Long Call Butterflies for Pinning
Call Butterfly26 trades pass on BMY
- Return on risk
- 113.9% to 1,000%+
- Probability of profit
- 12.5% to 100.0%
Bristol Myers Squibb Co · Healthcare
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BMY closed at $63.88 on Sep 28, 2026 with 30-day implied volatility of 32.8%. That is in the upper half of its one-year range (IV rank 59), so premiums are somewhat richer than usual for BMY. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 75% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Oct 30 (32 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $6.46, or 10.1%.
The price is above its 200-day moving average (+8.2%) but below its 50-day (-0.5%), a pullback inside a longer uptrend. It is 6.2% below its 52-week high and 50.0% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 50.3 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $1.38, about 2.2% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (17.8K contracts) was 1.1x its average, close to normal. A beta of 0.25 means BMY has tended to move about 0.3 times as much as the broad market. 2 of our preset screens found trades on BMY at the close, led by Long Call Butterflies for Pinning with 26 trades.
Expected move = price x at-the-money IV x the square root of (days to expiration / 365), a one standard deviation range. The straddle is the at-the-money call plus put, the market's own price for a move. Compare expected moves across stocks.
| Expiration | IV | Expected move | 1 SD range | Straddle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 20264 days | 35.8% | ±$2.40 (3.8%) | $61.48 to $66.28 | $1.92 |
| Oct 30, 202632 days | 34.2% | ±$6.46 (10.1%) | $57.42 to $70.34 | $5.15 |
| Nov 20, 202653 days | 32.5% | ±$7.90 (12.4%) | $55.98 to $71.78 | $6.36 |
| Dec 18, 202681 days | 30.8% | ±$9.27 (14.5%) | $54.61 to $73.15 | $7.43 |
Each expiration has its own implied volatility, and short-dated IV reacts more to near-term events, so the nearest expiration can differ a lot from the 30-day figure.
Counts and ranges for BMY from our preset scans at the last close. Open a preset in the app to see each trade with its strikes, prices, and risk, refreshed intraday. Income strategies show annualized return; the rest show return on risk.
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