BDX Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, BDX traded between $187.91 and $198.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.5%, placing in the 45.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 19.4%). Max pain ranged from $191.75 to $199.42. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.05.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-02: Highest Volume — 2,041 contracts
  • 2019-10-02: Largest IV spike — 13.4% change
  • 2019-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 59.7%
  • 2019-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$192.75$187.91$198.58$192.29$196.17
Max Pain$192.25$191.75$199.42$199.42$191.75
ATM IV24.5%20.8%27.4%20.8%23.2%
Expected Move7.2%5.9%7.7%5.9%7.7%
HV 20d19.4%15.8%21.9%21.2%21.3%
HV 60d23.3%22.5%24.1%22.6%22.5%
IV Rank45.6%28.2%59.7%28.2%39.8%
IV Percentile76.6%50.0%89.7%50.0%71.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.7%3.9%3.9%-0.3%
VWIV25.2%19.8%28.3%19.8%27.5%
Skew 25d4.4%2.3%5.7%3.1%3.9%
Skew 10d9.8%4.2%17.8%4.2%8.8%
Call IV 25d22.5%18.8%25.5%19.8%21.3%
Put IV 25d26.9%22.9%30.9%22.9%25.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.2020.1459.9159.9120.40
Gamma HHI0.140.100.650.100.14
Net GEX-1.3M-28.3M8.2M-4.7M4.8M
Net DEX-1.2M-56.1M46.5M19.7M-36.7M
Net VEX-478.4K-537.4K-435.6K-505.3K-452.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.050.113.410.611.10
Total Volume881.5222012,041859430
Total OI25,469.08722,61027,99324,56323,620

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$192.29$199.4220.8%5.9%21.2%28.2%19.8%3.1%3.9%-4.7M19.7M-505.3K0.6159.91N/AN/A5333269,13915,424
2019-10-02$190.36$195.5823.6%6.6%18.8%41.5%26.8%2.3%2.9%-5.8M32.7M-520.3K2.2522.77N/AN/A6281,4139,48415,582
2019-10-03$192.07$191.7524.3%7.5%18.4%45.0%25.1%3.6%3.0%-3.9M20.1M-537.4K0.5141.86N/AN/A6733459,95616,483
2019-10-04$193.67$191.7522.8%7.2%17.1%37.9%24.6%5.7%3.7%-2.1M2.9M-523.6K0.3342.63N/AN/A36112010,45816,611
2019-10-07$191.74$191.7525.1%7.3%15.8%48.6%24.1%5.0%-0.8%-4.0M19.2M-511.7K0.5043.88N/AN/A74437310,00915,694
2019-10-08$188.05$191.7527.4%7.6%16.9%59.7%27.1%5.4%-1.4%-6.6M46.5M-516.0K1.2439.76N/AN/A51564010,64516,026
2019-10-09$190.04$191.7526.8%7.4%17.1%56.9%25.4%5.2%-1.0%-3.6M25.5M-516.0K0.7640.72N/AN/A20215411,32016,269
2019-10-10$190.48$191.7526.7%7.4%16.9%56.1%25.4%4.8%-1.1%-3.3M23.2M-507.2K3.4142.27N/AN/A17058311,40916,315
2019-10-11$194.34$191.7525.6%7.1%18.6%51.1%22.3%3.3%-1.7%3.7M-15.9M-492.4K0.1156.94N/AN/A94810311,48016,367
2019-10-14$192.59$191.7525.8%7.3%18.7%52.0%23.1%4.5%-0.7%-560.5K1.5M-479.7K0.2846.91N/AN/A1,06229411,21415,151
2019-10-15$194.54$191.7525.0%7.2%19.2%48.1%26.1%4.2%-1.0%3.6M-20.3M-478.2K1.4739.27N/AN/A10815912,17815,357
2019-10-16$194.02$191.7524.9%7.1%19.1%47.6%27.1%4.6%-1.0%3.5M-14.5M-469.5K2.3540.04N/AN/A6014112,22115,422
2019-10-17$197.30$191.7522.4%6.4%20.1%35.9%23.0%5.2%0.7%8.2M-49.6M-458.9K0.6431.92N/AN/A77850012,26215,470
2019-10-18$198.58$191.7523.2%6.7%19.9%39.8%23.8%5.1%-0.0%4.3M-56.1M-451.8K0.5336.90N/AN/A78541812,19515,798
2019-10-21$195.24$191.7524.4%7.2%20.9%45.5%24.9%4.6%-1.0%2.0M-21.7M-462.2K1.8525.18N/AN/A23944110,04812,649
2019-10-22$192.51$191.7524.6%7.3%20.9%46.3%24.8%3.5%-0.9%428.3K-9.0M-451.8K0.6428.65N/AN/A21013510,26112,833
2019-10-23$192.43$191.7525.2%7.4%20.2%49.0%24.8%5.3%-1.3%100.2K-2.8M-450.7K0.4330.84N/AN/A58524910,38612,880
2019-10-24$188.23$191.7525.1%7.7%21.1%48.4%28.3%4.8%-1.4%-4.9M26.4M-436.9K2.5922.89N/AN/A4041,04610,75613,072
2019-10-25$187.91$191.7524.4%7.5%20.8%45.3%26.9%4.7%-1.3%-28.3M30.2M-443.4K0.8022.48N/AN/A38731210,89513,791
2019-10-28$189.62$191.7524.0%7.6%19.6%43.6%27.3%4.1%-0.3%-735.9K11.0M-435.6K0.8128.79N/AN/A26221210,88711,723
2019-10-29$195.04$191.7523.7%7.7%21.9%41.9%25.2%4.4%-0.6%3.2M-26.3M-452.4K0.6820.14N/AN/A1,00068310,99311,814
2019-10-30$196.02$191.7523.3%7.7%21.5%40.1%26.6%4.2%-0.2%4.4M-33.9M-449.7K0.2824.36N/AN/A42611811,52411,718
2019-10-31$196.17$191.7523.2%7.7%21.3%39.8%27.5%3.9%-0.3%4.8M-36.7M-452.4K1.1020.40N/AN/A20522511,79511,825