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VRTX

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICA

$498.43 -4.56%

$498.72 (+0.06%)🌙

as of 07/08 07:13 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08) 4,673

Calls: 2,213 (47%)

Puts: 2,460 (53%)

Prior (07/07) 3,387

Calls: 1,708 (50%)

Puts: 1,679 (50%)

Current vs Prior +37.97%

Calls: +29.57% (Calls)

Puts: +46.52% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 23,275

Calls: 11,465 (49%)

Puts: 11,810 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,325

Calls: 1,637 (49%)

Puts: 1,687 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +40.54%

Calls: +35.12%

Puts: +45.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08) $7.24M

Calls: $3.59M (50%)

Puts: $3.65M (50%)

Prior (07/07) $10.33M

Calls: $7.58M (73%)

Puts: $2.75M (27%)

Current vs Prior -29.88%

Calls: -52.68%

Puts: +33.00%

Prior 7-Day Total $43.76M

Calls: $34.31M (78%)

Puts: $9.44M (22%)

Prior 7-Day Average $6.25M

Calls: $4.90M (78%)

Puts: $1.35M (22%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.84%

Calls: -26.83%

Puts: +170.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/08) 1.11

Prior (07/07) 0.98

Current vs Prior +13.08%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.24

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/08) 7,725

Calls: 3,515 (46%)

Puts: 4,210 (54%)

Prior (07/07) 9,536

Calls: 6,717 (70%)

Puts: 2,819 (30%)

Current vs Prior -18.99%

Prior 7-Day Total 63,260

Calls: 46,670 (74%)

Puts: 16,590 (26%)

Prior 7-Day Average 9,037

Calls: 6,667 (74%)

Puts: 2,370 (26%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.52%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/10) | Next (07/17)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 1.93% | 3.99%3.99% | 10.63%

Prior 2.78% | 4.41%4.41% | 10.57%

Current vs Prior -30.63% | -9.54%-9.54% | +0.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.69% | 4.19%4.26% | 10.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.48% | -4.77%-6.18% | -1.40%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.78% | 4.41%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -30.63% | -9.54%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 125.66% | 9.21%

Calls: 67.80% | 10.00%

Puts: 183.51% | 8.43%

Prior 125.66% | 9.21%

Calls: 67.80% | 10.00%

Puts: 183.51% | 8.43%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 124.11% | 15.76%

Calls: 77.94% | 15.94%

Puts: 170.28% | 15.60%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.25% | -41.57%

Liquidity Expensive

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Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.11. Declining open interest (down 19%) indicates positions being closed.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 8 of results (avg 7.6%, best 5.5%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Aug 21	41.60	44.00	$42.80	5.6%	4	0.70	72
$500.00	Jul 17	8.70	9.60	$9.15	9.8%	51	0.47	283

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Aug 21	33.90	35.80	$34.85	5.5%	2	0.62	--
$510.00	Aug 21	28.00	29.90	$28.95	6.6%	2	0.55	342
$500.00	Aug 21	22.80	24.60	$23.70	7.6%	49	0.49	34
$585.00	Jul 17	82.40	89.10	$85.75	7.8%	2	0.91	--
$580.00	Jul 17	77.40	84.00	$80.70	8.2%	2	0.96	--

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. 34 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 0.96)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Jul 10	21.30	28.60	$24.95	29.3%	1	0.94	11
$440.00	Jul 17	56.60	62.60	$59.60	10.1%	1	0.91	--
$470.00	Jul 17	27.20	34.10	$30.65	22.5%	210	0.89	815
$480.00	Jul 10	16.50	23.50	$20.00	35.0%	1	0.87	--
$470.00	Jul 10	26.20	33.30	$29.75	23.9%	1	0.85	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$580.00	Jul 17	77.40	84.00	$80.70	8.2%	2	0.96	--
$525.00	Jul 10	22.90	29.30	$26.10	24.5%	1	0.92	--
$585.00	Jul 17	82.40	89.10	$85.75	7.8%	2	0.91	--
$530.00	Jul 17	28.00	36.00	$32.00	25.0%	5	0.86	--
$520.00	Jul 10	17.80	24.50	$21.15	31.7%	22	0.82	44

