BSX Options History — October 2024

In October 2024, BSX traded between $83.57 and $88.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.4%, placing in the 36.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.3% (HV 20d: 14.1%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $82.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.11.

Notable Days

  • 2024-10-23: Highest Volume — 60,558 contracts
  • 2024-10-23: Largest IV drop — 28.6% change
  • 2024-10-22: Highest IV Rank — 59.2%
  • 2024-10-22: Largest Expected Move — 10.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$85.80$83.57$88.30$84.13$83.98
Max Pain$81.04$80.00$82.50$82.00$82.50
ATM IV27.4%22.6%35.0%25.9%23.4%
Expected Move7.7%5.5%10.9%5.5%6.4%
HV 20d14.1%11.5%16.8%12.7%16.5%
HV 60d17.4%14.4%19.5%18.9%14.4%
IV Rank36.7%22.4%59.2%32.3%24.8%
IV Percentile90.9%76.2%99.2%90.1%81.0%
Term Structure-0.5%-2.0%3.0%0.7%-0.9%
VWIV27.1%18.7%37.7%18.7%22.0%
Skew 25d3.6%0.0%6.2%4.1%2.5%
Skew 10d10.8%-9.5%21.7%9.2%11.3%
Call IV 25d25.9%21.6%33.3%24.1%22.4%
Put IV 25d29.5%24.2%36.3%28.2%25.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %54.4927.6867.5057.9848.56
Gamma HHI0.150.090.190.160.14
Net GEX12.8M-815.6K20.6M15.0M7.5M
Net DEX-386.6M-557.3M-223.3M-359.8M-223.3M
Net VEX-1.9M-2.1M-1.6M-2.0M-1.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.110.373.320.370.68
Total Volume12,102.0871,25660,5581,7258,881
Total OI231,272.696203,637309,089207,978264,001

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-10-01$84.13$82.0025.9%5.5%12.7%32.3%18.7%4.1%0.7%15.0M-359.8M-2.0M0.3757.98N/AN/A1,25946693,285114,693
2024-10-02$84.34$82.5027.3%5.8%12.1%36.3%20.1%3.9%-0.3%14.9M-367.1M-2.0M1.3061.55N/AN/A1,0021,30193,699115,246
2024-10-03$83.57$80.0027.8%8.2%11.9%37.9%28.6%3.8%0.5%12.8M-323.6M-2.0M2.3755.58N/AN/A7261,72393,977116,054
2024-10-04$84.28$80.0027.5%7.9%12.0%37.0%28.2%4.6%-0.6%14.7M-359.4M-2.0M0.8550.99N/AN/A68057694,229117,222
2024-10-07$84.11$80.0027.3%8.4%11.5%36.4%29.2%0.0%0.6%13.2M-344.2M-2.0M3.3263.13N/AN/A1,3674,53493,465114,752
2024-10-08$85.98$80.0029.6%8.6%13.7%43.2%29.1%5.2%0.0%14.2M-433.6M-1.9M0.8455.88N/AN/A2,2321,87193,893117,715
2024-10-09$86.68$80.0029.3%8.2%13.8%42.3%28.1%5.5%-0.2%14.8M-465.6M-1.9M0.6054.61N/AN/A2,0821,24894,710119,096
2024-10-10$85.94$80.0029.1%8.3%13.9%41.9%31.2%4.4%-0.4%15.3M-439.8M-1.9M0.7653.42N/AN/A2,2361,69295,504119,961
2024-10-11$86.87$80.0028.7%8.2%14.0%40.7%29.8%4.0%-0.5%16.5M-475.4M-1.8M0.4763.63N/AN/A3,3781,58295,388119,521
2024-10-14$87.41$80.0028.8%8.1%14.0%40.8%27.9%3.9%-0.5%17.2M-500.4M-1.7M0.5557.75N/AN/A3,2241,76294,290118,456
2024-10-15$86.66$80.0028.7%8.2%13.0%40.7%28.5%4.2%-0.8%18.2M-470.5M-1.7M0.7753.93N/AN/A4,4133,39294,965119,465
2024-10-16$87.16$80.0028.1%8.1%13.0%38.9%28.8%4.2%-0.3%20.0M-488.0M-1.8M0.4153.29N/AN/A1,70770298,299122,749
2024-10-17$86.60$80.0028.2%8.1%12.6%39.2%31.6%4.0%-0.8%20.6M-458.3M-1.8M2.2453.77N/AN/A1,4863,32298,464123,017
2024-10-18$88.30$80.0028.9%8.4%14.1%41.1%30.0%3.4%-1.2%9.4M-557.3M-1.6M0.6653.10N/AN/A9,3366,12698,390125,919
2024-10-21$88.06$80.0031.8%9.2%14.2%49.6%32.3%6.2%-2.0%7.7M-424.0M-1.8M0.5127.68N/AN/A22,23311,44387,348116,289
2024-10-22$88.02$82.0035.0%10.9%13.7%59.2%37.7%3.0%-2.0%9.6M-438.9M-1.9M1.1731.30N/AN/A17,12619,970103,282125,079
2024-10-23$87.37$82.5025.0%7.0%14.1%29.6%23.9%3.1%-2.0%-815.6K-390.5M-1.9M0.6952.70N/AN/A35,81424,744116,167140,549
2024-10-24$85.50$82.5025.8%7.1%16.4%32.1%23.7%3.0%-2.0%6.8M-306.8M-2.0M0.5361.16N/AN/A23,18712,268139,700146,347
2024-10-25$84.78$82.5024.6%6.8%16.7%28.4%23.4%2.7%-1.7%12.9M-245.3M-2.1M1.1056.69N/AN/A6,9127,628157,494151,595
2024-10-28$84.88$82.5022.6%6.8%16.7%22.4%23.9%2.0%3.0%12.3M-301.1M-2.0M2.1159.91N/AN/A1,7253,638119,018140,071
2024-10-29$84.73$82.5023.1%6.7%16.6%24.0%23.3%2.5%-0.2%12.0M-281.7M-2.0M0.8459.14N/AN/A1,2321,029119,187138,427
2024-10-30$84.09$82.5023.6%6.7%16.8%25.5%22.6%3.2%-0.3%8.5M-237.1M-2.0M2.3767.50N/AN/A4,48510,608119,525138,769
2024-10-31$83.98$82.5023.4%6.4%16.5%24.8%22.0%2.5%-0.9%7.5M-223.3M-1.9M0.6848.56N/AN/A5,2983,583120,627143,374