BX Options History — April 2024

In April 2024, BX traded between $117.44 and $131.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.8%, placing in the 37.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 30.7%). Max pain ranged from $125.00 to $130.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.53.

Notable Days

  • 2024-04-02: Highest Volume — 51,499 contracts
  • 2024-04-18: Largest IV drop — 12.0% change
  • 2024-04-15: Highest IV Rank — 70.8%
  • 2024-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 10.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$124.29$117.44$131.39$131.08$117.44
Max Pain$127.55$125.00$130.00$127.00$125.00
ATM IV32.8%26.9%38.2%32.4%28.8%
Expected Move9.4%7.9%10.9%9.9%8.8%
HV 20d30.7%25.0%33.8%25.0%30.7%
HV 60d27.6%24.9%29.1%24.9%29.1%
IV Rank37.9%12.0%70.8%30.3%22.5%
IV Percentile58.8%9.9%92.9%61.5%26.6%
Term Structure-0.5%-3.1%3.0%-0.9%0.4%
VWIV33.4%28.4%38.4%36.0%30.1%
Skew 25d3.6%1.0%6.6%2.2%2.3%
Skew 10d7.4%0.6%15.9%6.2%1.9%
Call IV 25d31.6%26.1%38.5%31.7%28.3%
Put IV 25d35.2%29.0%41.8%33.9%30.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %43.3418.3071.6424.4518.97
Gamma HHI0.080.060.150.060.09
Net GEX-25.9M-65.9M-3.3M-3.7M-37.5M
Net DEX50.9M-418.3M611.0M-418.3M373.8M
Net VEX-7.4M-7.8M-6.7M-6.7M-7.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.530.945.642.202.05
Total Volume27,354.6829,53151,49918,31918,325
Total OI454,449.818401,135490,107401,135470,778

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-04-01$131.08$127.0032.4%9.9%25.0%30.3%36.0%2.2%-0.9%-3.7M-418.3M-6.7M2.2024.45N/AN/A5,72312,596127,769273,366
2024-04-02$126.21$127.0034.8%10.4%28.5%39.9%37.0%4.6%-2.3%-22.7M-61.2M-7.2M3.7320.76N/AN/A10,89940,600131,591282,484
2024-04-03$126.14$127.0034.8%10.6%27.3%39.9%37.8%4.9%-0.4%-26.2M-24.0M-7.4M4.0226.25N/AN/A4,69318,867134,871294,354
2024-04-04$126.13$130.0038.2%9.9%27.2%53.2%33.3%6.6%1.2%-29.6M-26.6M-7.6M1.3471.64N/AN/A5,9848,003137,428307,960
2024-04-05$127.30$130.0034.6%9.6%27.0%38.9%33.3%3.9%-2.3%-15.6M-151.1M-7.4M1.9564.12N/AN/A5,41810,553141,081309,405
2024-04-08$129.29$130.0035.8%9.6%27.5%44.7%34.6%2.6%-3.1%-10.5M-290.0M-7.1M1.6858.56N/AN/A6,16910,392135,899297,871
2024-04-09$131.39$130.0034.8%9.6%27.9%41.7%35.7%2.8%-1.5%-3.3M-375.7M-7.3M4.4958.29N/AN/A5,01322,519138,429301,856
2024-04-10$126.36$130.0033.9%10.1%31.4%38.1%35.1%5.0%2.5%-25.5M-42.5M-7.3M1.6961.68N/AN/A5,2128,816140,686311,551
2024-04-11$127.33$130.0034.9%9.8%31.0%45.9%33.3%2.0%-1.6%-21.8M-115.0M-7.3M0.9963.65N/AN/A4,7934,738141,612311,788
2024-04-12$123.31$130.0038.0%10.6%32.4%62.1%37.3%5.0%-1.4%-43.4M230.7M-7.5M4.7455.00N/AN/A6,14029,122142,035314,102
2024-04-15$120.88$130.0038.1%10.9%33.1%70.8%38.4%4.6%-1.1%-36.4M371.0M-7.6M5.6457.42N/AN/A6,72337,912135,278312,176
2024-04-16$122.41$130.0037.4%10.6%33.4%69.9%38.3%4.0%-1.7%-35.1M240.8M-7.6M5.1155.88N/AN/A6,11631,235136,471317,276
2024-04-17$123.97$130.0035.5%10.2%33.8%59.6%36.4%3.3%-0.7%-33.7M154.3M-7.6M1.7561.54N/AN/A15,75927,583138,717336,180
2024-04-18$120.31$125.0031.2%9.0%33.6%36.1%31.2%2.5%0.4%-65.9M441.4M-7.4M1.7343.49N/AN/A12,22021,179146,213340,977
2024-04-19$118.39$125.0030.4%8.7%30.9%31.8%32.3%2.9%0.8%-33.7M611.0M-7.4M1.9153.48N/AN/A12,36623,667148,596341,452
2024-04-22$122.22$125.0028.9%8.4%32.3%23.3%29.1%4.7%-0.3%-20.5M86.3M-7.4M0.9418.30N/AN/A16,54815,522127,644307,089
2024-04-23$124.44$125.0028.5%8.2%33.1%20.9%30.2%1.0%-0.4%-9.7M-94.5M-7.4M2.0530.11N/AN/A12,47725,544137,316313,661
2024-04-24$123.72$125.0028.2%8.2%33.1%19.6%29.4%4.1%-0.5%-16.8M-31.8M-7.6M2.7732.13N/AN/A4,46112,348143,591331,731
2024-04-25$123.28$125.0026.9%8.2%32.1%12.0%28.7%3.6%3.0%-21.0M17.1M-7.8M1.2132.76N/AN/A20,10624,367146,574335,915
2024-04-26$122.38$125.0027.3%7.9%31.9%14.1%28.4%2.6%-0.5%-33.7M61.8M-7.8M2.3325.39N/AN/A5,08211,859146,190343,917
2024-04-29$120.33$125.0028.1%8.5%32.3%18.6%30.1%3.7%-0.0%-24.1M161.3M-7.6M1.2919.64N/AN/A6,1897,965143,682320,334
2024-04-30$117.44$125.0028.8%8.8%30.7%22.5%30.1%2.3%0.4%-37.5M373.8M-7.6M2.0518.97N/AN/A6,01112,314145,837324,941