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BSX

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CO

$47.62 -4.49%

(8/26 10:25) ◀

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (10:30am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 10:30am) 17,561

Calls: 8,816 (50%)

Puts: 8,745 (50%)

Prior (08/14) 9,730

Calls: 6,777 (70%)

Puts: 2,953 (30%)

Current vs Prior +80.48%

Calls: +30.09% (Calls)

Puts: +196.14% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 297,735

Calls: 177,529 (60%)

Puts: 120,206 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 42,533

Calls: 25,361 (60%)

Puts: 17,172 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -58.71%

Calls: -65.24%

Puts: -49.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/26 10:30am) $3.06M

Calls: $1.60M (52%)

Puts: $1.46M (48%)

Prior (08/14) $2.08M

Calls: $1.77M (85%)

Puts: $301.9K (15%)

Current vs Prior +47.54%

Calls: -9.60%

Puts: +383.36%

Prior 7-Day Total $61.47M

Calls: $36.86M (60%)

Puts: $24.60M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $8.78M

Calls: $5.27M (60%)

Puts: $3.51M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -65.11%

Calls: -69.54%

Puts: -58.47%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 10:30am) 0.99

Prior (08/14) 0.44

Current vs Prior +127.65%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.76

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +29.93%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/26 10:30am) 892,949

Calls: 660,567 (74%)

Puts: 232,382 (26%)

Prior (08/14) 980,570

Calls: 708,398 (72%)

Puts: 272,172 (28%)

Current vs Prior -8.94%

Prior 7-Day Total 5,136,774

Calls: 3,691,304 (72%)

Puts: 1,445,470 (28%)

Prior 7-Day Average 733,824

Calls: 527,329 (72%)

Puts: 206,495 (28%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +21.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 3.99% | 5.67%8.67% | 12.35%

Prior 4.82% | 6.46%4.82% | 9.32%

Current vs Prior -17.28% | -12.28%+79.80% | +32.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.13% | 7.93%8.46% | 12.41%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.90% | -28.55%+2.58% | -0.52%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.82% | 6.46%9.13% | 11.25%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -17.28% | -12.28%-4.96% | +9.74%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 39.76% | 15.09%

Calls: 55.00% | 19.69%

Puts: 24.51% | 10.49%

Prior 19.87% | 14.79%

Calls: 20.69% | 15.79%

Puts: 19.05% | 13.79%

Current vs Prior +100.10% | +2.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.60% | 26.83%

Calls: 19.76% | 35.89%

Puts: 43.44% | 17.76%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +25.81% | -43.75%

Liquidity Expensive

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Above-average activity with volume up 80% vs prior. P/C ratio rising 128% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (660,567 calls vs 232,382 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 BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:30	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:25	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:10	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	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	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 11 of results (avg 7.3%, best 4.1%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Sep 18	1.05	1.15	$1.10	9.1%	681	0.34	17.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$55.00	Aug 28	7.20	7.50	$7.35	4.1%	2	0.93	3
$54.00	Aug 28	6.20	6.50	$6.35	4.7%	5	1.00	6
$53.00	Aug 28	5.30	5.60	$5.45	5.5%	13	0.94	24
$52.00	Aug 28	4.40	4.70	$4.55	6.6%	11	1.00	101
$48.00	Sep 25	2.15	2.30	$2.22	6.8%	30	0.51	375

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.93)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$51.00	Sep 11	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	22	0.23	98
$55.00	Sep 18	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	200	0.11	41.2K
$50.00	Sep 11	0.75	0.85	$0.80	12.5%	609	0.30	120

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$47.00	Sep 4	0.85	1.00	$0.93	16.1%	13	0.41	193
$44.00	Sep 18	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	109	0.20	90
$45.00	Sep 18	0.75	0.85	$0.80	12.5%	125	0.27	11.5K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 74 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$40.00	Sep 18	7.50	8.70	$8.10	14.8%	3	1.00	1.3K
$40.00	Aug 28	5.70	9.60	$7.65	51.0%	1	0.96	14
$40.00	Sep 11	6.60	9.00	$7.80	30.8%	--	0.94	79
$42.00	Aug 28	5.10	7.40	$6.25	36.8%	1	0.93	18
$43.00	Sep 4	4.10	6.60	$5.35	46.7%	--	0.93	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$52.00	Aug 28	4.40	4.70	$4.55	6.6%	11	1.00	101
$54.00	Aug 28	6.20	6.50	$6.35	4.7%	5	1.00	6
$57.00	Aug 28	8.10	9.50	$8.80	15.9%	4	1.00	2
$53.00	Aug 28	5.30	5.60	$5.45	5.5%	13	0.94	24
$54.00	Oct 2	6.60	8.70	$7.65	27.5%	1	0.93	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 142 active (total vol 13.3K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$49.00	Sep 11	1.00	1.15	$1.08	13.9%	2.7K	0.37	1.7K
$50.00	Sep 18	1.05	1.15	$1.10	9.1%	681	0.34	17.3K
$50.00	Sep 11	0.75	0.85	$0.80	12.5%	609	0.30	120
$48.50	Sep 18	1.50	1.70	$1.60	12.5%	222	0.44	8
$55.00	Sep 18	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	200	0.11	41.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$46.00	Sep 11	0.80	1.05	$0.93	26.9%	1.9K	0.34	43
$46.00	Sep 4	0.50	0.65	$0.57	26.3%	1.5K	0.29	20
$50.00	Aug 28	2.40	2.75	$2.58	13.6%	793	0.86	1.9K
$49.50	Aug 28	1.95	2.35	$2.15	18.6%	784	0.81	1.7K
$48.00	Sep 11	1.70	1.85	$1.78	8.4%	768	0.54	115

