BSX Options History — December 2024

In December 2024, BSX traded between $88.45 and $91.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.5%, placing in the 19.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 18.3%). Max pain ranged from $72.50 to $87.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2024-12-11: Highest Volume — 19,561 contracts
  • 2024-12-24: Largest IV drop — 17.9% change
  • 2024-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 32.7%
  • 2024-12-19: Largest Expected Move — 7.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$90.06$88.45$91.31$90.27$89.05
Max Pain$77.86$72.50$87.50$87.50$82.50
ATM IV21.5%18.4%26.0%19.5%24.1%
Expected Move6.2%5.7%7.6%5.7%6.5%
HV 20d18.3%13.5%22.4%21.9%14.0%
HV 60d17.2%16.8%17.7%17.1%17.7%
IV Rank19.3%10.0%32.7%13.3%27.0%
IV Percentile65.9%34.9%88.9%52.8%81.7%
Term Structure1.0%-1.9%8.2%1.0%1.0%
VWIV22.4%20.1%28.9%20.1%23.9%
Skew 25d1.4%-7.3%3.3%1.3%-7.3%
Skew 10d3.8%-8.8%16.0%-3.8%16.0%
Call IV 25d21.0%18.7%24.8%19.0%23.7%
Put IV 25d22.4%16.4%27.8%20.3%16.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %65.5746.8877.8355.0146.88
Gamma HHI0.130.100.190.140.12
Net GEX12.7M-391.0K17.6M13.9M5.4M
Net DEX-411.8M-466.8M-332.9M-431.9M-332.9M
Net VEX-1.6M-1.8M-1.5M-1.6M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.165.560.290.29
Total Volume5,002.95291219,5611,9141,918
Total OI195,242.905176,436216,161176,436207,548

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-12-02$90.27$87.5019.5%5.7%21.9%13.3%20.1%1.3%1.0%13.9M-431.9M-1.6M0.2955.01N/AN/A1,48542984,18792,249
2024-12-03$90.57$87.5019.2%5.7%21.8%12.6%20.5%1.6%1.2%15.6M-447.2M-1.6M1.9454.25N/AN/A7741,49885,03292,507
2024-12-04$90.80$87.5019.1%5.9%21.6%12.2%21.7%1.8%1.1%16.1M-451.8M-1.6M2.5551.75N/AN/A9662,46085,08293,363
2024-12-05$90.60$72.5019.4%5.9%21.5%13.1%22.6%0.9%0.6%15.2M-444.2M-1.6M0.3570.24N/AN/A69724685,33695,164
2024-12-06$90.01$72.5019.3%5.7%21.6%12.8%20.2%1.5%0.7%16.3M-420.5M-1.6M0.7170.17N/AN/A1,36696885,57595,204
2024-12-09$88.78$72.5021.3%5.9%21.8%18.6%21.3%1.1%-0.6%11.4M-360.5M-1.7M1.5270.45N/AN/A4,1066,22584,73394,002
2024-12-10$90.11$72.5021.1%6.1%22.4%18.3%21.3%1.2%-0.0%13.3M-426.9M-1.7M0.1669.68N/AN/A78612688,13699,258
2024-12-11$90.50$72.5021.1%6.1%22.4%18.1%22.3%1.7%0.2%15.0M-445.9M-1.7M0.1967.48N/AN/A16,3883,17388,46699,289
2024-12-12$90.49$72.5021.7%6.2%22.4%19.8%21.2%1.2%-0.1%17.1M-450.3M-1.7M0.4568.95N/AN/A1,922865101,69799,898
2024-12-13$90.28$72.5021.1%6.1%21.8%18.2%21.1%1.6%0.1%17.1M-444.5M-1.8M0.5172.14N/AN/A984505102,032100,417
2024-12-16$90.80$72.5022.3%6.4%21.2%21.6%22.2%1.7%-1.0%16.8M-466.8M-1.6M0.4365.71N/AN/A2,8191,223100,93098,530
2024-12-17$90.44$72.5022.4%6.4%13.7%22.0%23.2%2.4%0.2%17.6M-442.7M-1.7M1.0865.05N/AN/A1,3191,430102,20498,963
2024-12-18$88.45$72.5025.4%7.3%15.7%30.7%25.1%1.6%-1.1%11.1M-347.6M-1.7M0.8677.67N/AN/A3,8823,343102,404100,044
2024-12-19$88.63$72.5026.0%7.6%15.7%32.7%28.9%3.3%-1.9%10.2M-346.9M-1.7M5.5672.01N/AN/A1,7979,998103,856102,861
2024-12-20$89.21$80.0022.5%6.5%15.1%22.3%23.2%2.4%-0.3%-391.0K-377.8M-1.7M1.5777.83N/AN/A5,2308,209103,896112,265
2024-12-23$89.92$82.5022.4%6.3%14.0%21.8%24.0%3.3%2.8%8.4M-373.8M-1.6M1.7052.81N/AN/A1,5332,60795,324104,784
2024-12-24$90.75$82.5018.4%5.8%14.0%10.0%21.2%1.8%8.2%11.7M-422.3M-1.6M0.7366.96N/AN/A91266496,553105,812
2024-12-26$91.31$82.5020.2%5.8%13.5%15.4%20.4%2.0%3.3%14.2M-437.4M-1.6M0.6667.64N/AN/A1,13675497,112106,286
2024-12-27$90.41$82.5021.3%5.9%13.9%18.7%22.4%2.4%3.8%11.8M-410.0M-1.5M2.5265.24N/AN/A1,4573,67097,796106,521
2024-12-30$89.83$82.5023.8%6.5%14.0%26.0%23.1%2.5%0.9%8.6M-366.4M-1.6M0.4969.03N/AN/A3,4831,70997,524107,261
2024-12-31$89.05$82.5024.1%6.5%14.0%27.0%23.9%-7.3%1.0%5.4M-332.9M-1.6M0.2946.88N/AN/A1,48343598,928108,620