BOX Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, BOX traded between $18.80 and $21.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.1%, placing in the 12.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 30.8%). Max pain ranged from $19.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-20: Highest Volume — 13,302 contracts
  • 2017-10-30: Largest IV spike — 15.6% change
  • 2017-10-30: Highest IV Rank — 18.2%
  • 2017-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.22$18.80$21.96$18.80$21.96
Max Pain$19.18$19.00$20.00$19.00$20.00
ATM IV31.1%28.5%33.6%31.8%32.3%
Expected Move8.9%8.2%9.6%9.1%9.3%
HV 20d30.8%27.5%35.2%32.3%30.6%
HV 60d27.7%25.4%29.8%26.4%29.8%
IV Rank12.5%6.5%18.2%14.1%15.4%
IV Percentile26.5%10.7%48.0%28.2%39.3%
Term Structure5.5%0.6%9.0%1.7%6.3%
VWIV31.8%28.3%34.5%32.4%32.7%
Skew 25d1.1%-1.8%6.8%1.5%0.3%
Skew 10d0.7%-9.2%10.5%-2.1%-0.5%
Call IV 25d31.8%27.9%34.6%33.6%33.2%
Put IV 25d32.9%30.4%35.1%35.1%33.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.5011.5666.1123.8216.70
Gamma HHI0.310.180.410.330.18
Net GEX762.0K479.7K1.2M479.7K722.6K
Net DEX-22.2M-38.5M-10.7M-10.7M-31.2M
Net VEX-78.7K-85.0K-70.3K-77.5K-78.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.141.000.500.54
Total Volume4,5781,88413,3022,9824,171
Total OI35,728.531,38038,66431,38038,658

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$18.80$19.0031.8%9.1%32.3%14.1%32.4%1.5%1.7%479.7K-10.7M-77.5K0.5023.82N/AN/A1,98399918,25913,121
2017-10-03$19.25$19.0032.6%9.3%30.2%16.0%32.7%6.8%0.6%588.6K-13.7M-79.5K0.5011.91N/AN/A2,2731,13518,46013,199
2017-10-04$19.17$19.0030.0%8.6%30.2%10.1%30.2%1.4%1.3%703.5K-14.1M-80.1K1.0014.05N/AN/A1,1461,14219,49913,363
2017-10-05$19.04$19.0030.8%9.3%30.2%11.9%33.1%0.3%4.8%640.9K-12.9M-79.6K0.8617.90N/AN/A1,10995919,54313,598
2017-10-06$19.23$19.0031.1%9.1%29.5%12.5%31.8%1.8%4.4%717.7K-14.1M-79.6K0.3520.82N/AN/A2,64393419,60113,632
2017-10-09$19.13$19.0032.9%9.4%28.6%16.7%33.1%-0.7%4.3%653.6K-13.1M-77.2K0.7316.65N/AN/A1,08979519,39713,673
2017-10-10$19.11$19.0032.5%9.2%27.8%15.9%32.7%0.9%5.2%674.8K-13.0M-76.0K0.7617.40N/AN/A1,26295419,45113,657
2017-10-11$19.20$19.0032.2%9.2%27.8%15.2%32.3%1.3%4.9%676.3K-13.8M-76.2K0.2515.73N/AN/A5,2181,32519,49413,769
2017-10-12$19.26$19.0031.5%9.0%27.5%13.5%31.1%2.2%5.3%1.0M-16.3M-80.0K0.7224.19N/AN/A1,8871,35722,35514,266
2017-10-13$20.17$19.0030.0%8.6%31.6%10.1%30.6%-0.2%5.6%1.2M-27.1M-76.8K0.3818.46N/AN/A6,5622,50022,74014,329
2017-10-16$20.01$19.0031.2%8.9%31.2%12.8%32.1%2.4%5.6%1.2M-24.7M-76.5K0.5420.67N/AN/A1,8811,02322,93014,783
2017-10-17$20.19$19.0030.8%8.8%31.3%11.9%31.4%3.0%4.1%1.2M-26.9M-74.6K0.5113.51N/AN/A1,9661,01223,04114,944
2017-10-18$20.53$19.0028.9%8.3%29.6%7.6%29.4%2.2%7.1%998.9K-29.9M-74.2K0.1617.39N/AN/A5,55390423,18814,904
2017-10-19$20.58$19.0028.5%8.2%28.0%6.5%28.3%1.7%7.9%842.1K-30.6M-76.3K0.3812.86N/AN/A2,31288323,72214,942
2017-10-20$21.52$19.0030.2%8.7%29.5%10.5%31.5%2.1%7.0%500.1K-38.5M-70.3K0.1457.95N/AN/A11,6741,62823,67414,935
2017-10-23$20.60$19.0030.9%8.9%34.8%12.1%33.2%-1.7%7.8%603.9K-21.2M-82.4K0.5222.25N/AN/A2,8841,49721,23713,381
2017-10-24$21.12$19.0030.6%8.8%35.2%11.4%31.7%-1.8%8.6%690.3K-25.1M-83.3K0.6966.11N/AN/A2,4851,71422,21613,493
2017-10-25$21.35$19.0031.6%9.1%33.9%13.8%32.3%0.7%7.1%687.1K-26.6M-85.0K0.8113.94N/AN/A3,2082,60122,69213,950
2017-10-26$21.53$20.0030.4%8.7%33.9%11.1%34.5%0.3%7.8%637.4K-27.6M-84.0K0.5218.44N/AN/A3,0751,59222,57515,013
2017-10-27$21.60$20.0029.0%8.3%33.1%7.8%29.8%0.1%9.0%652.6K-29.1M-81.5K0.3364.73N/AN/A4,5851,52022,69915,063
2017-10-30$21.53$20.0033.6%9.6%30.8%18.2%32.8%0.1%3.5%689.3K-27.9M-82.7K0.3811.56N/AN/A3,8261,45023,35215,229
2017-10-31$21.96$20.0032.3%9.3%30.6%15.4%32.7%0.3%6.3%722.6K-31.2M-78.8K0.5416.70N/AN/A2,7031,46823,41615,242