BX Options History — October 2024

In October 2024, BX traded between $147.91 and $173.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.5%, placing in the 42.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.8% (HV 20d: 27.7%). Max pain ranged from $140.00 to $160.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2024-10-17: Highest Volume — 54,353 contracts
  • 2024-10-17: Largest IV drop — 9.4% change
  • 2024-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 62.8%
  • 2024-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 10.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$160.56$147.91$173.21$151.98$167.83
Max Pain$147.39$140.00$160.00$145.00$160.00
ATM IV31.5%28.2%34.9%30.6%31.1%
Expected Move9.2%8.1%10.3%9.7%10.3%
HV 20d27.7%22.8%32.6%24.8%31.7%
HV 60d29.0%27.6%30.3%29.7%27.6%
IV Rank42.1%22.0%62.8%36.3%39.7%
IV Percentile67.4%33.7%93.7%61.5%71.4%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.5%3.9%3.9%-0.3%
VWIV33.1%29.9%38.9%35.3%38.9%
Skew 25d4.1%3.2%5.5%5.4%4.4%
Skew 10d9.1%3.2%19.0%5.5%10.1%
Call IV 25d29.7%27.2%32.7%29.0%29.9%
Put IV 25d33.7%30.8%37.8%34.4%34.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.1128.8662.6341.5534.46
Gamma HHI0.110.070.190.090.12
Net GEX16.1M3.8M36.8M12.2M17.2M
Net DEX-1.23B-2.09B-648.5M-914.4M-1.33B
Net VEX-6.0M-6.3M-5.1M-6.2M-6.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.072.552.550.96
Total Volume15,201.4783,71354,35316,58410,041
Total OI371,655.217358,261407,681364,517369,757

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-10-01$151.98$145.0030.6%9.7%24.8%36.3%35.3%5.4%3.9%12.2M-914.4M-6.2M2.5541.55N/AN/A4,67411,910144,752219,765
2024-10-02$152.18$145.0032.1%9.9%24.9%45.9%36.3%5.1%2.0%10.1M-925.5M-6.1M1.1742.46N/AN/A2,6683,111145,247222,758
2024-10-03$150.66$140.0033.0%9.6%25.4%51.2%35.8%3.3%2.0%5.3M-826.7M-6.3M1.1158.63N/AN/A2,9283,253145,665223,178
2024-10-04$152.11$140.0031.9%9.4%24.8%44.6%32.5%4.7%0.9%11.7M-892.2M-6.3M0.5660.69N/AN/A3,4641,923146,396225,620
2024-10-07$149.00$140.0034.3%9.8%25.4%59.4%34.4%5.1%0.2%5.9M-736.7M-6.2M1.1258.92N/AN/A5,1785,780143,045219,908
2024-10-08$149.93$140.0034.5%9.6%25.3%60.4%34.5%5.5%-0.7%6.9M-776.1M-6.2M0.3956.83N/AN/A2,6621,051145,272222,685
2024-10-09$147.91$140.0034.9%9.4%25.9%62.8%32.5%5.3%-1.9%3.8M-648.5M-6.1M0.5561.95N/AN/A8,9204,885145,846223,130
2024-10-10$149.56$140.0034.4%9.5%24.1%59.7%34.7%4.0%-1.0%8.8M-762.3M-6.2M0.7955.92N/AN/A2,5442,010149,691224,133
2024-10-11$153.30$140.0033.4%9.3%23.6%53.9%32.3%3.3%-0.2%19.9M-1.05B-5.7M0.7558.67N/AN/A7,0615,301150,702223,336
2024-10-14$155.51$140.0033.9%9.6%22.8%57.1%33.4%4.1%-1.5%17.9M-1.13B-5.7M0.7358.43N/AN/A10,7417,840147,399221,865
2024-10-15$155.80$140.0034.0%9.7%22.8%57.2%33.7%3.9%-1.8%18.2M-1.15B-6.0M0.9954.87N/AN/A3,9303,888151,691227,577
2024-10-16$160.06$140.0033.7%9.7%24.6%55.9%34.0%3.5%-2.5%24.2M-1.38B-5.9M0.8362.63N/AN/A17,57814,548152,364227,952
2024-10-17$169.84$140.0030.6%8.8%31.3%36.4%32.5%3.2%-0.6%36.8M-1.96B-5.1M0.7343.44N/AN/A31,33123,022158,749231,523
2024-10-18$173.21$150.0028.2%8.1%31.6%22.0%30.0%3.2%-0.5%23.4M-2.09B-5.3M0.6839.32N/AN/A20,48113,953164,437243,244
2024-10-21$170.76$150.0028.9%8.5%31.9%26.4%29.9%3.5%-0.7%18.3M-1.55B-5.8M0.9238.14N/AN/A7,8467,223146,755211,506
2024-10-22$168.26$155.0028.9%8.5%32.6%26.3%30.3%3.9%-1.2%17.1M-1.45B-5.9M0.8436.28N/AN/A6,3005,319150,933214,923
2024-10-23$166.55$155.0029.5%8.7%30.5%29.9%30.9%4.2%-0.8%16.4M-1.36B-6.2M2.0333.45N/AN/A6,57413,352154,094216,790
2024-10-24$169.47$155.0029.1%8.6%30.9%27.1%31.0%3.2%-0.7%18.7M-1.51B-6.1M0.5828.86N/AN/A5,9633,450156,356214,591
2024-10-25$167.38$155.0029.8%8.7%31.3%31.6%30.8%3.7%-1.1%11.5M-1.40B-6.2M0.0732.35N/AN/A32,7162,394158,482216,468
2024-10-28$170.04$160.0029.6%9.0%30.6%30.4%31.9%3.4%0.3%20.9M-1.45B-6.1M1.2229.45N/AN/A3,4414,206148,725211,655
2024-10-29$169.93$160.0028.8%8.9%30.5%25.6%32.9%3.8%0.4%22.0M-1.45B-6.3M1.4937.96N/AN/A2,3023,427150,830211,823
2024-10-30$171.72$160.0029.4%9.1%30.5%29.4%32.9%3.6%0.9%23.4M-1.53B-6.3M0.8235.27N/AN/A4,6283,817152,087214,365
2024-10-31$167.83$160.0031.1%10.3%31.7%39.7%38.9%4.4%-0.3%17.2M-1.33B-6.2M0.9634.46N/AN/A5,1234,918153,301216,456