Health Care

Boston Scientific Corp (BSX) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

BSX is Boston Scientific Corp, a Health Care name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

Figure	Value	Date
IV rank	87 of 100	28 Sep
At the money IV	49.6%	28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct	15.9% down, 16.3% up	28 Sep
Call wall and put wall	50 and 40	28 Sep
Signal and the desk's view	No signal, view neutral	25 Sep
Last close	44.11	28 Sep
Next report	28 Oct 2026	28 Sep

Options Snapshot

BSX's IV rank is 87 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
IV rank	87 of 100
At the money IV	49.6%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.49
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price	343,000 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price	168,000 contracts
Cost to trade at the money	Fair, 25.8% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among BSX's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, BSX options priced a move of 15.9 percent down and 16.3 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

Expiry	Days	Down	Up	Range
2 Oct 2026	4	4.6%	3.7%	42.09 to 45.74
9 Oct 2026	11	6.8%	6.6%	41.09 to 47.03
23 Oct 2026	25	10.0%	9.8%	39.68 to 48.42
30 Oct 2026	32	15.9%	16.3%	37.08 to 51.31
20 Nov 2026	53	17.2%	17.7%	36.51 to 51.93
18 Dec 2026	81	19.6%	21.0%	35.48 to 53.39
19 Feb 2027	144	27.4%	29.5%	32.01 to 57.11

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 44.11, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, BSX's call wall is the 50 strike and its put wall is the 40 strike.

Figure	Value
Call wall, most open call gamma	50
Put wall, most open put gamma	40
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts	$2.25 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides	$31.2 million
Close	44.11

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

Net gamma changes sign at 5 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, BSX's at the money IV is 49.6 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 39.4 percent.

Figure	Value
At the money IV	49.6%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days	39.4%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days	35.6%
IV against its own weekly record	High, in the top fifth
Weekly readings on record	865, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move	22.6% of 252 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, BSX's at the money IV runs from 42.3 percent at 4 days to 43.8 percent at 144 days.

Days to expiry	At the money IV
4	42.3%
11	40.1%
18	39.3%
25	38.1%
39	49.0%
53	45.2%
81	43.0%
144	43.8%

Far expiries price more volatility than near ones, an upward sloping term structure.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 32 day expiry, BSX's IV ten percent below the price sits 2.0 points above at the money IV.

Strike area	Implied volatility	Against at the money
10% below the price	51.6%	+2.0 points
At the money	49.6%	0.0 points
10% above the price	48.9%	-0.8 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, BSX's surface spans 10 expiries out to 144 days, with IV from 36.5 to 56.5 percent near the price.

Figure	Value
Expiries captured	10
Nearest expiry	2 Oct 2026, 4 days
Farthest expiry	19 Feb 2027, 144 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more	71
Lowest IV among them	36.5%
Highest IV among them	56.5%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, BSX has 10 captured expiries, from 2 Oct 2026 to 19 Feb 2027.

Expiry	Days	At the money IV	Call open interest	Put open interest
2 Oct 2026	4	42.3%	10,881	6,062
9 Oct 2026	11	40.1%	2,941	1,366
16 Oct 2026	18	39.3%	13,743	25,036
23 Oct 2026	25	38.1%	1,237	4,333
30 Oct 2026	32	49.6%	1,205	2,607
6 Nov 2026	39	49.0%	16	44
20 Nov 2026	53	45.2%	29,281	23,545
18 Dec 2026	81	43.0%	214,982	69,035
15 Jan 2027	109	42.2%	65,674	27,469
19 Feb 2027	144	43.8%	3,079	8,422

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, BSX's largest open interest sits at the 67.5 strike, with 114,000 contracts across the captured expiries.

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
67.5	114,000	0	114,000
60	79,616	1,475	81,091
40	1,463	76,509	77,972
50	41,630	15,512	57,142
45	21,630	23,879	45,509
55	26,227	5,531	31,758

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, BSX's at the money IV moved from 36.0 percent to 49.6 percent.

Figure	25 Sep	28 Sep	Change
At the money IV	36.0%	49.6%	+13.7 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price	545,001	510,958	-34,043
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.49	0.49	-0.00

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 23,505 BSX option contracts traded, 1.0 times its own recent average.

