Tour v526
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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CO
$52.01 +3.05%
$52.00 (-0.01%)🌙
as of 08/19 06:16 PM
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/19) 21,113
Calls: 12,244 (58%)
Puts: 8,869 (42%)
Prior (08/18) 15,582
Calls: 7,845 (50%)
Puts: 7,737 (50%)
Current vs Prior +35.50%
Calls: +56.07% (Calls)
Puts: +14.63% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 236,901
Calls: 105,972 (45%)
Puts: 130,929 (55%)
Prior 7-Day Average 33,843
Calls: 15,138 (45%)
Puts: 18,704 (55%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.61%
Calls: -19.12%
Puts: -52.58%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
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Current (08/19) $4.03M
Calls: $2.63M (65%)
Puts: $1.40M (35%)
Prior (08/18) $3.54M
Calls: $1.90M (54%)
Puts: $1.65M (46%)
Current vs Prior +13.90%
Calls: +38.79%
Puts: -14.73%
Prior 7-Day Total $58.75M
Calls: $29.61M (50%)
Puts: $29.15M (50%)
Prior 7-Day Average $8.39M
Calls: $4.23M (50%)
Puts: $4.16M (50%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -51.93%
Calls: -37.81%
Puts: -66.27%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/19) 0.72
Prior (08/18) 0.99
Current vs Prior -26.55%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.30
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.07%
Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/19) 733,138
Calls: 568,482 (78%)
Puts: 164,656 (22%)
Prior (08/18) 720,401
Calls: 609,117 (85%)
Puts: 111,284 (15%)
Current vs Prior +1.77%
Prior 7-Day Total 4,904,714
Calls: 3,752,473 (77%)
Puts: 1,152,241 (23%)
Prior 7-Day Average 700,673
Calls: 536,067 (77%)
Puts: 164,605 (23%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.63%
Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 3.46% | 4.96%3.46% | 9.04%
Prior 3.57% | 5.94%3.57% | 8.42%
Current vs Prior -2.96% | -16.55%-2.96% | +7.31%
Prior 7-Day Avg 3.83% | 5.93%5.11% | 9.37%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.57% | -16.37%-32.24% | -3.58%
Prior 7-Day Eod 3.57% | 5.94%3.57% | 8.42%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -2.96% | -16.55%-2.96% | +7.31%
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 57.57% | 49.70%
Calls: 28.74% | 79.98%
Puts: 86.39% | 19.42%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.48% | -70.24%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($2.63M). P/C ratio dropping 27% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (568,482 calls vs 164,656 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow BULLISH
Overall BULLISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Current BULLISH
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior NEUTRAL
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 6 of results (avg 8.1%, best 6.6%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$45.00Sep 187.307.80$7.556.6%200.937.5K
$42.00Aug 219.9010.60$10.256.8%10.95--
$43.50Aug 218.409.10$8.758.0%10.97--
$44.00Aug 217.908.60$8.258.5%50.97217
$45.00Aug 216.907.60$7.259.7%280.984.0K
PUTS (1)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$62.00Aug 219.3010.20$9.759.2%21.00--

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 48 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$45.00Aug 216.907.60$7.259.7%280.984.0K
$43.50Aug 218.409.10$8.758.0%10.97--
$44.00Aug 217.908.60$8.258.5%50.97217
$44.50Aug 217.208.10$7.6511.8%10.97--
$48.00Aug 213.904.70$4.3018.6%40.97--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$62.00Aug 219.3010.20$9.759.2%21.00--
$57.00Aug 214.305.20$4.7518.9%100.96--
$55.00Aug 212.653.10$2.8815.6%70.931.1K
$61.00Aug 218.309.20$8.7510.3%20.92--
$61.00Aug 288.309.20$8.7510.3%80.86--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 135 active (total vol 16.7K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$50.00Aug 211.952.30$2.1316.4%2.3K0.8616.5K
$55.00Sep 181.101.30$1.2016.7%2.3K0.3431.2K
$51.00Aug 211.151.50$1.3326.3%2.1K0.772.3K
$53.00Aug 210.200.30$0.2540.0%3300.271.8K
$53.00Aug 280.700.90$0.8025.0%3080.39364
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$50.00Aug 280.201.40$0.80150.0%1.8K0.29797
$49.00Aug 210.000.05$0.03166.7%1.7K0.041.8K
$49.50Aug 280.150.35$0.2580.0%1.2K0.171.1K
$50.00Sep 181.101.30$1.2016.7%5920.328.5K
$48.50Aug 280.000.35$0.18194.4%5010.11501

