BOX Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, BOX traded between $23.76 and $26.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.8%, placing in the 48.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.6% (HV 20d: 40.1%). Max pain ranged from $24.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-29: Highest Volume — 54,792 contracts
  • 2018-08-29: Largest IV drop — 39.2% change
  • 2018-08-28: Highest IV Rank — 90.8%
  • 2018-08-28: Largest Expected Move — 19.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.25$23.76$26.64$23.76$24.53
Max Pain$24.78$24.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV48.8%33.9%66.8%46.2%33.9%
Expected Move14.6%9.7%19.2%13.2%9.7%
HV 20d40.1%29.0%51.2%38.6%50.8%
HV 60d41.6%39.0%45.5%43.3%45.5%
IV Rank48.5%13.7%90.8%42.4%13.7%
IV Percentile73.0%27.0%99.6%75.0%27.0%
Term Structure-4.3%-13.5%7.6%3.6%2.1%
VWIV51.3%34.5%66.3%47.5%34.5%
Skew 25d0.3%-3.5%2.7%-1.2%-0.5%
Skew 10d-0.2%-9.6%4.5%-4.2%-2.9%
Call IV 25d51.5%36.0%65.7%48.7%36.0%
Put IV 25d51.8%35.5%66.1%47.5%35.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.417.5320.4018.388.16
Gamma HHI0.100.090.110.100.11
Net GEX1.8M1.0M2.5M1.1M1.9M
Net DEX-50.7M-85.6M-9.3M-20.0M-36.9M
Net VEX-479.7K-518.1K-442.0K-444.8K-513.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.220.970.410.57
Total Volume13,687.0436,37454,79211,03112,940
Total OI134,813.391115,078176,892122,489176,892

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$23.76$25.0046.2%13.2%38.6%42.4%47.5%-1.2%3.6%1.1M-20.0M-444.8K0.4118.38N/AN/A7,8063,22582,77039,719
2018-08-02$24.54$25.0045.3%13.0%39.8%40.3%46.7%-0.5%5.8%1.5M-36.0M-484.1K0.2211.26N/AN/A9,3922,08586,10841,019
2018-08-03$24.42$25.0043.3%12.4%39.6%35.7%44.9%0.2%7.6%1.8M-37.9M-486.4K0.5514.25N/AN/A4,1182,25691,35041,031
2018-08-06$24.88$24.0044.0%14.6%39.5%37.4%51.1%0.6%-3.8%2.0M-46.9M-489.9K0.3316.12N/AN/A6,1642,01391,80141,078
2018-08-07$25.61$24.0042.4%14.5%40.7%33.6%50.3%0.7%-3.8%2.2M-61.4M-499.0K0.8914.24N/AN/A5,9595,33191,56741,366
2018-08-08$25.70$24.0043.4%14.6%40.7%36.0%50.3%1.1%-4.6%2.3M-63.5M-495.0K0.9712.51N/AN/A4,1264,01491,77541,242
2018-08-09$26.19$24.0042.5%14.4%40.9%33.8%50.1%1.2%-3.6%2.5M-74.9M-504.4K0.7015.79N/AN/A7,4975,27491,81441,769
2018-08-10$25.82$24.0038.9%14.4%40.9%25.5%51.1%0.7%-4.5%2.2M-63.2M-490.9K0.6620.40N/AN/A7,0374,62992,18442,316
2018-08-13$25.22$25.0044.2%14.3%41.7%37.9%49.2%-0.2%-3.3%1.9M-47.7M-465.2K0.7717.61N/AN/A4,7483,63292,19942,679
2018-08-14$25.66$25.0044.1%14.4%39.7%37.7%50.8%1.1%-4.6%2.0M-55.8M-471.6K0.4513.48N/AN/A6,5812,93492,55342,773
2018-08-15$25.21$25.0054.0%15.5%39.6%60.7%53.5%0.7%-5.6%1.7M-46.6M-467.7K0.5316.37N/AN/A5,2162,77793,01243,401
2018-08-16$25.30$25.0051.7%14.8%39.4%55.5%51.6%1.4%-5.1%1.8M-48.0M-460.8K0.6315.16N/AN/A4,7012,94793,92443,496
2018-08-17$24.61$25.0053.3%15.3%40.3%59.1%53.1%1.5%-7.5%1.3M-31.0M-447.6K0.6616.25N/AN/A4,9243,25094,16043,203
2018-08-20$25.19$25.0056.4%16.2%40.6%66.4%55.1%1.5%-8.4%1.5M-47.7M-454.2K0.3210.82N/AN/A7,8432,48277,09537,983
2018-08-21$25.40$25.0057.8%16.6%39.5%69.6%56.3%0.5%-9.4%1.7M-54.1M-470.6K0.5812.65N/AN/A4,5252,61380,14138,572
2018-08-22$25.68$25.0056.1%16.1%38.9%65.7%56.0%1.6%-7.7%1.8M-60.2M-475.1K0.628.80N/AN/A5,6083,48481,79539,072
2018-08-23$26.00$25.0056.5%16.2%39.2%66.5%56.6%2.7%-7.8%1.9M-67.0M-482.4K0.519.69N/AN/A5,4422,75382,35939,867
2018-08-24$26.61$25.0058.5%16.8%32.9%71.3%58.6%1.3%-9.9%2.1M-80.0M-492.7K0.3510.53N/AN/A10,5893,69184,00740,064
2018-08-27$26.07$25.0065.3%18.7%29.0%87.2%65.2%-0.5%-13.5%2.1M-72.5M-497.0K0.6315.80N/AN/A9,3735,89889,64541,161
2018-08-28$26.64$25.0066.8%19.2%29.7%90.8%66.3%0.9%-13.0%2.3M-85.6M-518.1K0.4314.13N/AN/A27,99011,94293,41643,789
2018-08-29$23.80$25.0040.6%11.6%51.2%29.4%42.8%-3.5%-1.3%1.0M-9.3M-442.0K0.547.53N/AN/A35,50119,291104,07151,724
2018-08-30$23.89$25.0036.6%10.5%49.8%20.2%38.2%-3.4%0.4%1.5M-19.3M-480.9K0.608.43N/AN/A12,5937,608111,86256,884
2018-08-31$24.53$25.0033.9%9.7%50.8%13.7%34.5%-0.5%2.1%1.9M-36.9M-513.4K0.578.16N/AN/A8,2174,723116,65060,242