BOX Options History — May 2018

In May 2018, BOX traded between $23.19 and $28.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.3%, placing in the 65.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.6% (HV 20d: 45.8%). Max pain ranged from $22.00 to $26.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2018-05-10: Highest Volume — 40,411 contracts
  • 2018-05-31: Largest IV drop — 40.4% change
  • 2018-05-30: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-05-30: Largest Expected Move — 20.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.63$23.19$28.61$23.19$25.77
Max Pain$24.23$22.00$26.00$22.00$26.00
ATM IV52.3%39.2%70.8%39.9%42.2%
Expected Move15.3%11.4%20.3%11.4%12.1%
HV 20d45.8%38.2%53.5%45.3%47.9%
HV 60d66.6%43.9%72.3%71.1%46.3%
IV Rank65.4%31.6%100.0%34.2%33.1%
IV Percentile88.3%61.9%100.0%64.3%70.2%
Term Structure-7.4%-20.0%6.2%6.2%-2.9%
VWIV53.8%39.5%73.1%39.9%43.0%
Skew 25d0.2%-2.3%2.5%2.5%0.7%
Skew 10d-0.1%-6.2%4.3%4.3%-2.4%
Call IV 25d53.9%38.3%71.8%38.3%43.5%
Put IV 25d54.1%39.9%74.0%40.8%44.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.027.6121.2413.517.61
Gamma HHI0.170.130.210.160.17
Net GEX1.9M828.3K3.9M1.2M828.3K
Net DEX-87.1M-135.5M-41.3M-41.8M-41.3M
Net VEX-394.4K-450.8K-310.8K-311.4K-437.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.221.120.590.68
Total Volume16,126.0915,09540,4115,27639,504
Total OI102,475.18273,503131,06273,503131,062

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-05-01$23.19$22.0039.9%11.4%45.3%34.2%39.9%2.5%6.2%1.2M-41.8M-311.4K0.5913.51N/AN/A3,3201,95647,21726,286
2018-05-02$23.66$22.0039.6%11.4%45.4%33.0%39.5%-0.4%5.6%1.3M-49.9M-310.8K0.4011.95N/AN/A7,7073,04947,75826,250
2018-05-03$24.39$22.0039.2%13.9%46.2%31.6%48.7%2.4%-5.0%1.4M-59.6M-318.3K0.7816.01N/AN/A7,5215,85348,48126,678
2018-05-04$24.28$22.0039.3%13.4%43.9%31.7%47.2%1.6%-4.9%1.5M-59.0M-331.5K0.7916.48N/AN/A6,8975,45850,19929,283
2018-05-07$25.45$22.0042.4%13.4%45.7%39.1%47.6%1.4%-4.9%1.5M-74.9M-318.0K0.2214.15N/AN/A12,8802,83050,01329,571
2018-05-08$26.54$22.0045.5%14.1%46.9%47.6%49.1%0.2%-6.4%1.5M-90.3M-322.5K0.3411.41N/AN/A13,9944,73952,90030,430
2018-05-09$27.07$22.0053.9%15.4%46.9%70.4%54.2%-0.2%-7.5%1.8M-99.2M-340.3K0.2514.67N/AN/A26,3876,66956,89931,137
2018-05-10$28.61$23.0053.2%15.3%49.1%68.7%53.8%-0.4%-6.8%2.1M-127.4M-370.6K0.2910.64N/AN/A31,2899,12265,08833,520
2018-05-11$27.33$24.0054.2%15.5%53.1%71.2%54.8%-0.8%-6.7%2.8M-105.8M-401.1K0.3712.56N/AN/A18,0726,70772,34238,909
2018-05-14$27.22$25.0055.3%15.9%53.5%74.3%55.6%-1.2%-7.1%3.2M-107.7M-424.8K0.4015.02N/AN/A9,8263,88280,30141,771
2018-05-15$27.42$25.0057.0%16.3%53.5%78.9%57.1%1.1%-8.4%3.4M-113.6M-434.5K0.8615.46N/AN/A5,3284,56582,47643,073
2018-05-16$27.68$25.0055.6%16.0%53.4%75.3%55.8%-0.1%-8.2%3.6M-120.5M-432.3K0.3911.28N/AN/A7,7993,06783,07943,949
2018-05-17$27.64$25.0054.6%15.7%53.4%72.4%55.0%0.4%-7.4%3.9M-119.0M-427.5K0.6414.08N/AN/A5,0373,21783,21444,232
2018-05-18$28.11$25.0056.4%16.2%50.7%77.3%56.2%0.1%-9.3%1.6M-135.5M-429.7K0.3715.31N/AN/A7,3932,76483,39145,078
2018-05-21$27.88$25.0056.5%16.2%39.1%77.7%56.5%-1.5%-9.6%1.7M-88.3M-420.3K0.7417.12N/AN/A6,4114,77362,27534,924
2018-05-22$27.00$26.0057.0%16.4%39.6%79.1%58.1%-2.3%-10.9%1.4M-73.5M-427.9K0.3715.38N/AN/A7,5352,80963,43136,867
2018-05-23$27.28$26.0056.8%16.3%38.7%78.5%57.1%-0.4%-10.2%1.6M-79.3M-437.2K0.5115.99N/AN/A5,6372,88565,98237,689
2018-05-24$27.25$26.0058.6%16.8%38.4%83.3%58.3%-0.6%-11.5%1.6M-80.8M-445.1K0.8113.53N/AN/A2,8112,28467,27838,311
2018-05-25$27.37$26.0058.3%16.7%38.2%82.5%57.9%1.0%-12.6%1.7M-82.2M-450.8K1.1214.04N/AN/A4,0064,47567,65338,583
2018-05-29$27.14$26.0064.3%18.4%38.8%98.7%64.4%-1.2%-15.0%1.7M-78.5M-438.6K0.7910.99N/AN/A3,8213,02368,78238,888
2018-05-30$27.67$26.0070.8%20.3%38.9%100.0%73.1%2.2%-20.0%1.7M-87.5M-445.2K0.5921.24N/AN/A23,55513,91769,37639,828
2018-05-31$25.77$26.0042.2%12.1%47.9%33.1%43.0%0.7%-2.9%828.3K-41.3M-437.7K0.687.61N/AN/A23,56615,93882,06049,002