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 94.2%, max 328.1%)

CALLS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$51.00Aug 21Sep 2539.2%33.2%18.0%2.1K2.4K
$53.00Aug 21Sep 1139.9%35.5%12.5%3582.5K
PUTS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$47.00Aug 21Sep 25152.7%35.7%328.1%223.1K
$51.00Aug 21Sep 2539.2%33.2%18.0%2391.6K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 65 found (best R:R 3.44, avg 2.77)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$48.00$50.00Sep 25$0.45$1.55$0.4578%3.44$48.45
$50.00$55.00Sep 18$2.30$2.70$2.3068%1.17$52.30
$51.00$52.00Sep 11$0.43$0.57$0.4363%1.33$51.43
$50.00$52.00Oct 2$1.02$0.98$1.0263%0.96$51.02
$56.00$57.00Oct 2$0.17$0.83$0.1730%4.88$56.17
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$53.00$52.00Sep 25$0.10$0.90$0.1054%9.00$52.90
$51.00$50.00Sep 25$0.25$0.75$0.2542%3.00$50.75
$51.00$50.00Sep 4$0.23$0.77$0.2337%3.35$50.77
$52.00$51.00Aug 28$0.33$0.67$0.3348%2.03$51.67
$53.00$52.00Oct 2$0.45$0.55$0.4553%1.22$52.55

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 43 found (best R:R 0.26, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$54.00$55.00Sep 11$0.65$0.65$0.3559%1.86$54.65
$56.00$57.00Sep 25$0.48$0.48$0.5271%0.92$56.48
$56.00$57.00Sep 11$0.35$0.35$0.6576%0.54$56.35
$55.00$56.00Oct 2$0.42$0.42$0.5864%0.72$55.42
$55.00$56.00Aug 28$0.20$0.20$0.8081%0.25$55.20
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$50.00$45.00Sep 18$1.02$1.02$3.9868%0.26$48.98
$52.00$50.00Oct 2$1.12$1.12$0.8852%1.27$50.88
$48.00$45.00Oct 2$0.70$0.70$2.3074%0.30$47.30
$49.00$48.00Sep 25$0.45$0.45$0.5570%0.82$48.55
$49.00$47.00Sep 11$0.43$0.43$1.5777%0.27$48.57

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 3 found (avg debit $0.44, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (1)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$52.00Aug 21Aug 28$0.5340.3%33.9%
PUTS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$52.00Aug 21Aug 28$0.5140.3%33.9%
$54.00Sep 4Sep 11$0.2837.3%43.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 32 found (cheapest 2.35% of stock, avg 7.37%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$52.00Aug 21$0.65$0.57$1.22$50.78$53.222.35%
$53.00Aug 21$0.25$1.15$1.40$51.60$54.402.69%
$51.00Aug 21$1.33$0.20$1.53$49.47$52.532.94%
$52.00Aug 28$1.18$1.08$2.26$49.74$54.264.35%
$50.00Aug 21$2.13$0.15$2.28$47.72$52.284.38%
$51.00Aug 28$1.83$0.75$2.58$48.42$53.584.96%
$49.50Aug 21$2.70$0.05$2.75$46.75$52.255.29%
$55.00Aug 21$0.08$2.88$2.96$52.04$57.965.69%
$52.00Sep 4$1.65$1.45$3.10$48.90$55.105.96%
$48.50Aug 21$3.10$0.03$3.13$45.37$51.636.02%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 139 found (cheapest 0.25% of stock, avg 3.49%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$55.00$49.50Aug 21$0.08$0.05$0.13$49.37$55.13
$54.00$49.50Aug 21$0.13$0.05$0.18$49.32$54.18
$55.00$50.00Aug 21$0.08$0.15$0.23$49.77$55.23
$54.00$50.00Aug 21$0.13$0.15$0.28$49.72$54.28
$55.00$51.00Aug 21$0.08$0.20$0.28$50.72$55.28
$54.00$51.00Aug 21$0.13$0.20$0.33$50.67$54.33
$56.00$49.00Aug 28$0.13$0.22$0.35$48.65$56.35
$57.00$49.00Aug 28$0.13$0.22$0.35$48.65$57.35
$53.00$49.50Aug 21$0.25$0.05$0.30$49.20$53.30
$56.00$49.50Aug 28$0.13$0.25$0.38$49.12$56.38

