BX Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, BX traded between $45.78 and $53.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.3%, placing in the 50.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 31.1%). Max pain ranged from $46.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-31: Highest Volume — 551,973 contracts
  • 2019-10-23: Largest IV drop — 11.0% change
  • 2019-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 75.0%
  • 2019-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.86$45.78$53.00$47.25$53.00
Max Pain$48.00$46.00$50.00$50.00$49.00
ATM IV30.3%22.5%37.8%35.8%22.6%
Expected Move8.5%6.2%10.4%9.9%6.2%
HV 20d31.1%25.8%36.4%33.1%25.8%
HV 60d31.1%29.8%32.1%30.7%29.8%
IV Rank50.6%25.2%75.0%68.5%25.7%
IV Percentile68.6%26.2%95.6%94.0%28.2%
Term Structure-0.8%-2.2%0.4%-1.3%0.3%
VWIV30.3%16.0%41.1%35.5%16.0%
Skew 25d4.9%2.4%6.9%5.7%2.4%
Skew 10d9.6%5.4%13.4%12.2%5.4%
Call IV 25d28.4%21.5%36.5%32.9%22.0%
Put IV 25d33.3%24.3%42.1%38.6%24.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.337.8935.6835.6830.15
Gamma HHI0.090.060.140.070.14
Net GEX6.4M-3.2M21.2M-1.4M21.2M
Net DEX-411.7M-802.8M-129.7M-199.2M-792.1M
Net VEX-2.7M-3.0M-2.4M-2.8M-2.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.012.862.860.01
Total Volume42,200.2615,262551,97327,325551,973
Total OI455,714.652420,695472,025420,695470,038

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$47.25$50.0035.8%9.9%33.1%68.5%35.5%5.7%-1.3%-1.4M-199.2M-2.8M2.8635.68N/AN/A7,08720,238209,895210,800
2019-10-02$46.72$50.0037.5%10.3%33.0%74.0%34.3%5.6%-1.2%-3.2M-158.4M-2.8M2.1735.05N/AN/A11,27424,415212,626216,553
2019-10-03$47.60$49.0036.9%9.8%33.1%72.1%33.9%5.8%-1.8%-1.9M-232.9M-2.9M0.3725.74N/AN/A20,8837,667215,310218,382
2019-10-04$47.06$49.0036.8%10.0%32.9%71.9%40.7%6.9%-1.1%-2.2M-203.7M-3.0M1.1227.47N/AN/A8,5209,536229,254223,727
2019-10-07$45.78$49.0037.6%10.3%33.7%74.5%40.5%6.8%-1.4%-2.0M-129.7M-2.9M1.4023.47N/AN/A9,28912,960225,721221,333
2019-10-08$45.78$49.0037.8%10.4%33.1%75.0%41.1%6.8%-1.5%-2.5M-129.8M-3.0M0.9122.02N/AN/A5,1614,718229,271226,054
2019-10-09$46.53$49.0036.1%10.0%33.7%69.6%35.0%6.3%-0.9%-1.0M-195.4M-3.0M0.9321.71N/AN/A6,8836,370230,814228,465
2019-10-10$46.59$49.0034.7%9.8%28.5%65.1%33.3%6.6%-0.3%-972.2K-197.9M-3.0M2.5321.57N/AN/A5,61714,228233,833232,293
2019-10-11$47.42$49.0034.7%9.7%27.9%65.1%34.4%6.2%-2.2%3.9M-275.8M-3.0M0.4927.87N/AN/A12,7306,234236,666233,685
2019-10-14$46.50$46.0033.2%9.4%28.2%60.1%33.2%6.0%-0.7%58.0K-217.2M-2.9M2.2520.03N/AN/A6,40314,403233,000221,867
2019-10-15$47.24$46.0030.5%8.7%29.4%51.2%31.9%4.8%-0.4%3.1M-287.7M-2.8M0.8416.83N/AN/A3,7453,150236,174228,220
2019-10-16$46.91$46.0029.7%8.5%29.4%48.7%29.5%5.3%-0.5%1.5M-261.9M-2.8M0.5718.91N/AN/A3,3581,904237,570228,487
2019-10-17$47.82$46.0027.8%8.0%30.7%42.5%29.8%4.7%-0.3%7.5M-352.0M-2.8M0.7419.81N/AN/A8,3426,153238,246228,507
2019-10-18$48.48$46.0028.2%8.1%31.4%44.0%27.9%4.4%-0.5%11.4M-414.9M-2.7M0.5119.27N/AN/A9,9425,072238,940228,630
2019-10-21$49.17$46.0028.0%8.2%31.8%43.2%28.9%4.0%-1.3%9.6M-465.9M-2.6M0.4617.16N/AN/A9,6274,382221,365214,104
2019-10-22$49.01$46.0028.4%8.3%31.6%44.5%29.4%4.3%-1.0%9.8M-450.6M-2.8M0.9518.16N/AN/A8,6748,238228,259215,885
2019-10-23$51.36$48.0025.3%7.0%36.1%34.4%25.5%3.8%-0.7%15.0M-657.3M-2.5M0.4825.52N/AN/A27,07112,893231,781222,224
2019-10-24$52.00$48.0024.1%6.8%36.4%30.5%24.3%3.6%-0.7%15.3M-703.8M-2.5M0.1928.30N/AN/A25,7124,796234,324229,448
2019-10-25$52.91$48.0022.8%6.5%31.6%26.4%24.1%3.4%-0.6%14.7M-802.8M-2.4M0.567.89N/AN/A13,3237,436240,544231,481
2019-10-28$52.93$48.0022.5%6.5%30.3%25.5%25.0%3.4%0.4%15.9M-782.5M-2.4M0.5328.43N/AN/A13,0096,847235,088222,168
2019-10-29$53.00$49.0022.5%6.5%26.7%25.2%22.6%2.9%0.3%16.4M-790.4M-2.4M0.2233.97N/AN/A7,1541,545237,576226,469
2019-10-30$52.76$49.0022.8%6.4%26.3%26.2%19.1%2.7%0.1%17.2M-768.1M-2.5M0.2811.62N/AN/A9,0892,555239,219227,141
2019-10-31$53.00$49.0022.6%6.2%25.8%25.7%16.0%2.4%0.3%21.2M-792.1M-2.4M0.0130.15N/AN/A548,7453,228241,758228,280