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 17 strikes (avg 94.8%, max 533.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$43.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	180.5%	43.4%	316.3%	1	46
$49.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	55.3%	36.8%	50.5%	28	3.3K
$47.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	54.4%	39.1%	39.1%	22	32
$46.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	51.4%	38.2%	34.5%	10	272
$48.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	52.0%	42.8%	21.7%	250	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$41.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	245.2%	38.7%	533.2%	1	56
$43.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	180.5%	40.1%	350.8%	--	162
$49.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	55.3%	36.8%	50.5%	4	3.0K
$47.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	53.3%	40.2%	32.8%	58	439
$46.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	51.9%	39.7%	30.7%	46	242

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 91 found (best R:R 0.88, avg 2.26)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$42.00	$48.00	Oct 2	$3.20	$2.80	$3.20	83%	0.88	$45.20
$44.00	$46.00	Sep 11	$1.05	$0.95	$1.05	88%	0.90	$45.05
$40.00	$41.00	Aug 28	$0.40	$0.60	$0.40	96%	1.50	$40.40
$50.00	$51.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	43%	7.33	$50.12
$45.00	$46.00	Sep 4	$0.50	$0.50	$0.50	82%	1.00	$45.50

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$56.00	$54.00	Oct 2	$0.90	$1.10	$0.90	92%	1.22	$55.10
$52.00	$51.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.70	$0.30	76%	2.33	$51.70
$52.00	$51.00	Sep 4	$0.60	$0.40	$0.60	89%	0.67	$51.40
$53.00	$52.00	Sep 11	$0.65	$0.35	$0.65	86%	0.54	$52.35
$48.50	$48.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	66%	3.55	$48.39

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 61 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 0.57)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$54.00	$55.00	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.35	$0.65	85%	0.54	$54.35
$52.00	$53.00	Sep 18	$0.38	$0.38	$0.62	74%	0.61	$52.38
$54.00	$55.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$0.27	$0.73	82%	0.37	$54.27
$56.00	$57.00	Sep 11	$0.20	$0.20	$0.80	88%	0.25	$56.20
$52.00	$53.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	76%	0.43	$52.30

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$43.00	$42.00	Aug 28	$0.75	$0.75	$0.25	79%	3.00	$42.25
$45.00	$44.00	Sep 25	$0.57	$0.57	$0.43	72%	1.33	$44.43
$47.00	$46.00	Oct 2	$0.67	$0.67	$0.33	60%	2.03	$46.33
$45.00	$44.00	Oct 2	$0.42	$0.42	$0.58	72%	0.72	$44.58
$45.00	$44.00	Sep 11	$0.30	$0.30	$0.70	75%	0.43	$44.70

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $0.52, cheapest $0.40)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$47.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.45	54.4%	39.4%
$47.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.39	53.3%	39.9%
$48.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.45	51.4%	41.5%
$48.50	Aug 28	Sep 11	$0.87	52.0%	45.0%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$47.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.40	54.4%	39.4%
$47.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.45	53.3%	39.9%
$48.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.72	52.0%	39.0%
$48.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.41	51.4%	41.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 54 found (cheapest 3.28% of stock, avg 7.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$48.50	Aug 28	$0.43	$1.13	$1.56	$46.94	$50.06	3.28%
$47.50	Aug 28	$0.88	$0.73	$1.61	$45.89	$49.11	3.38%
$48.00	Aug 28	$0.60	$1.02	$1.62	$46.38	$49.62	3.40%
$47.00	Aug 28	$1.10	$0.53	$1.63	$45.37	$48.63	3.42%
$49.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$1.60	$1.93	$47.07	$50.93	4.05%
$46.00	Aug 28	$1.80	$0.20	$2.00	$44.00	$48.00	4.20%
$46.50	Aug 28	$1.78	$0.33	$2.11	$44.39	$48.61	4.43%
$49.50	Aug 28	$0.20	$2.15	$2.35	$47.15	$51.85	4.93%
$47.50	Sep 4	$1.27	$1.18	$2.45	$45.05	$49.95	5.14%
$47.00	Sep 4	$1.55	$0.93	$2.48	$44.52	$49.48	5.21%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.01% of stock, avg 4.45%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$50.00	$46.50	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.33	$0.48	$46.02	$50.48
$49.50	$46.50	Aug 28	$0.20	$0.33	$0.53	$45.97	$50.03
$49.00	$46.50	Aug 28	$0.33	$0.33	$0.66	$45.84	$49.66
$48.50	$46.50	Aug 28	$0.43	$0.33	$0.76	$45.74	$49.26
$50.00	$47.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$0.53	$0.68	$46.32	$50.68
$49.50	$47.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$0.53	$0.73	$46.27	$50.23
$51.00	$44.00	Sep 11	$0.55	$0.30	$0.85	$43.15	$51.85
$49.00	$47.00	Aug 28	$0.33	$0.53	$0.86	$46.14	$49.86
$48.50	$47.00	Aug 28	$0.43	$0.53	$0.96	$46.04	$49.46
$50.00	$46.00	Sep 4	$0.45	$0.57	$1.02	$44.98	$51.02