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 30 found (best R:R 3.00, avg credit $0.62)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
50/5055/56Aug 28$0.75$0.2552%3.00$49.25$55.75
46/4756/57Sep 25$0.63$0.3753%1.70$46.37$56.63
48/4955/56Sep 25$0.80$0.2036%4.00$48.20$55.80
50/5054/55Aug 28$0.72$0.2843%2.57$49.28$54.72
45/4656/57Sep 25$0.58$0.4257%1.38$45.42$56.58
47/4856/57Sep 25$0.66$0.3448%1.94$47.34$56.66
49/5057/58Sep 4$0.47$0.5357%0.89$49.53$57.47
49/5056/57Sep 11$0.57$0.4346%1.33$49.43$56.57
49/5056/57Sep 4$0.50$0.5052%1.00$49.50$56.50
47/4857/58Sep 4$0.29$0.7170%0.41$47.71$57.29

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 40 found (best R:R 2.07, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$50.00$55.00$60.00Sep 18$1.45$3.5556%2.45
$45.00$50.00$55.00Sep 18$1.75$3.2560%1.86
$50.00$52.00$54.00Oct 2$0.17$1.8322%10.76
$50.00$51.00$52.00Aug 21$0.12$0.8834%7.33
$52.00$53.00$54.00Aug 28$0.08$0.9224%11.50
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$45.00$50.00$55.00Sep 18$1.63$3.3760%2.07
$53.00$55.00$57.00Aug 21$0.14$1.8622%13.29
$51.00$52.00$53.00Aug 21$0.21$0.7950%3.76
$51.00$52.00$53.00Sep 11$0.10$0.9017%9.00
$50.00$51.00$52.00Sep 11$0.11$0.8917%8.09

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 79 found (best net $-0.75, 63 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$49.00$51.001:2Sep 11-$1.11$0.89
$50.00$51.001:2Aug 21-$0.53$0.47
$58.00$60.001:2Sep 25-$0.16$1.84
$53.00$54.001:2Aug 28-$0.20$0.80
$54.00$55.001:2Sep 11-$0.25$0.75
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$61.00$57.001:2Aug 21-$0.75$3.25
$57.00$55.001:2Aug 21-$1.01$0.99
$54.00$52.001:2Sep 4-$0.25$1.75
$50.00$48.001:2Oct 2-$0.37$1.63
$50.00$49.001:2Sep 4-$0.05$0.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 28 found (best yield 3.46%, avg 1.39%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$54.00Oct 2$1.800.413.8%3.46%7.29%2--
$55.00Oct 2$1.450.365.8%2.79%8.54%1837
$54.00Sep 25$1.650.403.8%3.17%7.00%338
$55.00Sep 25$1.300.355.8%2.50%8.25%6120
$58.00Oct 2$0.750.2311.5%1.44%12.96%186
$55.00Sep 18$1.100.345.8%2.11%7.86%2.3K31.2K
$56.00Oct 2$0.900.307.7%1.73%9.40%3--
$56.00Sep 25$0.900.297.7%1.73%9.40%13028
$59.00Oct 2$0.600.2013.4%1.15%14.59%179
$54.00Sep 11$1.050.413.8%2.02%5.85%6331

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM) Total Volume Call Volume Put Volume Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,244
Total Puts 8,869
Put/Call Ratio 0.72
Net Difference 3,375

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 105,972
Total Puts 130,929
Average Put/Call Ratio 1.30
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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