BSX Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, BSX traded between $11.37 and $13.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.2%, placing in the 50.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 23.0%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.28.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-24: Highest Volume — 19,666 contracts
  • 2014-10-13: Largest IV spike — 21.7% change
  • 2014-10-16: Highest IV Rank — 79.1%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 8.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.21$11.37$13.30$11.80$13.30
Max Pain$13.00$13.00$13.00$13.00$13.00
ATM IV26.2%21.5%33.6%22.4%22.3%
Expected Move7.9%7.3%8.9%7.9%7.5%
HV 20d23.0%13.2%30.3%18.0%29.6%
HV 60d23.1%21.9%24.8%22.3%22.1%
IV Rank50.8%34.4%79.1%34.4%39.0%
IV Percentile56.0%14.3%94.4%23.8%23.4%
Term Structure-0.9%-4.6%4.8%4.8%0.9%
VWIV28.6%26.5%36.1%30.9%28.4%
Skew 25d3.3%1.1%6.7%1.7%2.1%
Skew 10d7.8%0.9%14.4%0.9%10.4%
Call IV 25d26.1%20.9%31.4%24.6%22.5%
Put IV 25d29.4%23.9%36.7%26.3%24.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.547.2616.128.5810.01
Gamma HHI0.310.180.570.410.57
Net GEX270.9K-268.6K1.3M-268.6K1.3M
Net DEX-5.0M-31.7M11.8M5.6M-31.7M
Net VEX-103.5K-132.4K-83.8K-91.2K-129.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.280.053.770.980.55
Total Volume6,097.17480719,6661,0252,149
Total OI70,653.95757,25089,33059,61889,330

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$11.80$13.0022.4%7.9%18.0%34.4%30.9%1.7%4.8%-268.6K5.6M-91.2K0.988.58N/AN/A51750831,96827,650
2014-10-02$11.85$13.0025.2%7.8%17.4%43.9%26.7%6.7%2.6%-253.9K5.1M-92.7K0.058.05N/AN/A4,79524332,30627,851
2014-10-03$11.93$13.0024.3%7.9%16.4%40.9%28.1%2.5%2.9%105.8K2.2M-98.7K0.838.96N/AN/A44036736,29127,970
2014-10-06$11.93$13.0025.5%8.0%13.2%44.9%28.1%3.3%-1.7%128.3K2.2M-96.2K2.967.26N/AN/A1,2703,75936,50128,056
2014-10-07$11.78$13.0026.6%8.1%13.6%48.6%27.9%2.2%-2.3%123.1K3.5M-96.2K2.768.83N/AN/A4021,11037,53028,079
2014-10-08$12.14$13.0026.8%7.9%17.3%49.3%27.8%4.2%-1.5%176.6K-1.8M-99.0K2.9612.43N/AN/A3,2879,72537,60927,961
2014-10-09$11.93$13.0026.1%8.0%18.1%50.9%28.0%2.7%-2.1%117.5K3.0M-101.0K1.1610.32N/AN/A3,6464,22339,00331,156
2014-10-10$12.03$13.0025.1%8.0%18.5%47.3%28.2%2.2%-2.2%94.8K1.3M-101.8K1.4611.16N/AN/A3,0314,42339,06731,215
2014-10-13$11.75$13.0030.6%8.1%19.9%67.8%28.7%3.0%-2.6%-27.5K6.3M-94.1K1.068.60N/AN/A2,9023,08538,50731,011
2014-10-14$11.86$13.0029.0%8.3%20.4%61.7%29.2%3.6%-3.2%-1.7K5.5M-94.9K1.9114.02N/AN/A2,7105,17138,52031,036
2014-10-15$11.45$13.0033.2%8.9%23.4%77.7%30.4%5.0%-3.4%-218.3K11.8M-90.0K1.2316.12N/AN/A3,1843,90137,86832,833
2014-10-16$11.45$13.0033.6%8.7%22.3%79.1%31.2%5.9%-4.6%-104.7K9.3M-86.1K1.7410.28N/AN/A8781,52639,05930,091
2014-10-17$11.37$13.0032.2%8.6%22.3%73.7%36.1%5.0%-3.8%-93.7K8.7M-83.9K0.5110.52N/AN/A1,02752839,20729,039
2014-10-20$11.60$13.0029.2%8.1%23.9%62.6%28.9%5.0%-2.2%-63.8K3.2M-83.8K0.5910.30N/AN/A2,6251,55432,51924,731
2014-10-21$11.99$13.0027.7%7.8%26.8%56.8%27.5%5.0%-3.0%-50.3K-281.3K-87.1K0.889.10N/AN/A2,5682,27132,81724,612
2014-10-22$12.34$13.0025.3%7.8%28.8%48.0%27.5%2.9%-0.4%-7.3K-6.0M-94.7K0.2215.57N/AN/A11,0992,49034,32325,751
2014-10-23$12.69$13.0022.1%7.3%29.5%35.9%28.7%1.6%0.1%305.0K-13.7M-113.1K0.6113.86N/AN/A5,3303,23542,69327,085
2014-10-24$12.98$13.0021.5%7.4%30.3%35.8%27.3%1.1%0.4%597.2K-20.9M-119.3K0.688.34N/AN/A11,7277,93945,10326,838
2014-10-27$13.11$13.0022.8%7.4%30.0%40.6%28.1%1.6%0.4%1.0M-25.6M-132.4K3.778.95N/AN/A2,1157,97455,64731,214
2014-10-28$13.19$13.0023.2%7.4%29.5%42.5%26.5%2.2%0.0%1.2M-28.0M-132.0K0.9010.40N/AN/A2,2802,05556,50431,312
2014-10-29$13.15$13.0023.3%7.5%29.6%42.8%26.5%3.0%0.2%1.1M-26.9M-130.4K0.6210.84N/AN/A2,1791,35256,62731,384
2014-10-30$13.18$13.0023.5%7.5%29.6%43.6%26.9%3.8%0.2%1.1M-27.3M-131.5K0.979.90N/AN/A1,3401,29557,17531,992
2014-10-31$13.30$13.0022.3%7.5%29.6%39.0%28.4%2.1%0.9%1.3M-31.7M-129.5K0.5510.01N/AN/A1,38776257,30432,026