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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CO
$50.47 -1.87%
$50.62 (+0.30%)🌙
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) 15,582
Calls: 7,845 (50%)
Puts: 7,737 (50%)
Prior (08/17) 27,290
Calls: 11,870 (43%)
Puts: 15,420 (57%)
Current vs Prior -42.90%
Calls: -33.91% (Calls)
Puts: -49.82% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 251,538
Calls: 110,322 (44%)
Puts: 141,216 (56%)
Prior 7-Day Average 35,934
Calls: 15,760 (44%)
Puts: 20,173 (56%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.64%
Calls: -50.22%
Puts: -61.65%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) $3.54M
Calls: $1.90M (54%)
Puts: $1.65M (46%)
Prior (08/17) $7.74M
Calls: $2.41M (31%)
Puts: $5.32M (69%)
Current vs Prior -54.21%
Calls: -21.52%
Puts: -69.05%
Prior 7-Day Total $61.48M
Calls: $30.77M (50%)
Puts: $30.71M (50%)
Prior 7-Day Average $8.78M
Calls: $4.40M (50%)
Puts: $4.39M (50%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -59.67%
Calls: -56.89%
Puts: -62.46%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) 0.99
Prior (08/17) 1.30
Current vs Prior -24.08%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.37
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.77%
Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/18) 720,401
Calls: 609,117 (85%)
Puts: 111,284 (15%)
Prior (08/17) 712,417
Calls: 580,748 (82%)
Puts: 131,669 (18%)
Current vs Prior +1.12%
Prior 7-Day Total 4,897,912
Calls: 3,658,033 (75%)
Puts: 1,239,879 (25%)
Prior 7-Day Average 699,701
Calls: 522,576 (75%)
Puts: 177,125 (25%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.96%
Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 3.57% | 5.94%3.57% | 8.42%
Prior 4.14% | 5.89%4.14% | 8.81%
Current vs Prior -13.89% | +0.89%-13.89% | -4.40%
Prior 7-Day Avg 3.88% | 6.02%5.53% | 9.66%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -8.15% | -1.23%-35.55% | -12.78%
Prior 7-Day Eod 4.14% | 5.89%4.14% | 8.81%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.89% | +0.89%-13.89% | -4.40%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 19.87% | 14.79%
Calls: 20.69% | 15.79%
Puts: 19.05% | 13.79%
Prior 19.87% | 14.79%
Calls: 20.69% | 15.79%
Puts: 19.05% | 13.79%
Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%
Prior 7-Day Avg 66.99% | 58.43%
Calls: 30.75% | 96.03%
Puts: 103.23% | 20.83%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -70.34% | -74.69%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Light premium activity with dollar volume down 54% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 43% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 24% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (609,117 calls vs 111,284 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow NEUTRAL
Overall BULLISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Current NEUTRAL
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 1 of results (avg 8.0%, best 8.0%)

CALLS (1)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$50.00Sep 182.402.60$2.508.0%1710.5714.6K
PUTS (0)
No puts meet the criteria

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. -- found (avg $--, cheapest $--)

No options available for this category

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 44 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$40.50Aug 219.9011.30$10.6013.2%30.9857
$43.00Aug 216.909.10$8.0027.5%10.97298
$44.00Aug 216.408.30$7.3525.9%10.97216
$45.00Aug 215.406.50$5.9518.5%230.974.0K
$45.50Aug 214.906.10$5.5021.8%20.96--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$55.00Aug 213.904.70$4.3018.6%251.001.4K
$58.00Aug 216.407.70$7.0518.4%41.00--
$59.00Aug 217.408.70$8.0516.1%21.00--
$56.00Aug 214.407.20$5.8048.3%20.98--
$53.00Aug 212.202.80$2.5024.0%20.91--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 138 active (total vol 9.8K, top 2.0K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$50.00Aug 210.851.25$1.0538.1%2.0K0.6417.6K
$55.00Sep 180.500.75$0.6339.7%7220.2231.1K
$52.00Aug 210.150.30$0.2268.2%2550.224.9K
$53.00Aug 210.100.15$0.1338.5%2000.131.8K
$50.00Sep 182.402.60$2.508.0%1710.5714.6K
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$48.50Aug 210.050.10$0.0862.5%1.5K0.102.6K
$49.00Aug 280.200.75$0.48114.6%8030.27534
$50.00Aug 280.751.00$0.8828.4%7100.40196
$49.50Aug 280.600.95$0.7745.5%5870.35511
$50.00Aug 210.400.50$0.4522.2%4430.375.5K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 17.2%, max 19.0%)