Figure	Value
Calls traded	12,946
Puts traded	10,559
Against its recent average	1.0 times
Busier than	5 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain	762,745 contracts
Volume to open interest	0.03
Unusual volume flag	Yes, 1 contract traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contract	The 65 call expiring 17 Jun, 5,006 traded against 936 open

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 33 trading days of BSX's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

Date	Close	Net dollar gamma	Top call strike	Top put strike
11 Aug 2026	51.19	$18.52 million	50	50
21 Sep 2026	43.72	minus $8.27 million	50	40
28 Sep 2026	44.11	$2.25 million	50	40

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of BSX was neutral, paper trading.

Figure	Value
Side	Neutral at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close	45.15, the swing high of 14 Sep 2026
Level below the close	42.78, the swing low of 10 Sep 2026
Strategy family	Iron condor (sell both sides, defined risk)
Price target	None. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 BSX sat at the 54th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

Timeframe	Percentile	Side
10 trading days	29 of 100	Neutral
20 trading days	76 of 100	Neutral
45 trading days	54 of 100	Neutral

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026 BSX's near timeframes were neutral and its long timeframe was neutral, paper trading.

Group	Timeframes	Side	On that side
Near	10 day, 20 day	Neutral	0 of 2
Long	45 day	Neutral	0 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 BSX had carried no signal for at least 18 trading days, paper trading.

Trading day	Signal	45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026	None	54 of 100
24 Sep 2026	None	64 of 100
23 Sep 2026	None	72 of 100
22 Sep 2026	None	43 of 100
21 Sep 2026	None	49 of 100
18 Sep 2026	None	40 of 100
17 Sep 2026	None	64 of 100
16 Sep 2026	None	67 of 100

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 32 of 120 Health Care names were bullish and 52 were bearish, paper trading.

Sector	Names	Bullish	Bearish	Neutral
Health Care	120	32	52	36

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Price Chart

BSX closed at 44.11 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Last close	44.11
Change over 5 trading days	+0.9%
Change over 21 trading days	-5.5%
Change over 63 trading days	+1.4%
Change over 252 trading days	-55.1%
52 week high	105.65
52 week low	42.20
20 day moving average	45.06
50 day moving average	46.88
200 day moving average	62.71
RSI, 14 days	43

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

BSX reports next on 28 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

Figure	Value
Next report	28 Oct 2026, before the open
Date	Confirmed by the company
Move after the report of 29 Jul 2026	-0.0%
Move after the report of 22 Apr 2026	+9.0%
Move after the report of 4 Feb 2026	-17.6%
Move after the report of 22 Oct 2025	+4.0%

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Company Events

BSX filed 1 current report in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 23 Sep 2026.

Filed	Report	What it covers
23 Sep 2026	Current report	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Public Filings

The filings the desk holds carry 4 recent trades in BSX shares.

Filed	Who	Trade	Size
25 Sep 2026	. Kevin Hern, member of Congress	Sold	$1,001 to $15,000
25 Sep 2026	. Kevin Hern, member of Congress	Sold	$1,001 to $15,000
25 Sep 2026	. Kevin Hern, member of Congress	Sold	$1,001 to $15,000
10 Sep 2026	. Gilbert Cisneros, member of Congress	Bought	$1,001 to $15,000

Every filing is reproduced as filed, and each one reaches the public days or weeks after the trade.

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 44.2 percent of BSX's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

Figure	Value
Short sale share, 25 Sep	44.2%
Five day average	44.6%
52 week median	28.2%

Short sale volume counts trades marked short at the covered venues, mostly off exchange. It is not the same as short interest.

Short volume as of 25 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 34 Septembers on record, BSX's average change was minus 2.5 percent, and it rose in 38.2 percent of them.

Month	Average change	Middle change	Share of years up	Years
September	-2.5%	-3.1%	38.2%	34
October	+0.1%	-0.4%	47.1%	34
November	-1.0%	-0.2%	47.1%	34

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 6 headlines naming BSX in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Headlines in the window	6
Latest	28 Sep 2026

The titles are in the Headlines window, with the time each was published.

Headlines as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is BSX's IV rank?: BSX's IV rank is 87 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are BSX options pricing?: On 28 Sep 2026, BSX options priced a move of 15.9 percent down and 16.3 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are BSX's call wall and put wall?: On 28 Sep 2026, BSX's call wall is the 50 strike and its put wall is the 40 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of BSX on the Free plan?: On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of BSX was neutral, paper trading.
When does BSX report earnings next?: BSX reports next on 28 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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