BX Options History — October 2023

In October 2023, BX traded between $89.07 and $106.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.6%, placing in the 25.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 31.3%). Max pain ranged from $100.00 to $110.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.45.

Notable Days

  • 2023-10-19: Highest Volume — 69,545 contracts
  • 2023-10-03: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2023-10-03: Highest IV Rank — 39.0%
  • 2023-10-03: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$99.84$89.07$106.89$106.89$92.14
Max Pain$108.18$100.00$110.00$110.00$100.00
ATM IV34.6%31.4%39.2%34.2%32.4%
Expected Move10.0%9.2%11.4%10.2%9.7%
HV 20d31.3%24.6%42.5%26.8%40.9%
HV 60d28.1%25.1%32.5%27.9%32.4%
IV Rank25.9%17.1%39.0%25.0%19.8%
IV Percentile34.3%21.8%52.8%31.7%27.8%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.6%0.5%-1.1%0.3%
VWIV35.0%32.3%39.4%35.9%34.0%
Skew 25d5.6%4.5%7.0%6.3%5.3%
Skew 10d10.3%8.9%12.3%10.2%10.3%
Call IV 25d32.1%29.4%35.9%30.9%29.7%
Put IV 25d37.7%34.1%42.8%37.2%35.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.904.5419.8513.216.56
Gamma HHI0.100.070.560.070.07
Net GEX-11.6M-63.3M2.1M-6.6M-7.6M
Net DEX171.8M-236.2M729.2M-125.4M260.4M
Net VEX-5.2M-5.7M-4.6M-5.7M-4.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.450.393.281.260.97
Total Volume19,235.1825,52069,5458,6695,520
Total OI391,463.591341,391432,261384,227347,291

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-10-02$106.89$110.0034.2%10.2%26.8%25.0%35.9%6.3%-1.1%-6.6M-125.4M-5.7M1.2613.21N/AN/A3,8344,835168,055216,172
2023-10-03$102.93$110.0039.2%11.4%26.4%39.0%39.4%7.0%-0.8%-11.3M151.8M-5.6M3.2817.05N/AN/A7,79425,544170,174217,726
2023-10-04$104.46$110.0036.1%10.8%27.1%30.2%37.8%6.5%-0.4%-13.8M34.8M-5.6M0.549.91N/AN/A11,5986,284171,909224,587
2023-10-05$104.29$110.0036.6%9.9%26.5%31.6%36.3%5.8%-1.0%-13.0M23.2M-5.7M2.646.19N/AN/A6,20716,362179,249228,898
2023-10-06$105.47$110.0034.9%9.6%25.1%26.8%33.2%5.4%-0.7%-12.3M-69.9M-5.7M0.7216.69N/AN/A5,2663,816181,729237,515
2023-10-09$104.66$110.0034.9%9.8%24.6%26.9%34.6%6.0%-0.6%-8.5M-20.2M-5.5M0.3912.41N/AN/A16,8276,542177,422225,450
2023-10-10$105.41$110.0034.4%9.7%24.8%25.6%37.0%6.0%-0.4%-2.1M-109.0M-5.5M0.9914.33N/AN/A6,0646,019186,153226,627
2023-10-11$106.89$110.0033.9%9.8%25.6%23.9%33.7%4.9%0.2%2.1M-236.2M-5.6M0.9613.07N/AN/A3,9573,810187,745230,543
2023-10-12$104.88$110.0034.6%9.7%26.1%26.0%34.6%5.4%-0.9%-4.7M-55.3M-5.5M2.0919.85N/AN/A5,22110,894189,353231,559
2023-10-13$103.36$110.0036.3%10.1%25.6%30.8%35.4%6.6%-1.7%-11.9M83.8M-5.5M2.167.79N/AN/A6,85914,849191,297234,262
2023-10-16$104.86$110.0034.4%9.8%26.5%25.5%32.3%5.9%-1.4%-4.1M-57.7M-5.4M0.688.14N/AN/A7,2424,896181,736225,573
2023-10-17$105.32$110.0033.9%9.7%26.5%23.9%36.6%5.6%-1.2%-2.1M-99.4M-5.3M1.486.41N/AN/A5,6518,348185,192227,000
2023-10-18$101.97$110.0036.8%10.5%28.2%32.1%35.0%6.1%-2.6%-11.4M191.2M-5.1M1.467.57N/AN/A13,20319,259184,778229,081
2023-10-19$94.34$110.0033.7%9.7%37.7%23.6%34.0%4.8%-0.2%-23.4M729.2M-4.6M2.907.16N/AN/A17,82651,719186,377235,574
2023-10-20$94.63$110.0033.7%9.7%37.7%23.4%36.0%5.1%-0.9%-63.3M703.4M-4.9M1.7411.26N/AN/A12,43421,576188,910243,351
2023-10-23$92.92$110.0033.1%9.7%37.9%21.8%32.9%5.3%0.1%-11.0M416.0M-4.9M1.314.54N/AN/A8,08710,625146,167196,905
2023-10-24$95.13$105.0031.4%9.2%37.6%17.1%32.4%4.7%0.5%-8.1M311.0M-5.0M1.567.66N/AN/A5,0457,855150,285197,668
2023-10-25$92.11$105.0033.0%9.7%38.7%21.5%32.6%4.9%0.2%-11.0M437.0M-4.8M2.229.18N/AN/A3,8438,521153,114198,379
2023-10-26$92.14$105.0033.9%10.0%37.8%24.0%34.8%4.5%-0.2%-11.8M441.2M-4.9M0.736.69N/AN/A5,1513,757154,527200,991
2023-10-27$89.07$105.0035.6%10.7%38.9%28.9%36.0%5.9%-0.1%-13.1M534.7M-4.8M1.275.34N/AN/A8,58410,866157,417204,067
2023-10-30$92.67$100.0033.4%10.0%42.5%22.5%35.3%5.5%0.4%-7.0M234.0M-5.0M0.666.78N/AN/A6,3844,200154,175187,216
2023-10-31$92.14$100.0032.4%9.7%40.9%19.8%34.0%5.3%0.3%-7.6M260.4M-4.9M0.976.56N/AN/A2,8082,712158,070189,221