BSX Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, BSX traded between $16.01 and $18.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 24.0%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.94.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-15: Highest Volume — 45,935 contracts
  • 2007-02-27: Largest IV spike — 19.2% change
  • 2007-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.22$16.01$18.33$18.33$16.31
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV24.9%21.3%28.4%28.4%22.5%
Expected Move7.1%6.1%8.3%8.1%6.5%
HV 20d24.0%22.9%26.0%24.9%23.4%
Term Structure4.1%-1.0%6.4%1.2%-1.0%
VWIV24.7%20.2%28.9%28.4%20.2%
Skew 25d-2.7%-9.4%1.4%-4.3%-9.4%
Skew 10d-3.0%-11.8%1.9%-3.7%-11.6%
Call IV 25d24.0%18.7%32.1%32.1%25.9%
Put IV 25d21.3%16.5%27.8%27.8%16.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.654.3711.908.024.37
Gamma HHI0.230.200.280.280.21
Net GEX4.0M2.9M5.8M5.8M4.1M
Net DEX-175.9M-310.1M-79.1M-310.1M-108.4M
Net VEX-2.8M-3.1M-2.5M-3.0M-2.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.940.133.671.993.67
Total Volume13,071.6323,08945,93522,02710,817
Total OI709,478.474636,900781,297704,520667,138

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$18.33$17.5028.4%8.1%24.9%0.0%28.4%-4.3%1.2%5.8M-310.1M-3.0M1.998.02N/AN/A7,36814,659489,673214,847
2007-02-02$18.26$17.5028.3%8.3%25.0%0.0%28.2%-0.6%3.2%5.6M-303.9M-3.1M0.5911.90N/AN/A5,7163,348491,927224,692
2007-02-05$18.08$17.5027.2%8.0%25.4%0.0%28.1%-1.0%4.0%5.0M-278.8M-3.0M2.069.60N/AN/A2,4284,993494,039226,384
2007-02-06$17.50$17.5027.8%7.7%24.2%0.0%26.4%-5.4%4.5%3.9M-206.9M-2.9M0.575.48N/AN/A26,12514,917494,388228,312
2007-02-07$17.36$17.5026.7%7.1%24.0%0.0%24.8%1.4%6.4%2.9M-193.0M-3.0M0.565.75N/AN/A9,5495,314503,801239,565
2007-02-08$17.49$17.5026.3%7.5%23.7%0.0%26.1%-7.1%4.0%3.1M-203.2M-2.9M0.805.50N/AN/A6,0454,830498,214239,365
2007-02-09$17.37$17.5025.6%7.3%23.3%0.0%24.5%1.4%5.8%3.4M-190.2M-2.9M0.275.49N/AN/A4,2861,175502,764241,983
2007-02-12$17.04$17.5026.5%7.6%23.7%0.0%26.5%-3.4%3.9%3.2M-133.5M-2.8M1.204.76N/AN/A5,9797,186505,181242,183
2007-02-13$17.12$17.5025.5%7.3%23.8%0.0%25.2%-1.6%5.8%3.2M-139.0M-2.8M0.736.48N/AN/A1,8971,390508,731246,913
2007-02-14$17.21$17.5024.2%6.9%23.9%0.0%24.2%-1.3%6.1%3.3M-146.5M-2.8M0.554.88N/AN/A2,0221,114509,796246,981
2007-02-15$17.06$17.5024.0%6.9%23.9%0.0%23.8%-2.2%5.6%3.1M-120.5M-2.8M0.295.32N/AN/A35,50510,430510,108247,266
2007-02-16$17.01$17.5023.3%6.7%23.7%0.0%23.3%-2.9%6.2%3.9M-131.2M-2.8M0.496.76N/AN/A6,0502,946531,884249,413
2007-02-20$16.96$17.5023.1%6.6%23.7%0.0%23.1%-3.0%3.4%3.9M-151.0M-2.7M0.266.88N/AN/A12,9223,407455,901180,999
2007-02-21$17.04$17.5022.0%6.3%22.9%0.0%22.1%-2.0%3.5%4.5M-162.2M-2.8M0.565.97N/AN/A7,0713,971467,752181,631
2007-02-22$17.10$17.5021.4%6.1%23.0%0.0%21.4%-1.3%4.0%4.6M-171.7M-2.8M0.135.81N/AN/A2,724365472,016183,084
2007-02-23$17.12$17.5021.3%6.1%23.0%0.0%21.3%-1.0%3.9%4.8M-171.9M-2.8M1.306.99N/AN/A2,8203,679474,079183,217
2007-02-26$16.79$17.5022.7%6.5%23.7%0.0%22.7%-2.9%2.7%4.5M-141.6M-2.7M1.488.96N/AN/A1,5762,332476,054186,218
2007-02-27$16.01$17.5027.0%7.7%26.0%0.0%28.9%-4.4%5.2%3.6M-79.1M-2.5M0.337.50N/AN/A8,5812,824476,187187,405
2007-02-28$16.31$17.5022.5%6.5%23.4%0.0%20.2%-9.4%-1.0%4.1M-108.4M-2.6M3.674.37N/AN/A2,3168,501479,862187,276