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BSX

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CO

$52.07 +0.74%

(8/14 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/14 2:00pm) 37,280

Calls: 16,885 (45%)

Puts: 20,395 (55%)

Prior --

Calls: 24,654 (63%)

Puts: 14,525 (37%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -31.51% (Calls)

Puts: +40.41% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 281,088

Calls: 171,195 (61%)

Puts: 109,893 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 40,155

Calls: 24,456 (61%)

Puts: 15,699 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.16%

Calls: -30.96%

Puts: +29.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/14 2:00pm) $9.54M

Calls: $4.42M (46%)

Puts: $5.13M (54%)

Prior --

Calls: $3.91M (53%)

Puts: $3.46M (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +12.91%

Puts: +48.22%

Prior 7-Day Total $57.34M

Calls: $36.75M (64%)

Puts: $20.59M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $8.19M

Calls: $5.25M (64%)

Puts: $2.94M (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.51%

Calls: -15.89%

Puts: +74.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/14 2:00pm) 1.21

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +20.79%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.70

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +73.29%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/14 2:00pm) 980,570

Calls: 708,398 (72%)

Puts: 272,172 (28%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,312,016

Calls: 3,786,966 (71%)

Puts: 1,525,050 (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average 758,859

Calls: 540,995 (71%)

Puts: 217,864 (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +29.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (08/14) | Next (08/21)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.54% | 4.90%4.90% | 9.60%

Prior 5.01% | 7.85%8.93% | 13.02%

Current vs Prior -49.43% | -37.64%-45.15% | -26.23%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.45% | 8.30%10.27% | 13.96%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -60.73% | -41.02%-52.32% | -31.21%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.01% | 7.85%5.24% | 9.48%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -49.43% | -37.64%-6.59% | +1.30%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 117.50% | 16.19%

Calls: 75.00% | 19.05%

Puts: 160.00% | 13.33%

Prior 85.84% | 75.89%

Calls: 34.78% | 128.12%

Puts: 136.90% | 23.65%

Current vs Prior +36.88% | -78.67%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.54% | 29.84%

Calls: 19.53% | 40.91%

Puts: 49.54% | 18.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +240.23% | -45.73%

Liquidity Expensive

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Bearish P/C ratio of 1.21 indicates protective positioning. Call-heavy open interest (708,398 calls vs 272,172 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 15 of results (avg 8.3%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$45.00	Aug 21	7.00	7.30	$7.15	4.2%	27	0.98	4.0K
$55.00	Sep 18	1.25	1.35	$1.30	7.7%	896	0.34	28.7K
$45.00	Sep 18	7.40	8.00	$7.70	7.8%	106	0.91	7.5K
$52.00	Sep 4	1.75	1.90	$1.83	8.2%	21	0.53	163
$50.00	Sep 18	3.50	3.80	$3.65	8.2%	776	0.67	14.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Sep 18	1.30	1.40	$1.35	7.4%	242	0.33	8.3K
$52.00	Sep 11	1.85	2.00	$1.93	7.8%	100	0.47	3
$53.00	Aug 28	1.80	1.95	$1.88	8.0%	1	0.58	9
$55.00	Aug 28	3.20	3.50	$3.35	9.0%	1	0.77	2
$52.00	Sep 4	1.55	1.70	$1.63	9.2%	107	0.48	15

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 8 found (avg $0.70, cheapest $0.65)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$53.00	Aug 21	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	996	0.37	781
$57.00	Sep 11	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	199	0.21	55
$60.00	Sep 18	0.40	0.45	$0.43	11.6%	1.0K	0.14	18.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$52.00	Aug 21	0.85	1.00	$0.93	16.1%	310	0.48	102
$50.00	Aug 28	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	86	0.26	105
$51.00	Aug 28	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	5	0.36	37
$50.00	Sep 4	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	12	0.29	47
$49.00	Sep 11	0.70	0.85	$0.77	19.5%	104	0.25	151

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 90 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.00	Aug 14	5.90	7.30	$6.60	21.2%	2	1.00	20
$46.50	Aug 14	5.30	6.50	$5.90	20.3%	--	1.00	165
$44.00	Aug 28	7.20	9.60	$8.40	28.6%	--	0.98	13
$45.00	Aug 21	7.00	7.30	$7.15	4.2%	27	0.98	4.0K
$42.00	Aug 21	9.90	11.40	$10.65	14.1%	2	0.98	49

