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BSX

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CO

$43.15 -6.32%

(7/29 09:35) ◀

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 9:40am) 4,518

Calls: 2,411 (53%)

Puts: 2,107 (47%)

Prior --

Calls: 24,654 (63%)

Puts: 14,525 (37%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -90.22% (Calls)

Puts: -85.49% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 151,278

Calls: 95,880 (63%)

Puts: 55,398 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 37,819

Calls: 13,697 (63%)

Puts: 7,914 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -88.05%

Calls: -82.40%

Puts: -73.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 9:40am) $918.3K

Calls: $371.0K (40%)

Puts: $547.3K (60%)

Prior --

Calls: $3.91M (53%)

Puts: $3.46M (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -90.51%

Puts: -84.18%

Prior 7-Day Total $26.38M

Calls: $18.12M (69%)

Puts: $8.26M (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average $6.59M

Calls: $2.59M (69%)

Puts: $1.18M (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -86.07%

Calls: -85.67%

Puts: -53.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 9:40am) 0.87

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior -12.61%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.57

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +53.90%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/29 9:40am) 916,974

Calls: 666,883 (73%)

Puts: 250,091 (27%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,370,306

Calls: 1,661,772 (70%)

Puts: 708,534 (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average 592,576

Calls: 415,443 (70%)

Puts: 177,133 (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +54.74%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/31) | Next (08/07)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 6.03% | 7.44%10.22% | 13.63%

Prior 8.28% | 9.74%11.61% | 14.90%

Current vs Prior -27.22% | -23.64%-11.99% | -8.56%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.94% | 8.45%11.61% | 14.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -13.12% | -11.99%-11.99% | -8.56%

Prior 7-Day Eod 8.28% | 9.74%12.51% | 14.83%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -27.22% | -23.64%-18.27% | -8.10%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 100.00% | 53.65%

Calls: 50.00% | 61.29%

Puts: 150.00% | 46.01%

Prior 15.57% | 9.96%

Calls: 13.02% | 8.70%

Puts: 18.13% | 11.21%

Current vs Prior +542.26% | +438.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 17.43% | 14.48%

Calls: 14.45% | 11.85%

Puts: 20.42% | 17.12%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +473.61% | +270.43%

Liquidity Expensive

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Call-heavy open interest (666,883 calls vs 250,091 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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 NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:40	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.83, cheapest $0.83)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$43.00	Jul 31	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	56	0.47	3.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 64 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$36.50	Jul 31	5.60	8.00	$6.80	35.3%	--	1.00	11
$37.50	Jul 31	4.40	7.10	$5.75	47.0%	--	1.00	13
$40.00	Jul 31	2.55	4.40	$3.48	53.2%	--	1.00	17
$35.00	Aug 21	7.60	9.30	$8.45	20.1%	--	0.96	43
$38.00	Aug 7	4.50	6.80	$5.65	40.7%	--	0.91	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$50.00	Aug 7	6.00	8.00	$7.00	28.6%	--	0.98	22
$48.00	Jul 31	4.10	5.80	$4.95	34.3%	--	0.97	274
$47.00	Jul 31	3.20	4.80	$4.00	40.0%	--	0.91	277
$46.50	Jul 31	3.10	3.90	$3.50	22.9%	22	0.90	134
$49.00	Aug 14	5.20	7.40	$6.30	34.9%	--	0.88	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 100 active (total vol 2.0K, top 125)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$51.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	120	0.02	1.8K
$46.50	Jul 31	0.05	0.15	$0.10	100.0%	118	0.09	2.4K
$44.50	Jul 31	0.30	0.60	$0.45	66.7%	100	0.29	71
$47.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.15	$0.10	100.0%	79	0.08	878
$48.00	Aug 14	0.20	0.60	$0.40	100.0%	79	0.18	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$42.00	Jul 31	0.30	0.50	$0.40	50.0%	125	0.29	783
$44.00	Jul 31	1.15	1.75	$1.45	41.4%	120	0.63	1.8K
$43.00	Aug 7	0.90	1.50	$1.20	50.0%	61	0.43	663
$40.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.15	$0.10	100.0%	58	0.07	5.5K
$45.00	Jul 31	1.90	2.55	$2.22	29.3%	58	0.76	1.9K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 46 strikes (avg 65.2%, max 143.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$47.50	Jul 31	Aug 21	106.3%	47.3%	124.5%	34	302
$50.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	92.5%	43.8%	111.3%	19	1.6K
$51.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	102.6%	49.1%	109.1%	121	1.8K
$49.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	81.9%	41.4%	97.8%	9	2.9K
$43.50	Jul 31	Aug 21	99.7%	50.7%	96.5%	13	211

