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VRTX

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICA

$546.12 -2.12%

$547.80 (+0.31%)🌙

as of 09/04 07:10 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/04) 2,337

Calls: 1,358 (58%)

Puts: 979 (42%)

Prior (09/03) 1,319

Calls: 1,042 (79%)

Puts: 277 (21%)

Current vs Prior +77.18%

Calls: +30.33% (Calls)

Puts: +253.43% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 9,325

Calls: 5,089 (55%)

Puts: 4,236 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,332

Calls: 727 (55%)

Puts: 605 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +75.43%

Calls: +86.80%

Puts: +61.78%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/04) $4.18M

Calls: $3.01M (72%)

Puts: $1.17M (28%)

Prior (09/03) $2.58M

Calls: $2.17M (84%)

Puts: $410.2K (16%)

Current vs Prior +61.67%

Calls: +38.40%

Puts: +184.94%

Prior 7-Day Total $20.25M

Calls: $13.03M (64%)

Puts: $7.22M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $2.89M

Calls: $1.86M (64%)

Puts: $1.03M (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +44.37%

Calls: +61.60%

Puts: +13.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/04) 0.72

Prior (09/03) 0.27

Current vs Prior +171.19%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.99

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -27.49%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/04) 10,407

Calls: 7,032 (68%)

Puts: 3,375 (32%)

Prior (09/03) 4,742

Calls: 3,526 (74%)

Puts: 1,216 (26%)

Current vs Prior +119.46%

Prior 7-Day Total 46,275

Calls: 30,375 (66%)

Puts: 15,900 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 6,610

Calls: 4,339 (66%)

Puts: 2,271 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +57.43%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/04) | Next (09/11)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 0.83% | 2.93%4.63% | 8.60%

Prior 1.57% | 2.97%4.82% | 8.72%

Current vs Prior +86.82% | +56.18%-3.91% | -1.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.24% | 3.51%5.37% | 9.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +30.99% | +32.10%-13.78% | -6.16%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.57% | 2.97%4.82% | 8.72%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +86.82% | +56.18%-3.91% | -1.40%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 53.36% | 9.83%

Calls: 27.85% | 9.76%

Puts: 78.87% | 9.90%

Prior 53.36% | 9.83%

Calls: 27.85% | 9.76%

Puts: 78.87% | 9.90%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 53.36% | 9.83%

Calls: 27.85% | 9.76%

Puts: 78.87% | 9.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($3.01M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 62% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 77% vs prior. Volume explosion - 75% above 7-day average (2,337 vs avg 1,332).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 4 of results (avg 8.8%, best 8.3%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 18	92.70	100.70	$96.70	8.3%	2	0.97	--
$490.00	Oct 16	59.20	64.70	$61.95	8.9%	1	0.87	--
$460.00	Oct 16	86.40	94.60	$90.50	9.1%	1	0.94	15
$460.00	Sep 18	82.80	90.70	$86.75	9.1%	1	0.94	79

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 45 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 0.97)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 18	92.70	100.70	$96.70	8.3%	2	0.97	--
$460.00	Sep 18	82.80	90.70	$86.75	9.1%	1	0.94	79
$460.00	Oct 16	86.40	94.60	$90.50	9.1%	1	0.94	15
$470.00	Oct 16	77.00	85.20	$81.10	10.1%	1	0.92	204
$510.00	Sep 18	34.50	42.60	$38.55	21.0%	105	0.92	434

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Sep 18	41.40	48.60	$45.00	16.0%	1	0.87	--
$565.00	Sep 11	17.10	24.20	$20.65	34.4%	5	0.85	20
$570.00	Sep 4	20.10	28.00	$24.05	32.8%	10	0.77	--
$560.00	Sep 11	12.30	20.60	$16.45	50.5%	3	0.72	--
$560.00	Sep 4	10.30	17.60	$13.95	52.3%	3	0.69	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 111 active (total vol 1.8K, top 228)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Oct 16	4.70	9.10	$6.90	63.8%	162	0.23	78
$570.00	Oct 16	8.60	15.90	$12.25	59.6%	153	0.36	235
$510.00	Sep 18	34.50	42.60	$38.55	21.0%	105	0.92	434
$520.00	Sep 18	26.00	34.10	$30.05	27.0%	104	0.79	377
$580.00	Sep 18	1.10	1.85	$1.48	50.7%	59	0.12	270

