BOX Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, BOX traded between $15.82 and $17.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.9%, placing in the 17.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 36.5%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-25: Highest Volume — 10,719 contracts
  • 2019-10-03: Largest IV drop — 14.2% change
  • 2019-10-02: Highest IV Rank — 31.8%
  • 2019-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 13.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.56$15.82$17.02$16.72$16.86
Max Pain$16.09$16.00$17.00$17.00$16.00
ATM IV38.9%36.3%46.6%44.1%36.3%
Expected Move11.2%10.4%13.4%12.6%10.4%
HV 20d36.5%26.4%56.1%56.1%26.4%
HV 60d41.8%40.1%43.0%41.3%40.1%
IV Rank17.1%12.0%31.8%27.0%12.0%
IV Percentile33.0%18.3%57.1%53.6%18.3%
Term Structure4.8%-3.8%8.5%-3.8%7.1%
VWIV39.2%36.6%46.7%43.9%37.3%
Skew 25d1.6%-3.0%3.2%2.1%2.3%
Skew 10d3.3%-4.5%15.0%-4.5%3.3%
Call IV 25d38.8%35.4%43.3%43.3%37.3%
Put IV 25d40.3%36.7%45.8%45.4%39.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.028.0081.5016.0581.50
Gamma HHI0.160.110.480.140.13
Net GEX-89.9K-688.5K356.4K-119.2K356.4K
Net DEX-3.6M-12.8M7.6M-2.7M-12.8M
Net VEX-183.0K-207.6K-159.4K-194.3K-206.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.019.070.310.04
Total Volume1,295.73924510,719569593
Total OI72,272.1363,47275,72772,31575,493

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$16.72$17.0044.1%12.6%56.1%27.0%43.9%2.1%-3.8%-119.2K-2.7M-194.3K0.3116.05N/AN/A43413540,23532,080
2019-10-02$16.98$17.0046.6%13.4%38.6%31.8%46.7%2.9%-3.2%-60.7K-5.6M-198.2K0.3419.61N/AN/A50217140,51832,096
2019-10-03$16.93$16.0040.0%11.9%36.8%19.2%41.3%1.9%4.6%-96.1K-4.9M-195.6K2.1318.91N/AN/A5041,07640,82232,150
2019-10-04$17.02$16.0036.7%11.2%36.6%12.8%40.3%3.2%4.7%-106.0K-5.8M-194.8K0.7713.51N/AN/A20716040,96532,289
2019-10-07$17.01$16.0039.2%11.0%35.9%17.7%38.6%2.4%5.6%-143.2K-5.7M-189.4K0.1118.13N/AN/A1,27714341,01232,306
2019-10-08$16.45$16.0041.2%11.7%37.6%21.5%40.8%1.3%4.9%-180.3K-1.2M-183.6K0.2217.88N/AN/A3998841,93532,289
2019-10-09$16.59$16.0040.9%11.7%37.8%21.0%41.0%1.9%3.8%-189.8K-2.0M-184.3K0.1219.06N/AN/A4835941,86132,311
2019-10-10$16.40$16.0041.6%11.9%37.9%22.3%41.0%1.4%3.5%-231.8K233.7K-180.4K0.4714.43N/AN/A1828542,12432,340
2019-10-11$16.80$16.0037.5%10.8%38.8%14.5%37.6%2.3%6.0%-236.5K-3.9M-181.3K0.2323.21N/AN/A60314042,22732,368
2019-10-14$16.74$16.0037.9%10.9%38.6%15.2%38.2%1.7%6.1%-276.1K-3.4M-179.8K0.0813.40N/AN/A1,58112042,46132,383
2019-10-15$16.79$16.0038.6%11.1%38.7%16.5%38.7%0.6%3.8%-286.6K-4.3M-177.5K1.1613.96N/AN/A24528442,92132,444
2019-10-16$16.49$16.0039.4%11.3%38.4%18.0%38.0%2.1%3.7%-407.5K123.2K-172.9K0.1714.78N/AN/A3035042,96832,631
2019-10-17$16.39$16.0038.0%10.9%38.4%15.4%38.3%-0.8%4.4%-395.6K1.2M-169.9K1.5310.14N/AN/A37657743,08932,638
2019-10-18$15.84$16.0036.8%10.5%39.5%13.1%36.7%1.9%6.6%-688.5K7.6M-163.2K9.0711.05N/AN/A2742,48443,00832,705
2019-10-21$15.91$16.0037.4%10.7%39.0%14.3%36.7%2.4%6.0%-44.7K824.8K-164.4K0.078.00N/AN/A7575036,19027,282
2019-10-22$15.86$16.0037.4%10.7%38.2%14.3%41.4%1.8%5.6%-34.2K1.1M-161.0K0.1813.63N/AN/A64011736,47927,294
2019-10-23$15.82$16.0036.5%10.5%36.2%12.6%37.0%-3.0%8.5%-39.4K1.4M-159.4K0.699.74N/AN/A15410636,92927,476
2019-10-24$16.41$16.0039.4%11.3%38.9%18.0%38.1%2.8%5.0%27.3K-2.5M-164.7K0.0848.34N/AN/A1,68213236,96727,539
2019-10-25$16.60$16.0037.5%10.8%30.3%14.5%37.6%-0.5%6.2%71.3K-3.8M-166.5K0.0171.98N/AN/A10,6655437,54827,566
2019-10-28$16.81$16.0037.2%10.7%26.9%13.8%37.9%1.8%5.8%341.9K-12.3M-207.6K0.1175.78N/AN/A1,17512747,61127,576
2019-10-29$16.70$16.0038.0%10.9%26.9%15.3%37.9%1.6%5.9%330.8K-11.9M-207.2K0.4477.63N/AN/A1707547,95727,612
2019-10-30$16.84$16.0036.7%10.5%26.4%12.9%36.6%1.7%8.2%340.1K-12.4M-206.6K0.2479.66N/AN/A2937047,95927,605
2019-10-31$16.86$16.0036.3%10.4%26.4%12.0%37.3%2.3%7.1%356.4K-12.8M-206.1K0.0481.50N/AN/A5722147,92727,566