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 112 active (total vol 3.4K, top 1.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Aug 21	5.70	8.60	$7.15	40.6%	1.0K	0.22	41
$470.00	Jul 17	27.20	34.10	$30.65	22.5%	210	0.89	815
$490.00	Jul 17	12.80	15.10	$13.95	16.5%	92	0.65	--
$500.00	Jul 17	8.70	9.60	$9.15	9.8%	51	0.47	283
$545.00	Jul 17	0.05	6.00	$3.03	196.4%	50	0.15	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$480.00	Aug 21	14.10	16.10	$15.10	13.2%	1.1K	0.35	15
$530.00	Aug 21	37.90	43.90	$40.90	14.7%	77	0.66	4
$525.00	Jul 31	26.00	34.00	$30.00	26.7%	64	0.76	1
$500.00	Aug 21	22.80	24.60	$23.70	7.6%	49	0.49	34
$480.00	Jul 31	6.00	7.70	$6.85	24.8%	44	0.29	31

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 22 strikes (avg 54.9%, max 170.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$540.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	99.3%	36.6%	170.9%	35	130
$470.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	80.1%	35.0%	129.1%	5	76
$520.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	63.3%	34.5%	83.6%	37	299
$530.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	59.7%	36.8%	62.2%	3	108
$510.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	53.5%	35.3%	51.4%	36	80

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	63.3%	34.5%	83.6%	24	44
$525.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	51.8%	28.8%	79.9%	65	1
$515.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	56.9%	31.9%	78.5%	37	345
$505.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	51.0%	31.4%	62.4%	21	19
$510.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	53.5%	35.3%	51.4%	17	372

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 72 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.95)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$535.00	$540.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$535.10
$520.00	$525.00	Jul 17	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$520.16
$525.00	$530.00	Jul 17	$0.34	$4.66	$0.34	13.71	$525.34
$530.00	$565.00	Jul 31	$2.73	$32.27	$2.73	11.82	$532.73
$510.00	$520.00	Jul 10	$1.02	$8.98	$1.02	8.80	$511.02

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$475.00	$470.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$474.85
$470.00	$450.00	Jul 17	$0.80	$19.20	$0.80	24.00	$469.20
$465.00	$460.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$464.75
$470.00	$465.00	Jul 31	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	9.00	$469.50
$480.00	$475.00	Jul 17	$0.55	$4.45	$0.55	8.09	$479.45

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 84 found (best R:R 37.46, avg 2.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$440.00	$470.00	Jul 17	$28.95	$28.95	$1.05	27.57	$468.95
$470.00	$475.00	Jul 10	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$474.80
$485.00	$492.50	Jul 10	$6.85	$6.85	$0.65	10.54	$491.85
$480.00	$485.00	Jul 10	$4.30	$4.30	$0.70	6.14	$484.30
$470.00	$490.00	Jul 17	$16.70	$16.70	$3.30	5.06	$486.70

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$580.00	$530.00	Jul 17	$48.70	$48.70	$1.30	37.46	$531.30
$505.00	$500.00	Jul 10	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$500.25
$530.00	$515.00	Jul 17	$13.10	$13.10	$1.90	6.89	$516.90
$510.00	$505.00	Jul 10	$4.15	$4.15	$0.85	4.88	$505.85
$530.00	$525.00	Jul 31	$4.10	$4.10	$0.90	4.56	$525.90

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 29 found (avg debit $4.55, cheapest $0.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$520.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.35	63.3%	31.5%
$470.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.90	80.1%	32.8%
$515.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.98	31.9%	26.7%
$530.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$1.25	59.7%	36.7%
$525.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$1.64	51.8%	34.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$480.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$1.13	47.6%	27.4%
$485.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.58	26.8%	24.5%
$530.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$2.10	36.7%	28.8%
$470.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$2.13	32.8%	27.4%
$460.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.20	31.1%	33.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 21 found (cheapest 1.77% of stock, avg 6.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$500.00	Jul 10	$5.20	$3.60	$8.80	$491.20	$508.80	1.77%
$505.00	Jul 10	$4.33	$8.35	$12.68	$492.32	$517.68	2.54%
$510.00	Jul 10	$3.15	$12.50	$15.65	$494.35	$525.65	3.14%
$495.00	Jul 17	$10.65	$7.25	$17.90	$477.10	$512.90	3.59%
$500.00	Jul 17	$9.15	$9.65	$18.80	$481.20	$518.80	3.77%
$490.00	Jul 17	$13.95	$5.10	$19.05	$470.95	$509.05	3.82%
$497.50	Jul 17	$10.25	$10.00	$20.25	$477.25	$517.75	4.06%
$480.00	Jul 10	$20.00	$1.27	$21.27	$458.73	$501.27	4.27%
$515.00	Jul 17	$3.60	$18.90	$22.50	$492.50	$537.50	4.51%
$520.00	Jul 10	$2.13	$21.15	$23.28	$496.72	$543.28	4.67%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 127 found (cheapest 0.68% of stock, avg 3.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$520.00	$480.00	Jul 10	$2.13	$1.27	$3.40	$476.60	$523.40
$540.00	$480.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$1.27	$3.67	$476.33	$543.67
$510.00	$480.00	Jul 10	$3.15	$1.27	$4.42	$475.58	$514.42
$505.00	$480.00	Jul 10	$4.33	$1.27	$5.60	$474.40	$510.60
$525.00	$485.00	Jul 17	$2.32	$3.47	$5.79	$479.21	$530.79
$520.00	$485.00	Jul 17	$2.48	$3.47	$5.95	$479.05	$525.95
$520.00	$495.00	Jul 10	$2.13	$4.28	$6.41	$488.59	$526.41
$500.00	$480.00	Jul 10	$5.20	$1.27	$6.47	$473.53	$506.47
$540.00	$495.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$4.28	$6.68	$488.32	$546.68
$515.00	$485.00	Jul 17	$3.60	$3.47	$7.07	$477.93	$522.07

