BX Options History — May 2024

In May 2024, BX traded between $116.78 and $130.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.5%, placing in the 12.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 29.9%). Max pain ranged from $120.00 to $125.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.05.

Notable Days

  • 2024-05-15: Highest Volume — 46,269 contracts
  • 2024-05-28: Largest IV spike — 7.8% change
  • 2024-05-29: Highest IV Rank — 34.7%
  • 2024-05-03: Largest Expected Move — 8.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$122.71$116.78$130.88$118.28$120.10
Max Pain$121.73$120.00$125.00$125.00$121.00
ATM IV26.5%24.7%29.7%26.3%29.7%
Expected Move7.8%7.1%8.9%8.4%8.6%
HV 20d29.9%26.5%32.4%31.0%32.4%
HV 60d28.3%26.3%29.9%28.6%29.9%
IV Rank12.3%0.0%34.7%8.6%34.4%
IV Percentile13.1%0.0%44.8%7.5%43.3%
Term Structure0.4%-3.4%3.4%2.5%-1.2%
VWIV27.4%25.2%30.5%30.5%29.7%
Skew 25d1.9%-3.4%4.9%4.3%4.4%
Skew 10d4.2%-0.3%9.6%3.1%8.6%
Call IV 25d26.1%23.6%31.7%26.3%27.3%
Put IV 25d28.0%23.4%33.6%30.6%31.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %43.1316.3867.8025.1831.12
Gamma HHI0.090.060.200.080.20
Net GEX-12.8M-39.7M29.5M-37.4M11.1M
Net DEX-34.1M-783.3M445.0M317.1M180.9M
Net VEX-7.4M-7.8M-6.9M-7.6M-7.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.050.442.362.350.44
Total Volume18,551.1828,68646,26926,81313,728
Total OI494,403.409467,425540,257477,313496,379

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-05-01$118.28$125.0026.3%8.4%31.0%8.6%30.5%4.3%2.5%-37.4M317.1M-7.6M2.3525.18N/AN/A7,99918,814148,226329,087
2024-05-02$118.75$125.0027.4%8.4%31.0%14.7%29.1%2.1%-0.1%-34.8M284.9M-7.8M1.3216.38N/AN/A6,3938,470151,499338,720
2024-05-03$118.27$125.0026.5%8.9%30.7%10.2%27.7%1.6%0.0%-36.0M318.2M-7.6M1.5038.44N/AN/A9,72114,569154,216343,337
2024-05-06$121.00$120.0026.8%7.8%31.4%11.4%28.7%2.7%3.4%-22.4M84.0M-7.5M0.6238.36N/AN/A10,5706,592146,270334,206
2024-05-07$121.46$120.0026.6%7.9%30.7%13.0%27.2%1.7%0.2%-15.9M34.1M-7.5M1.4250.03N/AN/A6,4959,191151,812338,221
2024-05-08$120.22$120.0025.9%7.7%27.9%8.6%28.4%3.2%0.9%-25.5M140.2M-7.4M1.2157.31N/AN/A5,9527,205155,327343,040
2024-05-09$123.05$120.0025.8%7.4%29.2%7.3%28.2%2.1%0.8%-5.0M-114.5M-7.4M0.8367.80N/AN/A6,7815,653158,372347,520
2024-05-10$123.92$120.0025.3%7.3%27.0%4.0%26.1%-3.4%0.9%4.2M-179.5M-7.4M0.7666.10N/AN/A5,9714,560160,815352,070
2024-05-13$122.13$120.0025.8%7.9%26.5%7.4%26.5%4.9%2.2%-15.4M10.7M-7.4M0.8663.91N/AN/A7,5956,538156,380342,081
2024-05-14$125.75$120.0027.0%7.7%28.1%15.7%26.8%0.1%-0.3%5.9M-330.7M-7.1M0.5555.01N/AN/A16,3808,938157,435344,853
2024-05-15$130.88$120.0025.1%7.2%31.1%2.7%25.7%1.8%-0.0%29.5M-783.3M-6.9M0.9459.37N/AN/A23,86022,409163,228349,649
2024-05-16$128.31$120.0024.7%7.1%29.9%0.0%25.3%0.1%0.6%24.9M-568.1M-7.3M0.8255.03N/AN/A9,4137,680172,674364,780
2024-05-17$125.48$120.0024.7%7.2%30.5%0.5%25.3%0.6%1.8%5.5M-276.7M-7.4M0.9152.99N/AN/A13,49612,260171,727368,530
2024-05-20$125.66$120.0025.4%7.2%28.5%5.0%25.3%1.9%0.1%-9.0M-214.2M-7.3M0.8133.46N/AN/A6,3195,098148,466318,959
2024-05-21$127.65$120.0024.7%7.1%28.4%0.0%25.2%1.5%0.3%4.3M-387.3M-7.2M0.7033.48N/AN/A8,3085,841151,811322,420
2024-05-22$126.28$120.0025.6%7.3%28.6%6.4%25.8%1.8%0.1%-3.8M-275.3M-7.3M2.3639.22N/AN/A4,1429,788154,810326,148
2024-05-23$122.80$125.0026.9%7.7%30.3%15.3%26.9%2.9%0.4%-39.7M109.7M-7.5M1.6637.02N/AN/A6,41610,681155,699333,791
2024-05-24$123.28$125.0026.3%7.5%30.3%11.2%25.6%2.3%0.4%-28.6M20.4M-7.5M0.7632.98N/AN/A4,9293,757157,085329,373
2024-05-28$120.84$125.0028.3%8.2%30.5%25.2%28.1%1.4%-0.8%-25.2M146.3M-7.5M0.4928.46N/AN/A11,2625,536151,255319,678
2024-05-29$116.78$125.0029.7%8.7%31.7%34.7%29.9%4.2%-3.4%-38.3M445.0M-7.4M1.1634.36N/AN/A16,94919,715153,859322,365
2024-05-30$118.81$122.0029.7%8.7%32.3%34.6%30.1%-0.8%-0.9%-29.1M287.6M-7.6M0.7132.84N/AN/A7,0885,064158,517332,185
2024-05-31$120.10$121.0029.7%8.6%32.4%34.4%29.7%4.4%-1.2%11.1M180.9M-7.5M0.4431.12N/AN/A9,5434,185160,735335,644