BOX Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, BOX traded between $24.37 and $26.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.9%, placing in the 27.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.6% (HV 20d: 34.3%). Max pain ranged from $24.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.21.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-23: Highest Volume — 15,947 contracts
  • 2021-08-26: Largest IV drop — 24.0% change
  • 2021-08-25: Highest IV Rank — 43.3%
  • 2021-08-25: Largest Expected Move — 13.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.20$24.37$26.38$24.45$25.78
Max Pain$24.00$24.00$24.00$24.00$24.00
ATM IV40.9%33.7%48.6%39.8%34.4%
Expected Move12.2%9.8%13.9%11.4%9.9%
HV 20d34.3%32.6%36.6%36.1%32.8%
HV 60d29.4%26.7%31.6%31.6%30.3%
IV Rank27.9%13.0%43.3%25.5%15.2%
IV Percentile30.9%11.9%60.3%25.0%14.7%
Term Structure-1.0%-7.1%8.0%5.7%1.2%
VWIV44.6%36.5%51.1%43.9%37.5%
Skew 25d-1.9%-5.3%0.5%-2.9%-2.6%
Skew 10d-3.4%-10.1%5.5%0.6%-4.7%
Call IV 25d45.9%38.1%53.2%43.7%38.4%
Put IV 25d44.0%35.8%50.8%40.8%35.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.1828.5075.6965.9549.93
Gamma HHI0.190.150.250.160.24
Net GEX4.5M3.0M7.2M3.2M5.6M
Net DEX-83.8M-133.5M-57.5M-61.6M-93.8M
Net VEX-452.8K-499.1K-408.5K-484.1K-417.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.210.010.870.050.01
Total Volume5,82271515,9473,8997,700
Total OI147,886.182123,189157,110145,632150,255

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$24.45$24.0039.8%11.4%36.1%25.5%43.9%-2.9%5.7%3.2M-61.6M-484.1K0.0565.95N/AN/A3,705194105,56940,063
2021-08-03$24.45$24.0038.0%10.9%35.7%21.9%45.0%-2.8%5.8%3.5M-66.5M-499.1K0.0775.69N/AN/A2,498185107,90440,792
2021-08-04$24.37$24.0038.2%10.9%34.4%22.2%39.7%-1.2%8.0%3.6M-66.1M-497.5K0.0673.24N/AN/A1,31575109,51740,896
2021-08-05$24.64$24.0037.9%13.0%34.2%21.7%45.7%-2.2%-1.6%3.9M-73.6M-497.2K0.8754.45N/AN/A382333110,34041,002
2021-08-06$24.84$24.0035.8%13.1%34.4%17.4%45.9%-3.2%-2.9%4.3M-80.3M-494.5K0.1843.81N/AN/A4,566828110,81941,063
2021-08-09$25.12$24.0033.7%12.8%34.2%13.0%45.9%-0.6%-1.9%4.9M-87.4M-483.8K0.1048.32N/AN/A6,855683110,90641,118
2021-08-10$25.11$24.0035.4%12.9%33.3%16.5%45.8%-1.5%-1.8%5.0M-87.1M-480.2K0.0146.10N/AN/A4,98850111,99641,194
2021-08-11$25.20$24.0043.8%12.6%32.7%33.7%44.1%0.1%-1.4%5.0M-88.3M-474.2K0.0445.12N/AN/A3,657155111,69641,714
2021-08-12$26.26$24.0044.2%12.7%34.3%34.4%44.1%-0.0%-3.3%6.7M-126.8M-480.3K0.0658.38N/AN/A6,761416112,72341,710
2021-08-13$26.38$24.0042.6%12.2%34.1%31.2%43.0%0.5%-1.2%7.2M-133.5M-475.7K0.1552.34N/AN/A6,6701,022113,74241,756
2021-08-16$25.34$24.0042.6%12.2%36.6%31.2%43.6%0.2%-0.9%5.3M-91.5M-445.9K0.4666.51N/AN/A4,1201,876112,35341,696
2021-08-17$24.45$24.0046.9%13.5%36.3%40.0%47.7%-0.6%-3.4%3.5M-57.5M-423.1K0.1039.20N/AN/A4,828498112,40742,512
2021-08-18$25.11$24.0045.3%13.0%35.6%36.7%47.7%-1.0%-2.0%4.5M-81.2M-429.7K0.2556.32N/AN/A1,794442112,15442,449
2021-08-19$24.63$24.0046.8%13.4%36.5%39.7%49.3%-2.0%-3.1%3.8M-67.4M-421.3K0.1546.77N/AN/A1,382214114,11142,565
2021-08-20$24.77$24.0045.8%13.1%34.9%37.7%47.0%-1.9%-2.5%4.0M-69.7M-416.8K0.4942.48N/AN/A1,992980114,61842,492
2021-08-23$25.20$24.0047.6%13.6%32.6%41.3%49.8%-4.3%-4.6%3.0M-73.3M-408.5K0.2537.55N/AN/A12,7253,22286,99036,199
2021-08-24$25.88$24.0046.6%13.3%33.5%39.2%50.4%-3.9%-4.6%3.5M-89.1M-417.8K0.0549.26N/AN/A8,38442987,37436,472
2021-08-25$25.80$24.0048.6%13.9%33.6%43.3%51.1%-2.4%-7.1%3.6M-92.0M-442.5K0.4740.96N/AN/A7,6453,57293,68739,358
2021-08-26$25.22$24.0036.9%10.6%33.6%19.6%40.1%-1.9%0.3%3.9M-75.3M-417.2K0.3343.82N/AN/A7,4102,46997,65939,591
2021-08-27$25.80$24.0035.7%10.2%33.4%17.8%37.5%-5.3%-0.5%5.0M-96.2M-439.7K0.2161.31N/AN/A5,1731,093102,96141,531
2021-08-30$25.57$24.0034.2%9.8%32.8%14.8%36.5%-2.2%0.0%5.1M-85.5M-415.4K0.1528.50N/AN/A4,160638105,35342,189
2021-08-31$25.78$24.0034.4%9.9%32.8%15.2%37.5%-2.6%1.2%5.6M-93.8M-417.6K0.0149.93N/AN/A7,64159107,18143,074