BOX Options History — May 2017

In May 2017, BOX traded between $17.15 and $18.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.7%, placing in the 25.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.1% (HV 20d: 25.6%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2017-05-31: Highest Volume — 8,985 contracts
  • 2017-05-10: Largest IV spike — 23.6% change
  • 2017-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 65.6%
  • 2017-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 15.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.17$17.15$18.88$17.58$18.65
Max Pain$16.55$16.00$18.00$17.00$18.00
ATM IV36.7%27.0%54.1%27.0%54.1%
Expected Move10.9%7.8%15.5%7.8%15.5%
HV 20d25.6%14.1%35.4%19.6%35.0%
HV 60d27.7%25.2%31.3%26.2%25.2%
IV Rank25.5%3.2%65.6%3.2%65.6%
IV Percentile41.8%2.8%95.2%2.8%95.2%
Term Structure-3.1%-14.2%6.8%6.8%-14.2%
VWIV38.1%27.0%55.4%27.0%55.4%
Skew 25d2.4%-0.3%7.4%7.4%5.7%
Skew 10d4.4%-9.4%17.8%17.8%5.9%
Call IV 25d37.5%23.1%53.5%23.1%53.5%
Put IV 25d39.9%29.4%59.2%30.5%59.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %22.6714.4187.9422.2215.55
Gamma HHI0.250.190.330.220.26
Net GEX306.9K-70.1K478.7K275.4K48.5K
Net DEX-11.6M-15.3M-6.8M-9.5M-9.3M
Net VEX-64.8K-77.4K-61.2K-65.6K-77.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.271.490.731.10
Total Volume3,764.51,9268,9852,2558,985
Total OI26,608.22723,78633,00223,78633,002

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-05-01$17.58$17.0027.0%7.8%19.6%3.2%27.0%7.4%6.8%275.4K-9.5M-65.6K0.7322.22N/AN/A1,30295313,58210,204
2017-05-02$17.74$17.0027.3%7.8%19.4%3.9%28.0%-0.3%5.8%303.8K-10.5M-66.4K0.5619.34N/AN/A1,40878613,75210,295
2017-05-03$17.85$17.0028.1%8.0%19.4%5.6%30.2%3.1%6.2%343.1K-11.2M-67.0K0.8087.94N/AN/A1,07185514,22810,339
2017-05-04$18.21$16.0027.5%10.0%16.7%4.2%35.2%1.3%-0.4%323.7K-12.7M-65.1K0.8725.41N/AN/A1,2451,08313,85710,315
2017-05-05$18.36$16.0028.2%9.9%14.1%5.9%33.7%2.2%-1.2%327.3K-13.1M-64.8K1.4922.25N/AN/A1,3001,93113,89810,431
2017-05-08$17.74$16.0030.3%10.4%19.5%10.6%37.0%1.4%-1.0%231.5K-10.1M-65.0K0.5722.15N/AN/A3,3811,92013,89911,314
2017-05-09$17.74$16.0029.5%10.5%19.2%8.9%36.9%2.0%-2.6%294.2K-10.6M-65.8K0.3521.31N/AN/A3,2691,16016,02811,308
2017-05-10$18.13$16.0036.5%10.5%19.9%24.9%36.0%2.8%-2.5%370.3K-12.4M-64.9K0.3618.86N/AN/A3,2671,17316,04111,448
2017-05-11$18.17$16.0035.8%10.2%19.5%23.3%37.3%2.5%-1.7%382.9K-12.7M-64.9K0.5827.09N/AN/A1,9491,13416,07611,458
2017-05-12$18.28$16.0035.4%10.1%18.9%22.4%36.4%2.0%-0.8%412.8K-13.3M-64.0K0.5117.81N/AN/A2,2351,13016,09911,449
2017-05-15$18.52$16.0035.7%10.2%19.2%23.1%37.4%0.8%-1.5%447.4K-14.7M-63.2K0.2714.68N/AN/A4,3911,18716,24011,454
2017-05-16$18.68$16.0035.3%10.1%18.9%22.2%39.0%2.6%-1.0%478.7K-15.3M-63.1K0.5719.43N/AN/A2,7231,54317,32711,569
2017-05-17$17.62$16.0038.0%10.9%29.3%28.6%35.9%2.6%-4.3%273.0K-9.6M-61.5K0.4519.31N/AN/A2,8991,30217,02711,550
2017-05-18$17.15$16.0040.2%11.5%31.1%33.5%40.0%0.3%-4.7%-70.1K-6.8M-61.2K0.4919.56N/AN/A2,6861,32617,08911,694
2017-05-19$17.45$17.0040.6%11.6%31.5%34.4%39.7%1.9%-4.1%221.1K-8.8M-63.3K0.3720.33N/AN/A3,2571,21617,35211,961
2017-05-22$18.19$17.0042.9%12.3%34.5%39.7%36.6%4.8%-8.5%317.5K-10.8M-63.8K0.5818.61N/AN/A2,0911,20515,19810,032
2017-05-23$18.56$17.0041.4%11.9%35.0%36.3%41.2%2.5%-6.9%365.8K-12.7M-64.6K0.7117.31N/AN/A1,9661,39715,31510,058
2017-05-24$18.88$17.0040.8%11.7%35.3%34.8%41.0%2.8%-6.2%360.5K-13.3M-62.7K0.7819.57N/AN/A1,4541,12814,96710,315
2017-05-25$18.80$17.0041.0%11.8%35.4%35.4%41.3%1.0%-5.9%354.7K-13.1M-62.7K0.6317.72N/AN/A1,7991,12615,16610,372
2017-05-26$18.80$17.0042.7%12.2%35.4%39.2%43.8%1.5%-7.9%357.6K-13.1M-63.6K1.0914.41N/AN/A1,5001,63015,11110,320
2017-05-30$18.68$17.0049.4%14.2%35.1%54.8%49.4%1.0%-12.2%332.4K-12.6M-64.9K0.7917.98N/AN/A1,9361,52015,43210,809
2017-05-31$18.65$18.0054.1%15.5%35.0%65.6%55.4%5.7%-14.2%48.5K-9.3M-77.4K1.1015.55N/AN/A4,2764,70916,44016,562