Bear Put Spreads Below the 200-Day
Bear Put Spread48 trades pass on BSX
- Return on risk
- 37.9% to 332.4%
- Probability of profit
- 31.4% to 68.7%
Boston Scientific Corp · Healthcare
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BSX last closed at $44.34 with 30-day implied volatility of 37.6%. That is in the upper half of its one-year range (IV rank 52), so premiums are somewhat richer than usual for BSX. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 53% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Dec 11 (28 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $4.61, or 10.4%.
The price is above its 50-day moving average (+0.4%) but still below its 200-day (-19.2%). It is 57.8% below its 52-week high and 6.6% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 50.4 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $1.69, about 3.8% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (10.6K contracts) was 0.3x its average, much quieter than usual. A beta of 0.22 means BSX has tended to move about 0.2 times as much as the broad market. 3 of our preset screens found trades on BSX at the close, led by Bear Put Spreads Below the 200-Day with 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 20267 days | 40.2% | ±$2.47 (5.6%) | $41.87 to $46.81 | $1.98 |
| Dec 11, 202628 days | 37.5% | ±$4.61 (10.4%) | $39.73 to $48.95 | $3.68 |
| Jan 15, 202763 days | 39.5% | ±$7.28 (16.4%) | $37.06 to $51.62 | $5.82 |
| Feb 19, 202798 days | 40.9% | ±$9.40 (21.2%) | $34.94 to $53.74 | $7.50 |
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 BSX 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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