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	5.50	6.50	$6.00	16.7%	228	0.18	190
$480.00	Oct 16	1.40	4.70	$3.05	108.2%	151	0.10	24
$510.00	Sep 18	0.00	2.15	$1.08	199.1%	94	0.08	237
$530.00	Oct 16	11.80	14.20	$13.00	18.5%	42	0.35	118
$547.50	Sep 4	0.00	4.80	$2.40	200.0%	33	0.54	21

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 13 strikes (avg 917.0%, max 3636.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$590.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	1064.2%	28.5%	3636.2%	163	78
$562.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	631.4%	29.5%	2043.8%	4	13
$555.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	482.9%	29.6%	1532.6%	19	36
$540.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	390.0%	29.0%	1243.8%	9	11
$550.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	178.8%	30.1%	494.4%	26	248

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$540.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	390.0%	28.2%	1284.8%	2	16
$547.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	175.8%	24.9%	605.9%	36	31
$550.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	178.8%	30.1%	494.4%	7	30
$545.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	104.6%	27.7%	277.6%	7	11
$525.00	Sep 11	Oct 2	34.6%	27.4%	26.1%	4	11

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 57 found (best R:R 77.57, avg 7.58)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$562.50	$590.00	Sep 4	$0.35	$27.15	$0.35	29%	77.57	$562.85
$545.00	$550.00	Sep 4	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	71%	13.29	$545.35
$555.00	$560.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	39%	11.50	$555.40
$590.00	$600.00	Oct 16	$1.05	$8.95	$1.05	24%	8.52	$591.05
$530.00	$550.00	Oct 16	$10.95	$9.05	$10.95	65%	0.83	$540.95

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$520.00	$475.00	Oct 2	$3.35	$41.65	$3.35	25%	12.43	$516.65
$500.00	$470.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$29.70	$0.30	9%	99.00	$499.70
$550.00	$545.00	Sep 18	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	54%	2.33	$548.50
$560.00	$555.00	Oct 2	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	61%	1.50	$558.00
$550.00	$545.00	Oct 2	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	52%	2.23	$548.45

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 42 found (best R:R 0.26, avg 0.49)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$562.50	$565.00	Sep 11	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	75%	1.69	$564.07
$565.00	$570.00	Sep 18	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	71%	0.74	$567.12
$550.00	$560.00	Oct 16	$5.30	$5.30	$4.70	50%	1.13	$555.30
$570.00	$580.00	Sep 18	$1.85	$1.85	$8.15	79%	0.23	$571.85
$565.00	$590.00	Sep 25	$5.27	$5.27	$19.73	66%	0.27	$570.27

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$530.00	$510.00	Sep 18	$4.12	$4.12	$15.88	72%	0.26	$525.88
$542.50	$540.00	Sep 11	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	59%	3.55	$540.55
$500.00	$490.00	Oct 16	$2.20	$2.20	$7.80	82%	0.28	$497.80
$540.00	$525.00	Oct 2	$5.80	$5.80	$9.20	58%	0.63	$534.20
$540.00	$537.50	Sep 11	$1.43	$1.43	$1.07	64%	1.34	$538.57

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $4.69, cheapest $2.50)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$540.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.77	390.0%	26.6%
$550.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$4.30	178.8%	24.7%
$535.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.40	28.9%	26.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$560.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$2.50	599.1%	28.8%
$540.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.50	390.0%	26.6%
$550.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.25	178.8%	24.7%
$547.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.30	175.8%	24.9%
$545.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$4.95	104.6%	22.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 20 found (cheapest 0.55% of stock, avg 4.38%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$545.00	Sep 4	$2.15	$0.85	$3.00	$542.00	$548.00	0.55%
$550.00	Sep 4	$1.80	$4.55	$6.35	$543.65	$556.35	1.16%
$540.00	Sep 4	$5.73	$3.40	$9.13	$530.87	$549.13	1.67%
$545.00	Sep 11	$8.30	$5.80	$14.10	$530.90	$559.10	2.58%
$547.50	Sep 11	$6.65	$7.70	$14.35	$533.15	$561.85	2.63%
$550.00	Sep 11	$6.10	$9.80	$15.90	$534.10	$565.90	2.91%
$540.00	Sep 11	$11.50	$4.90	$16.40	$523.60	$556.40	3.00%
$555.00	Sep 11	$4.63	$12.85	$17.48	$537.52	$572.48	3.20%
$560.00	Sep 11	$3.78	$16.45	$20.23	$539.77	$580.23	3.70%
$530.00	Sep 11	$18.40	$1.98	$20.38	$509.62	$550.38	3.73%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 96 found (cheapest 0.49% of stock, avg 2.42%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$550.00	$545.00	Sep 4	$1.80	$0.85	$2.65	$542.35	$552.65
$580.00	$505.00	Sep 18	$1.48	$1.55	$3.03	$501.97	$583.03
$580.00	$500.00	Sep 18	$1.48	$1.70	$3.18	$496.82	$583.18
$550.00	$540.00	Sep 4	$1.80	$3.40	$5.20	$534.80	$555.20
$570.00	$505.00	Sep 18	$3.33	$1.55	$4.88	$500.12	$574.88
$552.50	$545.00	Sep 4	$4.35	$0.85	$5.20	$539.80	$557.70
$562.50	$545.00	Sep 4	$4.65	$0.85	$5.50	$539.50	$568.00
$570.00	$500.00	Sep 18	$3.33	$1.70	$5.03	$494.97	$575.03
$555.00	$545.00	Sep 4	$4.75	$0.85	$5.60	$539.40	$560.60
$590.00	$545.00	Sep 4	$4.30	$0.85	$5.15	$539.85	$595.15