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$35.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	150.5%	61.8%	143.5%	--	84
$37.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	129.9%	56.2%	131.0%	1	255
$38.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	99.6%	49.4%	101.7%	1	175
$38.50	Jul 31	Aug 21	91.1%	46.1%	97.6%	--	590
$43.50	Jul 31	Aug 21	99.7%	50.7%	96.5%	--	2.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 64 found (best R:R 7.33, avg 2.15)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$48.00	$50.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$1.70	$0.30	5.67	$48.30
$46.00	$47.00	Aug 14	$0.17	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$46.17
$44.50	$45.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$44.60
$45.50	$46.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$45.60
$47.00	$48.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.78	$0.22	3.55	$47.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$38.00	$37.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$37.88
$40.00	$37.00	Sep 4	$0.42	$2.58	$0.42	6.14	$39.58
$38.00	$37.50	Aug 7	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$37.90
$40.00	$39.00	Aug 14	$0.20	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$39.80
$39.00	$38.00	Aug 14	$0.23	$0.77	$0.23	3.35	$38.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 87 found (best R:R 12.33, avg 1.98)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$40.50	$42.00	Aug 14	$1.38	$1.38	$0.12	11.50	$41.88
$37.50	$40.00	Jul 31	$2.27	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$39.77
$40.00	$41.00	Jul 31	$0.90	$0.90	$0.10	9.00	$40.90
$35.00	$40.00	Aug 21	$4.35	$4.35	$0.65	6.69	$39.35
$42.00	$43.00	Aug 21	$0.87	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$42.87

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$50.00	$48.00	Aug 7	$1.85	$1.85	$0.15	12.33	$48.15
$50.00	$47.00	Aug 21	$2.75	$2.75	$0.25	11.00	$47.25
$44.00	$43.00	Aug 14	$0.89	$0.89	$0.11	8.09	$43.11
$49.00	$46.00	Aug 14	$2.67	$2.67	$0.33	8.09	$46.33
$43.00	$42.00	Aug 28	$0.85	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$42.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 43 found (avg debit $0.39, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$50.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.07	92.5%	55.4%
$49.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.12	81.9%	54.0%
$40.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.22	65.6%	57.6%
$47.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.25	78.9%	51.9%
$46.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.30	71.7%	47.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$37.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.07	129.9%	75.5%
$37.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.08	99.9%	63.0%
$36.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	123.8%	79.6%
$46.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	71.6%	49.8%
$38.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.15	99.6%	68.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 58 found (cheapest 4.29% of stock, avg 10.27%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$43.00	Jul 31	$1.02	$0.83	$1.85	$41.15	$44.85	4.29%
$42.50	Jul 31	$1.25	$0.63	$1.88	$40.62	$44.38	4.36%
$42.00	Jul 31	$1.60	$0.40	$2.00	$40.00	$44.00	4.63%
$44.00	Jul 31	$0.63	$1.45	$2.08	$41.92	$46.08	4.82%
$44.50	Jul 31	$0.45	$1.75	$2.20	$42.30	$46.70	5.10%
$45.00	Jul 31	$0.35	$2.22	$2.57	$42.43	$47.57	5.96%
$43.50	Jul 31	$1.15	$1.58	$2.73	$40.77	$46.23	6.33%
$43.00	Aug 7	$1.58	$1.20	$2.78	$40.22	$45.78	6.44%
$41.00	Jul 31	$2.58	$0.22	$2.80	$38.20	$43.80	6.49%
$45.50	Jul 31	$0.25	$2.63	$2.88	$42.62	$48.38	6.67%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.09% of stock, avg 5.10%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$45.50	$41.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$0.22	$0.47	$40.53	$45.97
$45.50	$41.50	Jul 31	$0.25	$0.28	$0.53	$40.97	$46.03
$45.00	$41.00	Jul 31	$0.35	$0.22	$0.57	$40.43	$45.57
$45.00	$41.50	Jul 31	$0.35	$0.28	$0.63	$40.87	$45.63
$45.50	$42.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$0.40	$0.65	$41.35	$46.15
$44.50	$41.00	Jul 31	$0.45	$0.22	$0.67	$40.33	$45.17
$44.50	$41.50	Jul 31	$0.45	$0.28	$0.73	$40.77	$45.23
$45.00	$42.00	Jul 31	$0.35	$0.40	$0.75	$41.25	$45.75
$44.00	$41.00	Jul 31	$0.63	$0.22	$0.85	$40.15	$44.85
$44.50	$42.00	Jul 31	$0.45	$0.40	$0.85	$41.15	$45.35