CALLS (3)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$51.00Aug 21Oct 239.4%33.4%17.8%1122.3K
$49.00Aug 21Sep 439.4%33.5%17.5%395.6K
$50.00Aug 21Oct 239.2%33.9%15.6%2.0K17.7K
PUTS (3)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$49.00Aug 21Sep 2539.4%33.1%19.0%141.8K
$51.00Aug 21Oct 239.4%33.4%17.8%2181.0K
$50.00Aug 21Oct 239.2%33.9%15.6%4445.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 68 found (best R:R 0.60, avg 3.14)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$43.00$44.00Aug 21$0.65$0.35$0.6597%0.54$43.65
$50.00$51.00Oct 2$0.30$0.70$0.3058%2.33$50.30
$53.00$54.00Oct 2$0.27$0.73$0.2740%2.70$53.27
$55.00$58.00Oct 2$0.55$2.45$0.5530%4.45$55.55
$51.00$52.00Sep 25$0.42$0.58$0.4252%1.38$51.42
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$58.00$56.00Aug 21$1.25$0.75$1.25100%0.60$56.75
$53.00$52.00Aug 28$0.45$0.55$0.4578%1.22$52.55
$55.00$50.00Sep 18$3.00$2.00$3.0079%0.67$52.00
$51.00$50.00Aug 21$0.30$0.70$0.3059%2.33$50.70
$49.00$48.00Sep 11$0.20$0.80$0.2034%4.00$48.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 49 found (best R:R 1.38, avg 0.48)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$54.00$55.00Sep 11$0.40$0.40$0.6073%0.67$54.40
$51.00$52.00Sep 11$0.57$0.57$0.4352%1.33$51.57
$51.00$52.00Sep 4$0.55$0.55$0.4553%1.22$51.55
$58.00$60.00Sep 25$0.30$0.30$1.7084%0.18$58.30
$55.00$56.00Sep 25$0.35$0.35$0.6571%0.54$55.35
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$48.00$47.00Sep 25$0.58$0.58$0.4269%1.38$47.42
$50.00$45.00Sep 18$1.37$1.37$3.6356%0.38$48.63
$50.00$49.00Sep 25$0.57$0.57$0.4358%1.33$49.43
$46.00$43.00Oct 2$0.45$0.45$2.5580%0.18$45.55
$49.50$49.00Aug 28$0.29$0.29$0.2165%1.38$49.21

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.54, cheapest $0.43)