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 49 found (best R:R 7.33, avg credit $0.49)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
42/43	49/50	Aug 28	$0.88	$0.12	52%	7.33	$42.12	$49.88
44/45	52/53	Sep 25	$0.87	$0.13	47%	6.69	$44.13	$52.87
44/45	55/56	Sep 25	$0.79	$0.21	55%	3.76	$44.21	$55.79
44/45	54/55	Sep 25	$0.72	$0.28	52%	2.57	$44.28	$54.72
44/45	53/54	Oct 2	$0.74	$0.26	47%	2.85	$44.26	$53.74
45/46	54/55	Sep 4	$0.62	$0.38	56%	1.63	$45.38	$54.62
43/44	54/55	Sep 4	$0.45	$0.55	73%	0.82	$43.55	$54.45
44/45	51/52	Sep 25	$0.74	$0.26	43%	2.85	$44.26	$51.74
41/42	52/53	Sep 18	$0.50	$0.50	64%	1.00	$41.50	$52.50
44/45	56/57	Sep 11	$0.50	$0.50	63%	1.00	$44.50	$56.50

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 64 found (best R:R 10.11, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$48.00	$48.50	$49.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.43	17%	6.14
$47.00	$47.50	$48.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$0.44	13%	7.33
$50.00	$51.00	$52.00	Sep 11	$0.10	$0.90	12%	9.00
$51.00	$52.00	$53.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$0.90	12%	9.00
$51.00	$52.00	$53.00	Sep 11	$0.08	$0.92	8%	11.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$45.00	$46.00	$47.00	Sep 11	$0.09	$0.91	20%	10.11
$45.00	$46.00	$47.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$0.92	15%	11.50
$43.00	$44.00	$45.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.92	12%	11.50
$46.00	$46.50	$47.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.43	18%	6.14
$49.00	$50.00	$51.00	Sep 11	$0.10	$0.90	15%	9.00

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 $-0.65, 73 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$43.00	$45.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.65	$1.35
$46.00	$48.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.76	$1.24
$52.00	$53.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.12	$0.88
$46.00	$47.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.60	$0.40
$52.00	$53.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.13	$0.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$45.00	$44.00	1:2	Sep 11	$0.00	$1.00
$44.00	$43.00	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$1.00
$46.50	$46.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.07	$0.43
$43.00	$42.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.07	$0.93
$47.00	$46.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.13	$0.37

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 45 found (best yield 3.78%, avg 1.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$49.00	Oct 2	$1.80	0.49	2.9%	3.78%	6.68%	10	10
$50.00	Oct 2	$1.30	0.43	5.0%	2.73%	7.73%	--	69
$52.00	Oct 2	$0.80	0.32	9.2%	1.68%	10.88%	2	142
$51.00	Oct 2	$0.80	0.38	7.1%	1.68%	8.78%	--	17
$48.00	Sep 25	$1.85	0.49	0.8%	3.88%	4.68%	8	41
$48.00	Oct 2	$1.80	0.56	0.8%	3.78%	4.58%	2	--
$50.00	Sep 25	$1.15	0.36	5.0%	2.41%	7.41%	61	85
$49.00	Sep 25	$1.35	0.42	2.9%	2.83%	5.73%	45	53
$49.00	Sep 18	$1.35	0.41	2.9%	2.83%	5.73%	2	723
$53.00	Oct 2	$0.50	0.26	11.3%	1.05%	12.35%	12	65

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 8,816

Total Puts 8,745

Put/Call Ratio 0.99

Net Difference 71

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,777

Total Puts 2,953

Put/Call Ratio 0.44

Net Difference 3,824

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 177,529

Total Puts 120,206

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.76

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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