VRTX241129P00420000 Option on Vertex Pharmaceuticals

VRTX Stock  USD 468.29  0.93  0.20%   
Vertex Pharmaceuticals' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-13 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.19 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 2.49 over 72 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-12-13. The total put volume is at 1.1 K, with calls trading at the volume of 1.1 K. This yields a 2.97 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against 2024-12-13 Option Contracts

Vertex Pharmaceuticals option prices can potentially be used to forecast stock returns because most option chains provide information not only about the current prices but also about the future conditions in Vertex Pharmaceuticals' lending market. For example, when Vertex Pharmaceuticals' puts are not actively trading or completely missing in the marketplace, investors can use it to internalize expected shorting costs. So if an investor is writing a put option on Vertex Pharmaceuticals, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Vertex Pharmaceuticals stock over its option's life.
The chart above shows Vertex Pharmaceuticals' distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Vertex Pharmaceuticals' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Vertex Pharmaceuticals' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Analyzing Vertex Pharmaceuticals' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Vertex Pharmaceuticals regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Vertex Pharmaceuticals' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Vertex Pharmaceuticals' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Vertex Pharmaceuticals' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals In The Money Call Balance

When Vertex Pharmaceuticals' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Vertex Pharmaceuticals stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Vertex Pharmaceuticals' options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Vertex Pharmaceuticals are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.

Vertex Current Options Market Mood

Vertex Pharmaceuticals' open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Vertex Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Unfortunately, most Vertex Pharmaceuticals' options investors are not very successful. Vertex Pharmaceuticals' option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Vertex contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Vertex Pharmaceuticals will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0119% per day over the life of the 2024-12-13 option contract. With Vertex Pharmaceuticals trading at USD 468.29, that is roughly USD 0.0556. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Vertex Pharmaceuticals' daily price movement you should consider buying Vertex Pharmaceuticals options at the current volatility level of 0.19%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Vertex Pharmaceuticals options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Vertex calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Vertex Pharmaceuticals stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Option Chain

When Vertex Pharmaceuticals' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Vertex Pharmaceuticals stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Vertex. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Vertex. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Vertex Pharmaceuticals against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 41532024-12-130.0 - 0.048.73In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 43012024-12-130.0 - 0.038.0In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 43522024-12-130.0 - 0.036.82In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 44032024-12-130.0 - 0.033.53In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 44532024-12-130.0 - 0.028.8In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 45042024-12-130.0 - 0.026.21In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 455212024-12-130.0 - 0.022.49In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 457302024-12-130.0 - 0.019.1In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 4601672024-12-130.0 - 0.024.9In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 46232024-12-130.0 - 0.017.5In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 465722024-12-130.0 - 0.020.0In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 467542024-12-130.0 - 0.015.1In
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 4701382024-12-130.0 - 0.016.27Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 472902024-12-130.0 - 0.016.45Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 475532024-12-130.0 - 0.011.4Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 480612024-12-130.0 - 0.011.5Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 485712024-12-130.0 - 0.09.3Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 490702024-12-130.0 - 0.08.62Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 495152024-12-130.0 - 0.07.29Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 500522024-12-130.0 - 0.06.02Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 505372024-12-130.0 - 0.00.4Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 510472024-12-130.0 - 0.03.8Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 515212024-12-130.0 - 0.03.5Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 520132024-12-130.0 - 0.02.85Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 52562024-12-130.0 - 0.03.26Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 53532024-12-130.0 - 0.01.4Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 540262024-12-130.0 - 0.01.0Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 5451742024-12-130.0 - 0.00.6Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 55042024-12-130.0 - 0.01.5Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 55592024-12-130.0 - 0.01.0Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 560202024-12-130.0 - 0.01.68Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 56542024-12-130.0 - 0.01.1Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 57522024-12-130.0 - 0.00.5Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 610142024-12-130.0 - 0.00.15Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 640192024-12-130.0 - 0.00.15Out
Call
VRTX Option Call 13-12-2024 650112024-12-130.0 - 0.00.05Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 49532024-12-130.0 - 0.039.72In
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 490722024-12-130.0 - 0.036.0In
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 485152024-12-130.0 - 0.028.9In
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 48032024-12-130.0 - 0.027.38In
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4751312024-12-130.0 - 0.020.22In
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4701262024-12-130.0 - 0.016.32In
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 467462024-12-130.0 - 0.014.68Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4652622024-12-130.0 - 0.012.0Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 46222024-12-130.0 - 0.019.05Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4601012024-12-130.0 - 0.011.0Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 457662024-12-130.0 - 0.016.0Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4553512024-12-130.0 - 0.010.2Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 452162024-12-130.0 - 0.07.9Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4501882024-12-130.0 - 0.010.0Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 44772024-12-130.0 - 0.06.8Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 445402024-12-130.0 - 0.04.9Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 442292024-12-130.0 - 0.07.0Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4405052024-12-130.0 - 0.06.0Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4371592024-12-130.0 - 0.06.0Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4351742024-12-130.0 - 0.04.95Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4301582024-12-130.0 - 0.06.9Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 425462024-12-130.0 - 0.03.1Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4202962024-12-130.0 - 0.02.3Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 415482024-12-130.0 - 0.01.95Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 410522024-12-130.0 - 0.01.45Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 405442024-12-130.0 - 0.00.81Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 4001192024-12-130.0 - 0.00.6Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 39582024-12-130.0 - 0.00.27Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 390962024-12-130.0 - 0.00.2Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 385272024-12-130.0 - 0.00.8Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 380182024-12-130.0 - 0.00.28Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 375172024-12-130.0 - 0.00.2Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 370462024-12-130.0 - 0.00.05Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 365122024-12-130.0 - 0.00.11Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 360122024-12-130.0 - 0.00.05Out
 Put
VRTX Option Put 13-12-2024 35022024-12-130.0 - 0.00.76Out

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Market Cap Over Time

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Vertex Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

18.46 Billion

At this time, Vertex Pharmaceuticals' Total Stockholder Equity is fairly stable compared to the past year.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Corporate Management

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