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Aug 21	7.20	8.20	$7.70	13.0%	4	1.00	136
$55.00	Aug 14	2.30	3.10	$2.70	29.6%	--	0.96	38
$54.00	Aug 14	1.65	2.20	$1.93	28.5%	1	0.95	--
$59.00	Aug 21	6.10	7.20	$6.65	16.5%	4	0.94	--
$62.00	Aug 21	9.10	10.20	$9.65	11.4%	2	0.92	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 150 active (total vol 15.8K, top 3.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$60.00	Sep 18	0.40	0.45	$0.43	11.6%	1.0K	0.14	18.6K
$53.00	Aug 21	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	996	0.37	781
$55.00	Sep 18	1.25	1.35	$1.30	7.7%	896	0.34	28.7K
$53.00	Aug 14	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	815	0.08	789
$50.00	Sep 18	3.50	3.80	$3.65	8.2%	776	0.67	14.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$48.50	Aug 21	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	3.2K	0.07	4.1K
$50.00	Aug 21	0.20	0.25	$0.23	21.7%	1.0K	0.17	5.3K
$49.00	Aug 21	0.05	0.15	$0.10	100.0%	706	0.09	1.1K
$52.00	Aug 21	0.85	1.00	$0.93	16.1%	310	0.48	102
$50.00	Sep 18	1.30	1.40	$1.35	7.4%	242	0.33	8.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 2146.4%, max 3164.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$44.00	Aug 14	Aug 28	1257.3%	41.0%	2966.9%	2	37
$48.00	Aug 14	Sep 25	823.6%	35.7%	2208.7%	140	1.3K
$47.50	Aug 14	Aug 28	878.7%	39.8%	2109.7%	1	306
$48.50	Aug 14	Aug 28	768.0%	35.4%	2068.8%	103	137
$45.50	Aug 14	Aug 21	1095.6%	53.5%	1948.0%	1	297

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$44.00	Aug 14	Sep 11	1257.3%	38.5%	3164.0%	1	741
$48.00	Aug 14	Sep 25	823.6%	35.7%	2208.7%	52	429
$47.50	Aug 14	Aug 21	878.7%	39.1%	2148.8%	--	288
$48.50	Aug 14	Aug 21	768.0%	34.7%	2114.7%	3.2K	4.2K
$45.50	Aug 14	Aug 21	1095.6%	53.5%	1948.0%	--	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 83 found (best R:R 1.50, avg 2.83)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$45.00	$46.00	Aug 28	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	87%	0.67	$45.60
$47.50	$48.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	96%	1.00	$47.75
$45.50	$46.00	Aug 14	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	80%	1.00	$45.75
$49.00	$49.50	Aug 21	$0.25	$0.25	$0.25	91%	1.00	$49.25
$45.00	$45.50	Aug 21	$0.30	$0.20	$0.30	98%	0.67	$45.30

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$55.00	Aug 28	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	83%	1.50	$55.60
$50.00	$49.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	26%	4.00	$49.90
$53.00	$52.00	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.48	$0.52	56%	0.92	$52.48
$48.00	$47.00	Sep 11	$0.15	$0.85	$0.15	18%	5.67	$47.85
$51.00	$50.00	Sep 11	$0.35	$0.65	$0.35	39%	1.86	$50.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 54 found (best R:R 1.50, avg 0.47)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$59.00	$60.00	Sep 11	$0.23	$0.23	$0.77	83%	0.30	$59.23
$57.00	$59.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$0.20	$1.80	86%	0.11	$57.20
$57.00	$58.00	Sep 11	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	79%	0.28	$57.22
$54.00	$55.00	Sep 11	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	61%	0.61	$54.38
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 11	$0.25	$0.25	$0.75	74%	0.33	$56.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$46.00	$45.00	Aug 28	$0.60	$0.60	$0.40	80%	1.50	$45.40
$45.00	$44.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.45	$0.55	87%	0.82	$44.55
$50.00	$45.00	Sep 18	$1.07	$1.07	$3.93	67%	0.27	$48.93
$47.00	$46.50	Aug 28	$0.40	$0.40	$0.10	84%	4.00	$46.60
$46.00	$45.00	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.22	$0.78	84%	0.28	$45.78