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 34 found (best R:R 1.76, avg credit $2.79)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/535	562/565	Sep 11	$3.19	$1.81	47%	1.76	$531.81	$565.69
520/525	562/565	Sep 11	$2.63	$2.37	56%	1.11	$522.37	$565.13
530/535	570/575	Sep 11	$2.18	$2.82	60%	0.77	$532.82	$572.18
520/525	570/575	Sep 11	$1.62	$3.38	69%	0.48	$523.38	$571.62
530/535	565/570	Sep 11	$2.22	$2.78	55%	0.80	$532.78	$567.22
520/525	565/570	Sep 11	$1.66	$3.34	64%	0.50	$523.34	$566.66
490/500	580/590	Oct 16	$4.55	$5.45	52%	0.83	$495.45	$584.55
530/535	560/562	Sep 11	$2.10	$2.90	44%	0.72	$532.90	$562.10
500/510	580/590	Oct 16	$4.55	$5.45	47%	0.83	$505.45	$584.55
520/525	560/562	Sep 11	$1.54	$3.46	53%	0.45	$523.46	$561.54

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 21 found (best R:R 21.22, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$510.00	$520.00	$530.00	Sep 18	$0.45	$9.55	20%	21.22
$560.00	$570.00	$580.00	Oct 16	$0.55	$9.45	14%	17.18
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Oct 16	$0.65	$9.35	12%	14.38
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Sep 18	$0.85	$4.15	12%	4.88
$555.00	$557.50	$560.00	Sep 11	$0.61	$1.89	7%	3.10

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Sep 4	$0.60	$1.90	37%	3.17
$545.00	$547.50	$550.00	Sep 11	$0.20	$2.30	11%	11.50
$555.00	$560.00	$565.00	Sep 11	$0.60	$4.40	19%	7.33
$550.00	$555.00	$560.00	Sep 11	$0.55	$4.45	16%	8.09
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Sep 4	$0.70	$9.30	8%	13.29

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 55 found (best net $-10.05, 41 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$460.00	$500.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$10.05	$29.95
$490.00	$530.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.15	$37.85
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.60	$5.40
$542.50	$545.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.03	$2.47
$562.50	$590.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$3.95	$23.55

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$3.85	$6.15
$540.00	$525.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.95	$13.05
$550.00	$547.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.25	$2.25
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.90	$8.10
$500.00	$470.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.10	$28.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 26 found (best yield 3.41%, avg 0.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$550.00	Oct 16	$18.60	0.50	0.7%	3.41%	4.12%	13	220
$560.00	Oct 16	$12.00	0.43	2.5%	2.20%	4.74%	16	286
$570.00	Oct 16	$8.60	0.36	4.4%	1.57%	5.95%	153	235
$580.00	Oct 16	$6.00	0.29	6.2%	1.10%	7.30%	12	49
$590.00	Oct 16	$4.70	0.23	8.0%	0.86%	8.90%	162	78
$600.00	Oct 16	$3.20	0.20	9.9%	0.59%	10.45%	47	99
$555.00	Sep 25	$8.90	0.43	1.6%	1.63%	3.26%	1	--
$550.00	Sep 25	$10.50	0.48	0.7%	1.92%	2.63%	20	1
$565.00	Sep 25	$5.80	0.34	3.5%	1.06%	4.52%	22	--
$590.00	Oct 9	$2.75	0.20	8.0%	0.50%	8.54%	23	2

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,358

Total Puts 979

Put/Call Ratio 0.72

Net Difference 379

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,042

Total Puts 277

Put/Call Ratio 0.27

Net Difference 765

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 5,089

Total Puts 4,236

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.99

Ratio Trend Rising

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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