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 167 found (best R:R 10.11, avg credit $4.92)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
520/530	550/560	Aug 21	$9.10	$0.90	10.11	$520.90	$559.10
480/490	500/510	Aug 21	$9.00	$1.00	9.00	$481.00	$509.00
510/520	550/560	Aug 21	$8.95	$1.05	8.52	$511.05	$558.95
492/495	498/500	Jul 17	$2.20	$0.30	7.33	$492.80	$499.70
480/485	490/495	Jul 17	$4.37	$0.63	6.94	$480.63	$494.37
490/500	510/520	Aug 21	$8.70	$1.30	6.69	$491.30	$518.70
490/492	498/500	Jul 17	$2.15	$0.35	6.14	$490.35	$499.65
500/505	510/515	Jul 17	$4.30	$0.70	6.14	$500.70	$514.30
480/490	510/520	Aug 21	$8.40	$1.60	5.25	$481.60	$518.40
500/510	550/560	Aug 21	$8.30	$1.70	4.88	$501.70	$558.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 25 found (best R:R 65.67, cheapest $0.15)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Jul 17	$0.23	$4.77	20.74
$490.00	$500.00	$510.00	Aug 21	$0.50	$9.50	19.00
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Aug 21	$0.60	$9.40	15.67
$520.00	$525.00	$530.00	Jul 31	$0.33	$4.67	14.15
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Jul 10	$0.65	$4.35	6.69

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$510.00	$520.00	$530.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$480.00	$490.00	$500.00	Aug 21	$0.30	$9.70	32.33
$460.00	$465.00	$470.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$4.75	19.00
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Aug 21	$0.65	$9.35	14.38
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Jul 17	$0.40	$4.60	11.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 62 found (best net $-3.94, 53 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$440.00	$470.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$1.70	$28.30
$530.00	$550.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.10	$18.90
$500.00	$515.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.35	$14.65
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$8.10	$11.90
$535.00	$550.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$3.75	$11.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$410.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$3.94	$36.06
$470.00	$450.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.10	$19.90
$520.00	$495.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$6.70	$18.30
$480.00	$460.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.70	$16.30
$510.00	$495.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$4.35	$10.65

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 36 found (best yield 4.43%, avg 1.20%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$500.00	Aug 21	$22.10	0.51	0.3%	4.43%	4.75%	2	--
$500.00	Aug 7	$17.60	0.51	0.3%	3.53%	3.85%	5	--
$510.00	Aug 21	$17.10	0.45	2.3%	3.43%	5.75%	34	80
$505.00	Aug 7	$15.80	0.47	1.3%	3.17%	4.49%	4	--
$520.00	Aug 21	$12.50	0.38	4.3%	2.51%	6.84%	11	258
$500.00	Jul 31	$11.00	0.49	0.3%	2.21%	2.52%	3	22
$515.00	Aug 7	$11.00	0.39	3.3%	2.21%	5.53%	2	--
$525.00	Aug 14	$10.40	0.36	5.3%	2.09%	7.42%	2	--
$530.00	Aug 21	$9.90	0.34	6.3%	1.99%	8.32%	1	--
$520.00	Aug 7	$9.40	0.36	4.3%	1.89%	6.21%	5	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,213

Total Puts 2,460

Put/Call Ratio 1.11

Net Difference -247

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,708

Total Puts 1,679

Put/Call Ratio 0.98

Net Difference 29

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 11,465

Total Puts 11,810

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.24

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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