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VRTX

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICA

$480.25 -1.06%

$479.00 (-0.26%)🌙

as of 07/13 07:11 PM

(7/10 19:14) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13) 3,390

Calls: 844 (25%)

Puts: 2,546 (75%)

Prior (07/10) 1,916

Calls: 739 (39%)

Puts: 1,177 (61%)

Current vs Prior +76.93%

Calls: +14.21% (Calls)

Puts: +116.31% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 26,018

Calls: 12,800 (49%)

Puts: 13,218 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,716

Calls: 1,828 (49%)

Puts: 1,888 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.79%

Calls: -53.84%

Puts: +34.83%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13) $2.17M

Calls: $1.22M (56%)

Puts: $947.6K (44%)

Prior (07/10) $1.81M

Calls: $842.3K (47%)

Puts: $968.8K (53%)

Current vs Prior +19.65%

Calls: +44.77%

Puts: -2.19%

Prior 7-Day Total $47.55M

Calls: $33.00M (69%)

Puts: $14.55M (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average $6.79M

Calls: $4.71M (69%)

Puts: $2.08M (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -68.10%

Calls: -74.13%

Puts: -54.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/13) 3.02

Prior (07/10) 1.59

Current vs Prior +89.40%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.23

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +144.72%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/13) 9,922

Calls: 6,821 (69%)

Puts: 3,101 (31%)

Prior (07/10) 7,840

Calls: 4,182 (53%)

Puts: 3,658 (47%)

Current vs Prior +26.56%

Prior 7-Day Total 66,724

Calls: 43,439 (65%)

Puts: 23,285 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 9,532

Calls: 6,205 (65%)

Puts: 3,326 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/17) | Next (07/24)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 3.40% | 4.87%3.40% | 10.93%

Prior 3.38% | 4.46%3.38% | 10.61%

Current vs Prior +0.76% | +9.24%+0.76% | +3.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.76% | 4.26%4.00% | 10.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +23.45% | +14.48%-14.89% | +2.35%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.38% | 4.46%3.38% | 10.61%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +0.76% | +9.24%+0.76% | +3.03%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

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 125.66% | 9.21%

Calls: 67.80% | 10.00%

Puts: 183.51% | 8.43%

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

Liquidity Expensive

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Above-average activity with volume up 77% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.02 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 89% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (6,821 calls vs 3,101 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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 1 of results (avg 8.8%, best 8.8%)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Jul 31	90.60	98.90	$94.75	8.8%	2	0.91	--

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. 22 found (avg delta 0.71, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Jul 17	76.40	84.80	$80.60	10.4%	2	1.00	26
$440.00	Jul 17	37.00	45.40	$41.20	20.4%	1	0.96	--
$450.00	Jul 17	27.20	33.90	$30.55	21.9%	3	0.95	--
$435.00	Jul 24	43.00	51.00	$47.00	17.0%	2	0.91	4
$460.00	Jul 17	18.20	26.40	$22.30	36.8%	3	0.90	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$575.00	Jul 31	90.60	98.90	$94.75	8.8%	2	0.91	--
$495.00	Jul 17	13.70	18.50	$16.10	29.8%	6	0.83	326
$492.50	Jul 17	10.10	18.90	$14.50	60.7%	2	0.79	--
$487.50	Jul 17	8.20	15.50	$11.85	61.6%	1	0.64	5
$490.00	Jul 31	16.10	18.20	$17.15	12.2%	1	0.61	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 112 active (total vol 2.2K, top 290)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Aug 14	10.40	19.70	$15.05	61.8%	103	0.42	1
$530.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.15	$0.08	187.5%	52	0.01	95
$510.00	Jul 17	0.00	1.50	$0.75	200.0%	40	0.08	261
$510.00	Aug 7	4.60	12.40	$8.50	91.8%	25	0.29	10
$510.00	Aug 14	6.20	13.10	$9.65	71.5%	25	0.31	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$410.00	Jul 17	0.00	1.80	$0.90	200.0%	290	0.05	365
$460.00	Jul 17	0.00	2.25	$1.13	199.1%	210	0.13	41
$450.00	Jul 17	0.00	1.45	$0.73	198.6%	180	0.07	136
$430.00	Jul 24	0.00	3.00	$1.50	200.0%	160	0.08	--
$480.00	Aug 21	20.70	23.50	$22.10	12.7%	141	0.47	417

