BSX Options History — August 2024

In August 2024, BSX traded between $72.68 and $81.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.6%, placing in the 13.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 23.9%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $77.50. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.95.

Notable Days

  • 2024-08-05: Highest Volume — 37,062 contracts
  • 2024-08-28: Largest IV spike — 18.8% change
  • 2024-08-05: Highest IV Rank — 34.4%
  • 2024-08-05: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$77.30$72.68$81.69$74.96$81.69
Max Pain$76.82$75.00$77.50$77.50$77.50
ATM IV19.6%16.3%26.6%21.2%17.3%
Expected Move5.7%4.7%7.7%6.2%5.0%
HV 20d23.9%17.2%27.9%24.3%17.6%
HV 60d18.0%16.9%18.4%17.0%18.4%
IV Rank13.7%3.8%34.4%18.3%6.7%
IV Percentile48.0%6.7%88.5%65.5%21.4%
Term Structure-0.2%-3.6%2.7%-0.7%0.5%
VWIV20.1%16.6%26.9%21.8%18.5%
Skew 25d3.1%1.9%4.3%1.9%2.6%
Skew 10d5.6%-0.7%8.7%3.4%-0.7%
Call IV 25d18.2%15.4%24.6%20.5%16.4%
Put IV 25d21.2%18.1%28.9%22.4%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %43.8324.8855.3155.3146.09
Gamma HHI0.160.070.350.270.08
Net GEX448.5K-20.3M15.7M-10.1M9.4M
Net DEX-165.0M-336.3M140.9M-46.4M-325.7M
Net VEX-1.8M-2.1M-1.5M-2.1M-1.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.950.1322.460.710.96
Total Volume8,057.6821,69037,0623,82528,993
Total OI230,449.864154,525293,145288,747173,871

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-08-01$74.96$77.5021.2%6.2%24.3%18.3%21.8%1.9%-0.7%-10.1M-46.4M-2.1M0.7155.31N/AN/A2,2331,592134,766153,981
2024-08-02$74.56$77.5023.8%7.2%24.2%26.0%24.9%2.9%-1.0%-13.1M-3.2M-2.1M2.5753.93N/AN/A1,2013,083135,355154,206
2024-08-05$72.68$77.5026.6%7.7%25.7%34.4%26.9%4.3%-1.2%-20.3M140.9M-2.0M22.4650.72N/AN/A1,58035,482135,108153,165
2024-08-06$74.25$77.5022.2%6.3%27.0%21.5%21.9%2.4%-2.9%-15.2M-595.8K-2.0M0.9553.16N/AN/A2,3112,205135,414147,127
2024-08-07$74.02$75.0022.3%6.3%26.8%21.5%21.8%3.9%0.2%-17.8M17.6M-1.9M1.2949.94N/AN/A2,2412,886136,111146,845
2024-08-08$75.53$75.0021.1%6.3%27.9%18.2%21.8%3.7%0.4%-4.6M-101.6M-1.9M1.4947.40N/AN/A2,3393,486135,327145,474
2024-08-09$76.22$75.0020.7%6.3%27.8%17.0%21.4%3.7%0.4%5.8M-182.7M-1.8M3.6041.29N/AN/A2,1127,609134,842144,676
2024-08-12$75.81$75.0020.2%6.3%27.8%15.3%21.3%2.7%2.7%-2.9M-129.3M-1.8M0.1340.49N/AN/A2,851373134,376147,700
2024-08-13$75.84$75.0019.7%5.9%27.8%13.9%20.3%2.8%0.6%-4.0M-128.2M-1.7M5.5036.33N/AN/A1,6519,083133,770147,781
2024-08-14$76.41$75.0019.1%5.3%27.8%12.0%20.7%3.1%-1.1%70.9K-163.8M-1.7M2.3936.83N/AN/A3,5408,452133,893153,481
2024-08-15$77.60$77.5018.1%5.3%27.1%9.1%18.8%2.9%0.7%15.7M-268.9M-1.7M0.2147.16N/AN/A5,5801,199135,341156,357
2024-08-16$78.13$77.5017.7%5.1%26.0%8.1%19.0%2.8%0.4%9.7M-336.3M-1.7M0.8452.63N/AN/A2,6052,179135,790157,355
2024-08-19$78.78$77.5016.3%4.7%25.6%3.8%16.6%2.7%0.5%4.3M-214.2M-1.6M0.3540.34N/AN/A1,99070463,74090,785
2024-08-20$78.23$77.5018.0%5.2%25.7%9.1%18.2%3.1%-0.8%5.1M-204.1M-1.7M0.8324.88N/AN/A1,5641,29265,85991,316
2024-08-21$78.66$77.5017.8%5.1%25.3%8.2%16.7%2.9%-0.6%6.2M-220.5M-1.6M0.4637.08N/AN/A1,63674766,87792,104
2024-08-22$79.37$77.5018.4%5.3%19.7%10.2%19.2%3.3%-0.2%6.8M-235.1M-1.7M0.6336.69N/AN/A2,9311,84868,27792,878
2024-08-23$78.88$77.5017.3%5.0%19.8%6.9%17.8%2.9%0.3%8.2M-224.3M-1.7M1.7146.68N/AN/A1,8653,19569,72993,961
2024-08-26$79.40$77.5017.9%4.9%19.8%8.7%17.4%3.3%0.0%7.3M-240.6M-1.6M0.3647.47N/AN/A1,24244869,90495,787
2024-08-27$79.75$77.5017.3%5.0%17.2%7.0%18.2%2.8%0.6%7.8M-251.5M-1.6M1.9641.49N/AN/A8171,60470,58695,835
2024-08-28$79.35$77.5020.6%5.3%17.5%16.7%20.1%3.4%-3.6%6.9M-236.4M-1.6M12.9838.08N/AN/A6989,06370,91496,139
2024-08-29$80.58$77.5018.2%5.3%17.6%9.6%19.3%3.1%-0.3%4.4M-276.1M-1.6M2.5840.30N/AN/A2,4476,31271,411101,683
2024-08-30$81.69$77.5017.3%5.0%17.6%6.7%18.5%2.6%0.5%9.4M-325.7M-1.5M0.9646.09N/AN/A14,79714,19672,691101,180