BOX Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, BOX traded between $17.97 and $19.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.3%, placing in the 33.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.7% (HV 20d: 23.6%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.57.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-30: Highest Volume — 14,990 contracts
  • 2017-08-31: Largest IV drop — 50.4% change
  • 2017-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 79.5%
  • 2017-08-30: Largest Expected Move — 17.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.98$17.97$19.76$19.02$19.63
Max Pain$17.65$17.00$19.00$19.00$19.00
ATM IV40.3%29.1%60.1%29.8%29.8%
Expected Move12.0%8.5%17.2%8.5%8.5%
HV 20d23.6%20.2%26.2%24.8%22.9%
HV 60d33.3%25.9%37.1%37.1%25.9%
IV Rank33.7%7.9%79.5%9.5%9.6%
IV Percentile62.5%11.5%98.0%14.7%15.9%
Term Structure-3.7%-17.3%9.0%9.0%-0.0%
VWIV42.3%29.7%62.0%29.7%30.2%
Skew 25d3.6%0.9%6.4%2.0%2.2%
Skew 10d7.6%-12.2%24.8%-8.3%3.8%
Call IV 25d40.7%29.1%59.8%29.1%29.4%
Put IV 25d44.3%31.1%62.5%31.1%31.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.2610.2029.3212.1610.20
Gamma HHI0.210.140.290.290.29
Net GEX162.6K-36.6K259.8K259.8K-36.6K
Net DEX-9.3M-12.9M-5.2M-9.7M-12.2M
Net VEX-67.3K-82.7K-63.6K-71.0K-82.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.570.292.660.460.42
Total Volume3,948.6962,55214,9902,6348,197
Total OI27,968.39124,17142,68927,49642,689

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$19.02$19.0029.8%8.5%24.8%9.5%29.7%2.0%9.0%259.8K-9.7M-71.0K0.4612.16N/AN/A1,80982515,42212,074
2017-08-02$18.78$19.0032.0%9.2%25.3%14.6%32.4%2.4%8.3%219.6K-8.6M-70.6K0.4714.05N/AN/A1,73381915,37312,069
2017-08-03$18.74$17.0030.4%11.1%23.3%10.9%40.6%2.0%-0.3%214.0K-8.4M-69.9K0.4718.10N/AN/A1,77782915,40212,072
2017-08-04$18.66$17.0029.3%11.2%21.7%8.4%40.0%0.9%-0.5%192.1K-8.0M-69.0K0.4716.26N/AN/A1,83786315,36112,081
2017-08-07$18.82$17.0029.1%11.5%21.6%7.9%41.7%2.5%-1.8%213.3K-8.6M-67.5K0.4714.77N/AN/A1,79484815,46212,101
2017-08-08$18.78$17.0032.1%11.2%21.6%14.9%39.4%3.0%-1.2%203.8K-8.2M-67.0K0.4116.53N/AN/A1,80774815,52912,140
2017-08-09$18.75$17.0040.5%11.6%20.2%34.2%39.5%2.9%-1.9%199.2K-8.2M-67.1K0.4016.75N/AN/A1,84674315,58112,133
2017-08-10$17.97$17.0042.1%12.1%25.1%38.0%42.4%3.7%-1.8%101.8K-5.2M-64.2K0.3614.24N/AN/A2,29182115,58912,121
2017-08-11$18.18$17.0041.9%12.0%25.5%37.3%41.2%4.5%-2.7%111.6K-5.9M-66.8K0.3314.75N/AN/A2,42779415,86712,151
2017-08-14$18.52$17.0039.8%11.4%26.2%32.6%40.3%5.0%-1.7%128.7K-7.4M-63.9K0.2915.71N/AN/A2,66076715,96212,159
2017-08-15$18.63$17.0041.2%11.8%26.0%35.9%41.6%4.2%-2.9%132.6K-7.8M-64.0K0.3211.20N/AN/A2,44477016,05312,152
2017-08-16$18.85$17.0040.9%11.7%22.9%35.2%41.7%3.9%-2.7%123.0K-8.8M-64.0K0.3817.01N/AN/A2,6561,01816,06812,159
2017-08-17$18.66$17.0042.7%12.2%23.0%39.2%43.7%3.1%-3.4%150.9K-8.2M-64.4K0.3614.91N/AN/A2,69997816,18912,100
2017-08-18$18.80$17.0043.0%12.3%23.3%39.9%43.3%5.6%-4.6%122.0K-8.3M-63.6K0.4010.90N/AN/A2,39195116,35712,135
2017-08-21$18.91$18.0042.9%12.3%23.3%39.7%41.5%4.4%-5.0%129.5K-9.1M-63.8K0.3316.44N/AN/A1,94664412,72311,448
2017-08-22$19.39$18.0045.1%12.9%25.0%44.9%44.6%4.9%-7.9%178.7K-11.1M-64.8K0.5312.64N/AN/A1,9231,01113,24111,458
2017-08-23$19.56$18.0043.9%12.6%25.3%42.2%45.5%4.4%-7.8%189.0K-11.9M-65.2K0.6712.28N/AN/A1,5561,04813,54211,775
2017-08-24$19.76$18.0043.4%12.4%24.1%40.9%43.5%6.4%-7.9%203.8K-12.8M-64.3K0.5312.14N/AN/A1,9371,01713,56911,677
2017-08-25$19.60$18.0042.7%12.2%24.1%39.3%43.8%4.1%-6.2%241.2K-12.7M-64.3K0.7613.55N/AN/A1,6271,22914,13811,659
2017-08-28$19.64$18.0047.7%13.7%22.4%50.9%47.3%3.1%-11.0%251.7K-12.9M-65.3K0.6011.00N/AN/A1,61496614,35311,944
2017-08-29$19.32$18.0056.3%16.1%23.2%70.7%56.9%5.1%-14.9%221.1K-11.5M-66.6K2.6629.32N/AN/A2,5076,66314,57812,040
2017-08-30$19.56$19.0060.1%17.2%22.9%79.5%62.0%2.7%-17.3%-11.1K-9.2M-77.8K1.0026.08N/AN/A7,5087,48215,41017,167
2017-08-31$19.63$19.0029.8%8.5%22.9%9.6%30.2%2.2%-0.0%-36.6K-12.2M-82.7K0.4210.20N/AN/A5,7802,41719,91322,776