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 17 strikes (avg 35.1%, max 92.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$540.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	72.3%	37.7%	91.7%	15	2
$535.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	52.6%	36.9%	42.8%	12	--
$482.50	Jul 17	Jul 31	45.5%	32.4%	40.5%	4	2
$487.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	41.4%	31.4%	32.0%	9	19
$520.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	49.3%	37.3%	32.0%	28	345

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$420.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	77.5%	40.3%	92.0%	27	190
$430.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	66.6%	39.1%	70.5%	56	12
$477.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	37.5%	25.2%	49.1%	3	26
$390.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	76.7%	59.2%	29.6%	20	--
$435.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	44.5%	35.7%	24.7%	35	1

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 62 found (best R:R 86.50, avg 8.17)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$535.00	$540.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$535.12
$530.00	$535.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$530.18
$540.00	$550.00	Jul 17	$0.37	$9.63	$0.37	26.03	$540.37
$500.00	$505.00	Jul 17	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$500.23
$520.00	$530.00	Jul 17	$0.52	$9.48	$0.52	18.23	$520.52

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$420.00	$385.00	Aug 14	$0.40	$34.60	$0.40	86.50	$419.60
$450.00	$435.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$14.82	$0.18	82.33	$449.82
$435.00	$430.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$434.85
$430.00	$420.00	Aug 7	$0.65	$9.35	$0.65	14.38	$429.35
$435.00	$430.00	Jul 31	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	9.00	$434.50

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 70 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 2.02)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$400.00	$440.00	Jul 17	$39.40	$39.40	$0.60	65.67	$439.40
$460.00	$470.00	Jul 17	$8.30	$8.30	$1.70	4.88	$468.30
$450.00	$460.00	Jul 17	$8.25	$8.25	$1.75	4.71	$458.25
$435.00	$475.00	Jul 24	$32.40	$32.40	$7.60	4.26	$467.40
$470.00	$472.50	Jul 17	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	3.55	$471.95

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$575.00	$490.00	Jul 31	$77.60	$77.60	$7.40	10.49	$497.40
$477.50	$475.00	Jul 17	$2.20	$2.20	$0.30	7.33	$475.30
$482.50	$480.00	Jul 17	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	1.94	$480.85
$485.00	$482.50	Jul 17	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	1.94	$483.35
$472.50	$470.00	Jul 17	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	1.87	$470.87

