BOX Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, BOX traded between $16.14 and $18.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.7%, placing in the 4.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 34.1%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-02: Highest Volume — 7,610 contracts
  • 2017-03-02: Largest IV drop — 33.7% change
  • 2017-03-01: Highest IV Rank — 29.7%
  • 2017-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 14.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.63$16.14$18.22$18.22$16.35
Max Pain$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00
ATM IV30.7%25.7%51.8%51.8%26.9%
Expected Move8.7%7.4%14.9%14.9%7.7%
HV 20d34.1%18.3%37.7%22.8%18.3%
HV 60d30.4%28.9%33.1%28.9%29.8%
IV Rank4.5%0.0%29.7%29.7%2.8%
IV Percentile5.0%0.0%81.3%81.3%0.4%
Term Structure2.5%-12.5%7.2%-12.5%2.7%
VWIV31.7%27.9%51.9%51.9%31.9%
Skew 25d2.1%-0.5%6.2%2.4%-0.5%
Skew 10d3.8%-8.1%10.7%4.8%-2.1%
Call IV 25d30.9%23.2%50.5%50.5%30.9%
Put IV 25d32.9%29.0%52.8%52.8%30.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %37.6818.7393.5518.7353.26
Gamma HHI0.250.120.440.220.37
Net GEX110.9K-20.5K281.8K263.1K213.9K
Net DEX-4.7M-12.6M-2.2M-12.6M-4.3M
Net VEX-69.0K-74.0K-65.1K-70.5K-71.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.322.380.552.03
Total Volume4,102.3042,5377,6107,5973,508
Total OI29,362.47820,20535,97127,28926,430

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-01$18.22$17.0051.8%14.9%22.8%29.7%51.9%2.4%-12.5%263.1K-12.6M-70.5K0.5518.73N/AN/A4,9092,68815,45611,833
2017-03-02$16.82$17.0034.4%9.9%37.2%3.8%34.3%-0.3%-0.9%107.6K-5.5M-68.8K0.6634.51N/AN/A4,5713,03917,78113,645
2017-03-03$16.95$17.0032.9%9.4%36.8%1.6%33.3%-0.1%-1.1%167.2K-6.3M-71.0K0.5666.07N/AN/A3,2411,82218,44314,009
2017-03-06$16.74$17.0033.0%9.5%36.7%1.8%32.5%0.6%3.8%138.7K-5.6M-70.5K0.6130.91N/AN/A3,3332,03319,31614,278
2017-03-07$16.56$17.0031.2%9.3%36.7%0.0%32.7%2.5%5.5%113.6K-4.7M-69.4K0.7530.12N/AN/A2,2001,64819,95214,454
2017-03-08$16.53$17.0033.6%9.3%36.3%3.6%31.5%0.7%3.7%126.8K-4.4M-69.4K0.8068.65N/AN/A2,0151,60720,38214,477
2017-03-09$16.58$17.0030.9%9.3%36.3%0.0%31.7%3.6%4.2%138.8K-4.7M-68.7K0.7521.87N/AN/A2,4481,84320,47814,498
2017-03-10$16.54$17.0032.9%8.5%35.1%5.2%30.9%3.4%4.2%105.6K-4.2M-70.1K0.5329.61N/AN/A3,6811,96220,66114,931
2017-03-13$16.78$17.0032.0%8.7%35.7%2.8%30.7%1.9%5.3%87.0K-5.4M-70.1K0.5824.10N/AN/A2,8831,65820,61815,269
2017-03-14$16.70$17.0031.6%8.4%35.3%1.6%30.3%1.6%5.4%28.2K-4.6M-68.9K0.5923.81N/AN/A2,6271,54720,47815,286
2017-03-15$16.84$17.0027.8%8.0%35.6%0.0%28.6%5.7%5.9%157.5K-5.0M-67.7K0.8093.55N/AN/A1,6751,33620,54315,428
2017-03-16$16.67$17.0027.8%8.0%35.4%0.0%28.4%3.6%6.5%73.4K-4.7M-66.8K0.8021.65N/AN/A1,6991,35520,41215,448
2017-03-17$16.58$17.0027.9%8.0%35.3%0.2%28.2%2.8%7.2%21.0K-3.0M-65.1K1.1725.44N/AN/A1,7392,03920,50915,455
2017-03-20$16.75$17.0025.7%7.4%35.6%0.0%27.9%4.0%2.0%23.3K-4.2M-65.4K1.6219.06N/AN/A1,2241,98410,17210,033
2017-03-21$16.14$17.0029.2%8.4%37.5%8.2%30.0%0.8%1.5%-17.5K-2.6M-66.1K1.8927.62N/AN/A1,1392,15810,57510,856
2017-03-22$16.18$17.0027.6%7.9%37.4%4.4%29.9%3.3%2.5%-20.5K-2.2M-66.5K1.0524.86N/AN/A1,2371,30010,75910,902
2017-03-23$16.39$17.0028.8%8.2%37.7%7.2%28.7%6.2%1.1%-8.8K-3.1M-67.3K1.3370.70N/AN/A1,1251,49810,75711,036
2017-03-24$16.38$17.0027.9%8.0%36.7%5.1%28.8%0.1%2.2%-2.4K-3.2M-66.7K0.6357.77N/AN/A2,1621,36610,77010,909
2017-03-27$16.41$17.0029.1%8.3%36.7%7.9%31.8%-0.0%3.9%78.3K-3.6M-68.7K0.3225.13N/AN/A4,2791,38111,79210,930
2017-03-28$16.41$17.0029.0%8.3%36.2%7.6%30.3%1.5%1.1%234.3K-4.8M-74.0K0.9730.95N/AN/A1,3661,31913,79011,054
2017-03-29$16.53$17.0027.8%8.0%33.4%5.0%31.5%2.9%1.3%281.8K-5.6M-72.1K1.4345.16N/AN/A1,0621,52014,06811,070
2017-03-30$16.33$17.0027.6%7.9%18.6%4.5%32.8%0.6%2.9%240.6K-4.5M-71.1K2.3823.10N/AN/A9262,20114,15011,244
2017-03-31$16.35$17.0026.9%7.7%18.3%2.8%31.9%-0.5%2.7%213.9K-4.3M-71.1K2.0353.26N/AN/A1,1572,35114,18612,244