%20.6%38.5%65.6%4.9%-15.8%650.7K-22.0M-83.2K0.2168.01N/AN/A4,69496537,3486,704
2016-08-31$13.64$12.0065.7%18.8%21.4%39.0%66.0%4.7%-17.7%701.3K-24.7M-85.0K0.3269.13N/AN/A11,0323,53438,8506,941