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 25 found (avg debit $5.32, cheapest $0.33)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$535.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.37	52.6%	36.9%
$530.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.70	41.8%	36.2%
$520.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.00	49.3%	36.7%
$482.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.95	45.5%	31.9%
$510.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.98	42.1%	35.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$435.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.33	44.5%	35.7%
$477.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.45	37.5%	25.2%
$430.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.72	66.6%	47.2%
$450.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.10	42.9%	33.9%
$485.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.45	37.1%	32.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 15 found (cheapest 3.06% of stock, avg 5.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$480.00	Jul 17	$7.10	$7.60	$14.70	$465.30	$494.70	3.06%
$472.50	Jul 17	$12.05	$3.53	$15.58	$456.92	$488.08	3.24%
$485.00	Jul 17	$4.90	$10.90	$15.80	$469.20	$500.80	3.29%
$470.00	Jul 17	$14.00	$1.90	$15.90	$454.10	$485.90	3.31%
$487.50	Jul 17	$4.83	$11.85	$16.68	$470.82	$504.18	3.47%
$482.50	Jul 17	$7.55	$9.25	$16.80	$465.70	$499.30	3.50%
$495.00	Jul 17	$1.40	$16.10	$17.50	$477.50	$512.50	3.64%
$475.00	Jul 24	$14.60	$7.40	$22.00	$453.00	$497.00	4.58%
$460.00	Jul 17	$22.30	$1.13	$23.43	$436.57	$483.43	4.88%
$450.00	Jul 17	$30.55	$0.73	$31.28	$418.72	$481.28	6.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 131 found (cheapest 0.91% of stock, avg 3.31%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$510.00	$435.00	Jul 24	$2.73	$1.65	$4.38	$430.62	$514.38
$510.00	$450.00	Jul 24	$2.73	$1.83	$4.56	$445.44	$514.56
$507.50	$430.00	Jul 31	$3.20	$1.48	$4.68	$425.32	$512.18
$507.50	$440.00	Jul 31	$3.20	$1.80	$5.00	$435.00	$512.50
$490.00	$470.00	Jul 17	$3.25	$1.90	$5.15	$464.85	$495.15
$490.00	$462.50	Jul 17	$3.25	$1.88	$5.13	$457.37	$495.13
$507.50	$435.00	Jul 31	$3.20	$1.98	$5.18	$429.82	$512.68
$500.00	$430.00	Jul 31	$4.08	$1.48	$5.56	$424.44	$505.56
$500.00	$435.00	Jul 24	$4.08	$1.65	$5.73	$429.27	$505.73
$492.50	$435.00	Jul 24	$4.15	$1.65	$5.80	$429.20	$498.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 115 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $5.49)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
440/445	495/500	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$440.15	$499.85
472/475	488/490	Jul 17	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$472.60	$489.90
440/445	505/508	Jul 31	$4.76	$0.24	19.83	$440.24	$509.76
450/452	488/490	Jul 17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$450.17	$489.83
460/462	488/490	Jul 17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$460.17	$489.83
450/452	460/470	Jul 17	$9.05	$0.95	9.53	$443.45	$469.05
450/460	500/510	Aug 21	$8.25	$1.75	4.71	$451.75	$508.25
485/490	495/500	Jul 31	$4.07	$0.93	4.38	$485.93	$499.07
475/478	490/495	Jul 17	$4.05	$0.95	4.26	$473.45	$494.05
430/450	460/480	Aug 21	$16.00	$4.00	4.00	$434.00	$476.00

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 17 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$480.00	$490.00	$500.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Jul 17	$0.45	$4.55	10.11
$530.00	$535.00	$540.00	Jul 17	$0.52	$4.48	8.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$410.00	$420.00	$430.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$9.82	54.56
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Jul 31	$0.50	$4.50	9.00
$452.50	$455.00	$457.50	Jul 17	$0.37	$2.13	5.76
$477.50	$480.00	$482.50	Jul 17	$0.60	$1.90	3.17
$457.50	$460.00	$462.50	Jul 17	$0.87	$1.63	1.87

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 73 found (best net $-0.71, 61 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$520.00	$570.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.71	$49.29
$400.00	$440.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$1.80	$38.20
$482.50	$495.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.30	$11.20
$495.00	$510.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$4.25	$10.75
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.16	$9.84

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$430.00	$390.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$1.36	$38.64
$425.00	$390.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.38	$33.62
$420.00	$385.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.63	$32.37
$450.00	$430.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.83	$19.17
$450.00	$430.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.70	$18.30

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 28 found (best yield 3.91%, avg 1.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$490.00	Aug 21	$18.80	0.47	2.0%	3.91%	5.94%	3	21
$485.00	Aug 14	$17.00	0.49	1.0%	3.54%	4.53%	2	--
$485.00	Aug 7	$16.00	0.48	1.0%	3.33%	4.32%	1	1
$490.00	Aug 14	$15.30	0.46	2.0%	3.19%	5.22%	2	--
$500.00	Aug 21	$14.40	0.40	4.1%	3.00%	7.11%	3	499
$495.00	Aug 14	$10.40	0.42	3.1%	2.17%	5.24%	103	1
$482.50	Jul 24	$8.40	0.48	0.5%	1.75%	2.22%	3	1
$482.50	Jul 31	$8.30	0.47	0.5%	1.73%	2.20%	1	--
$510.00	Aug 21	$8.20	0.32	6.2%	1.71%	7.90%	3	54
$487.50	Jul 24	$6.20	0.40	1.5%	1.29%	2.80%	4	1

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 844

Total Puts 2,546

Put/Call Ratio 3.02

Net Difference -1,702

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 739

Total Puts 1,177

Put/Call Ratio 1.59

Net Difference -438

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 12,800

Total Puts 13,218

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.23

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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 Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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