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 111 found (best R:R 6.14, avg credit $0.62)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
42/43	47/48	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$42.14	$47.86
46/46	47/48	Aug 14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$45.14	$47.86
35/36	46/47	Aug 28	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$35.14	$46.86
40/41	42/43	Aug 7	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$40.15	$42.85
40/41	46/47	Aug 14	$0.84	$0.16	5.25	$40.16	$46.84
39/40	46/47	Aug 28	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$39.17	$46.83
38/38	42/43	Aug 7	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$37.20	$42.80
38/39	44/45	Aug 21	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$38.60	$44.90
42/42	47/48	Aug 14	$0.78	$0.22	3.55	$41.72	$47.78
38/39	45/46	Aug 21	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$38.61	$45.39

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 51 found (best R:R 15.67, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$46.00	$47.00	$48.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.89	8.09
$45.00	$46.00	$47.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$0.87	6.69
$49.00	$50.00	$51.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$0.87	6.69
$46.00	$46.50	$47.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.43	6.14
$47.00	$47.50	$48.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$0.43	6.14

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$35.00	$36.00	$37.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$0.94	15.67
$38.50	$39.00	$39.50	Jul 31	$0.06	$0.44	7.33
$41.00	$41.50	$42.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$0.44	7.33
$36.00	$36.50	$37.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$0.42	5.25
$39.00	$39.50	$40.00	Aug 7	$0.08	$0.42	5.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 88 found (best net $-0.26, 80 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$48.00	$50.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.20	$1.80
$37.50	$40.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.21	$1.29
$44.00	$46.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.72	$1.28
$40.00	$42.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.86	$1.14
$50.00	$51.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.17	$0.83

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$40.00	$37.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.26	$2.74
$49.00	$46.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.96	$2.04
$49.00	$46.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.25	$1.75
$50.00	$47.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.80	$1.20
$37.00	$35.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.86	$1.14

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 40 found (best yield 3.94%, avg 1.24%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$43.50	Aug 21	$1.70	0.49	0.8%	3.94%	4.75%	13	180
$44.00	Aug 28	$1.50	0.47	2.0%	3.48%	5.45%	1	3
$44.00	Aug 21	$1.30	0.45	2.0%	3.01%	4.98%	1	214
$44.50	Aug 21	$1.15	0.41	3.1%	2.67%	5.79%	--	135
$45.00	Aug 21	$1.10	0.38	4.3%	2.55%	6.84%	53	4.2K
$46.00	Aug 28	$1.10	0.35	6.6%	2.55%	9.15%	1	436
$44.00	Aug 14	$1.00	0.51	2.0%	2.32%	4.29%	--	25
$45.50	Aug 21	$0.85	0.35	5.5%	1.97%	7.42%	--	127
$44.00	Aug 7	$0.75	0.46	2.0%	1.74%	3.71%	--	86
$45.00	Aug 14	$0.70	0.42	4.3%	1.62%	5.91%	--	90

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,411

Total Puts 2,107

Put/Call Ratio 0.87

Net Difference 304

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 95,880

Total Puts 55,398

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.57

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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