Boston Scientific (BSX) is down .05 to 5.91 today.? BSX is trading .50 from its highs of the year.
Today paper bought the BSX Aug 7 calls for .27 in two blocks of 1,000 contracts for a total volume of 5,069. Average contract volume is 2,371 per day in the name.? Open interest was 648 prior to this trade. The calls look to be a straight buy.? Implied volatility is up over 3% today in August.
30-day implied volatility is 33%.?? 10-day implied volatility is 26%.? 30-day implied volatility is trading above the 10 day historical volatility.?
Boston Scientific Corporation is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices that are used in a range of interventional medical specialties.