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $0.84, cheapest $0.83)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$52.00	Aug 14	Aug 21	$0.83	31.3%	33.5%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$52.00	Aug 14	Aug 21	$0.85	31.3%	33.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 54 found (cheapest 0.58% of stock, avg 7.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$52.00	Aug 14	$0.22	$0.08	$0.30	$51.70	$52.30	0.58%
$51.00	Aug 14	$1.10	$0.03	$1.13	$49.87	$52.13	2.17%
$53.00	Aug 14	$0.03	$1.10	$1.13	$51.87	$54.13	2.17%
$54.00	Aug 14	$0.03	$1.93	$1.96	$52.04	$55.96	3.76%
$52.00	Aug 21	$1.05	$0.93	$1.98	$50.02	$53.98	3.80%
$53.00	Aug 21	$0.65	$1.50	$2.15	$50.85	$55.15	4.13%
$50.00	Aug 14	$2.10	$0.08	$2.18	$47.82	$52.18	4.19%
$51.00	Aug 21	$1.65	$0.53	$2.18	$48.82	$53.18	4.19%
$50.00	Aug 21	$2.38	$0.23	$2.61	$47.39	$52.61	5.01%
$55.00	Aug 14	$0.03	$2.70	$2.73	$52.27	$57.73	5.24%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 134 found (cheapest 0.21% of stock, avg 3.51%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$53.00	$52.00	Aug 14	$0.03	$0.08	$0.11	$51.89	$53.11
$54.00	$52.00	Aug 14	$0.03	$0.08	$0.11	$51.89	$54.11
$56.00	$49.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.10	$0.20	$48.80	$56.20
$56.00	$49.50	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.15	$0.25	$49.25	$56.25
$55.00	$49.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$0.10	$0.30	$48.70	$55.30
$55.00	$49.50	Aug 21	$0.20	$0.15	$0.35	$49.15	$55.35
$56.00	$50.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.23	$0.33	$49.67	$56.33
$55.00	$50.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$0.23	$0.43	$49.57	$55.43
$54.00	$49.00	Aug 21	$0.35	$0.10	$0.45	$48.55	$54.45
$54.00	$49.50	Aug 21	$0.35	$0.15	$0.50	$49.00	$54.50

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 66 found (best R:R 5.67, avg credit $0.49)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
45/46	54/55	Aug 28	$0.85	$0.15	48%	5.67	$45.15	$54.85
45/46	55/56	Aug 28	$0.73	$0.27	57%	2.70	$45.27	$55.73
44/45	54/55	Aug 28	$0.70	$0.30	56%	2.33	$44.30	$54.70
44/45	55/56	Aug 28	$0.58	$0.42	64%	1.38	$44.42	$55.58
46/47	54/55	Aug 28	$0.65	$0.35	53%	1.86	$46.35	$54.65
43/44	57/60	Sep 4	$1.19	$1.81	66%	0.66	$42.81	$58.19
46/47	55/56	Aug 28	$0.53	$0.47	61%	1.13	$46.47	$55.53
44/45	57/59	Aug 28	$0.65	$1.35	74%	0.48	$44.35	$57.65
45/46	57/59	Aug 28	$0.80	$1.20	66%	0.67	$45.20	$57.80
44/45	59/60	Sep 11	$0.33	$0.67	75%	0.49	$44.67	$59.33

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 70 found (best R:R 2.70, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$50.00	$55.00	$60.00	Sep 18	$1.48	$3.52	53%	2.38
$45.00	$50.00	$55.00	Sep 18	$1.70	$3.30	56%	1.94
$52.00	$53.00	$54.00	Aug 14	$0.19	$0.81	55%	4.26
$52.00	$53.00	$54.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.90	28%	9.00
$50.00	$51.00	$52.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$0.88	30%	7.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$50.00	$55.00	$60.00	Sep 18	$1.35	$3.65	53%	2.70
$45.00	$50.00	$55.00	Sep 18	$1.58	$3.42	57%	2.16
$50.00	$51.00	$52.00	Aug 14	$0.10	$0.90	31%	9.00
$50.00	$51.00	$52.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$0.90	30%	9.00
$51.00	$52.00	$53.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$0.93	18%	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 95 found (best net $--, 77 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$50.00	$51.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.10	$0.90
$57.00	$60.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.10	$2.90
$48.00	$50.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.40	$0.60
$52.00	$53.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.25	$0.75
$51.00	$52.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.45	$0.55

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$60.00	$55.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$5.00
$55.00	$53.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.07	$1.93
$55.00	$53.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.41	$1.59
$54.00	$53.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.27	$0.73
$52.00	$51.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.13	$0.87

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 31 found (best yield 3.36%, avg 1.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$54.00	Sep 25	$1.75	0.42	3.7%	3.36%	7.07%	20	27
$62.00	Sep 25	$0.25	0.23	19.1%	0.48%	19.55%	3	--
$55.00	Sep 25	$1.40	0.37	5.6%	2.69%	8.32%	5	109
$56.00	Sep 25	$1.10	0.32	7.5%	2.11%	9.66%	3	27
$61.00	Sep 25	$0.35	0.22	17.1%	0.67%	17.82%	2	--
$55.00	Sep 18	$1.25	0.34	5.6%	2.40%	8.03%	896	28.7K
$57.00	Sep 25	$0.90	0.27	9.5%	1.73%	11.20%	4	92
$53.00	Sep 11	$1.60	0.46	1.8%	3.07%	4.86%	9	669
$54.00	Sep 11	$1.20	0.39	3.7%	2.30%	6.01%	3	24
$55.00	Sep 11	$0.95	0.31	5.6%	1.82%	7.45%	24	442

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 16,885

Total Puts 20,395

Put/Call Ratio 1.21

Net Difference -3,510

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 24,654

Total Puts 14,525

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference 10,129

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 171,195

Total Puts 109,893

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.70

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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