CALLS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$50.00Aug 21Aug 28$0.5539.2%35.6%
$51.00Aug 21Aug 28$0.5239.4%36.1%
PUTS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$50.00Aug 21Aug 28$0.4339.2%35.6%
$51.00Aug 21Aug 28$0.6539.4%36.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 32 found (cheapest 2.54% of stock, avg 7.09%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$51.00Aug 21$0.53$0.75$1.28$49.72$52.282.54%
$50.00Aug 21$1.05$0.45$1.50$48.50$51.502.97%
$52.00Aug 21$0.22$1.43$1.65$50.35$53.653.27%
$49.50Aug 21$1.70$0.18$1.88$47.62$51.383.72%
$49.00Aug 21$1.75$0.18$1.93$47.07$50.933.82%
$51.00Aug 28$1.05$1.40$2.45$48.55$53.454.85%
$50.00Aug 28$1.60$0.88$2.48$47.52$52.484.91%
$48.50Aug 21$2.55$0.08$2.63$45.87$51.135.21%
$53.00Aug 21$0.13$2.50$2.63$50.37$55.635.21%
$52.00Aug 28$0.68$2.05$2.73$49.27$54.735.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 149 found (cheapest 0.26% of stock, avg 3.41%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$54.00$47.50Aug 21$0.08$0.05$0.13$47.37$54.13
$54.00$48.50Aug 21$0.08$0.08$0.16$48.34$54.16
$53.00$47.50Aug 21$0.13$0.05$0.18$47.32$53.18
$53.00$48.50Aug 21$0.13$0.08$0.21$48.29$53.21
$54.00$49.00Aug 21$0.08$0.18$0.26$48.74$54.26
$54.00$49.50Aug 21$0.08$0.18$0.26$49.24$54.26
$52.00$47.50Aug 21$0.22$0.05$0.27$47.23$52.27
$53.00$49.00Aug 21$0.13$0.18$0.31$48.69$53.31
$53.00$49.50Aug 21$0.13$0.18$0.31$49.19$53.31
$52.00$48.50Aug 21$0.22$0.08$0.30$48.20$52.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 40 found (best R:R 1.70, avg credit $0.48)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
47/4854/55Sep 11$0.63$0.3746%1.70$47.37$54.63
44/4555/56Sep 25$0.52$0.4857%1.08$44.48$55.52
46/4755/56Sep 25$0.58$0.4248%1.38$46.42$55.58
46/4754/55Sep 11$0.52$0.4853%1.08$46.48$54.52
46/4759/60Oct 2$0.43$0.5759%0.75$46.57$59.43
45/4655/56Sep 25$0.47$0.5354%0.89$45.53$55.47
48/4954/55Sep 11$0.60$0.4040%1.50$48.40$54.60
46/4758/59Oct 2$0.42$0.5856%0.72$46.58$58.42
47/4856/57Sep 11$0.41$0.5956%0.69$47.59$56.41
48/4957/58Sep 4$0.40$0.6056%0.67$48.60$57.40

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 39 found (best R:R 2.07, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$45.00$50.00$55.00Sep 18$1.83$3.1765%1.73
$50.00$55.00$60.00Sep 18$1.42$3.5850%2.52
$50.00$51.00$52.00Aug 21$0.21$0.7942%3.76
$51.00$52.00$53.00Aug 28$0.12$0.8823%7.33
$52.00$53.00$54.00Sep 4$0.10$0.9017%9.00
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$45.00$50.00$55.00Sep 18$1.63$3.3766%2.07
$50.00$51.00$52.00Aug 28$0.13$0.8727%6.69
$49.00$50.00$51.00Sep 11$0.08$0.9219%11.50
$45.00$46.00$47.00Sep 4$0.07$0.937%13.29
$50.00$51.00$52.00Sep 4$0.16$0.8421%5.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 82 found (best net $-0.70, 71 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$47.00$49.001:2Aug 28-$0.51$1.49
$49.00$51.001:2Sep 4$0.00$2.00
$52.00$55.001:2Sep 25-$0.07$2.93
$55.00$58.001:2Oct 2-$0.10$2.90
$48.00$50.001:2Sep 11-$0.90$1.10
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$55.00$53.001:2Aug 21-$0.70$1.30
$50.00$47.001:2Oct 2-$0.01$2.99
$52.00$51.001:2Aug 21-$0.07$0.93
$53.00$52.001:2Aug 21-$0.36$0.64
$51.00$50.001:2Aug 21-$0.15$0.85

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 35 found (best yield 3.86%, avg 1.29%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$52.00Oct 2$1.950.463.0%3.86%6.90%4124
$51.00Oct 2$2.350.511.1%4.66%5.71%2--
$53.00Oct 2$1.550.415.0%3.07%8.08%3--
$52.00Sep 25$1.700.463.0%3.37%6.40%858
$51.00Sep 25$2.050.521.1%4.06%5.11%788
$55.00Oct 2$0.900.309.0%1.78%10.76%1843
$55.00Sep 25$0.850.299.0%1.68%10.66%7124
$54.00Oct 2$0.750.367.0%1.49%8.48%534
$58.00Oct 2$0.450.1814.9%0.89%15.81%33
$53.00Sep 11$0.850.345.0%1.68%6.70%2--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,845
Total Puts 7,737
Put/Call Ratio 0.99
Net Difference 108

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,870
Total Puts 15,420
Put/Call Ratio 1.30
Net Difference -3,550

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 110,322
Total Puts 141,216
Average Put/Call Ratio 1.37
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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