01 — MRK · BEAR CALL SPREADS

Best MRK bear call spreads setups.

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Large-cap pharma with options flow tied to Keytruda LOE, pipeline catalysts, and oncology trial readouts.

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Merck
Healthcare / Pharma
MRK
$149.52+2.9% / 30d
IV rank (1y)
56% · moderate
Next earnings
Oct 29
Market cap
$368.9B
P/E (fwd)
16.2
Dividend
$3.32 · Sep 15
Option vol
3K /day

02 — Live setups

Suggested strikes

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$160/$162.5 call spread · Dec 4
34 DAYS · 7.0% OTM · 3 WIDE · SELL TO OPEN
Credit
$89
Return
55.28%
PoP
74%
SpreadExpirationCreditReturn ↓PoP
$155 / $157.5
3.7% OTM · 3 wide
Dec 4
34 days
$75
$0.75 / share
42.86%62%
$157.5 / $160
5.3% OTM · 3 wide
Nov 27
27 days
$69
$0.69 / share
38.12%71%
$155 / $157.5
3.7% OTM · 3 wide
Nov 27
27 days
$49
$0.49 / share
24.38%64%
$157.5 / $160
5.3% OTM · 3 wide
Dec 4
34 days
$20
$0.20 / share
8.7%68%
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03 — Strategy

Bear Call Spreads, plainly explained

Moderately bearish or neutral traders seeking defined-risk credit income.

P&L at expiration · $160/$162.5 call spread · 34 DTE

$0+$89−$161$163 LONG$160.89 BE$160 SHORT

Key numbers

Premium collected+$89
Max profit+$89
Max loss−$161
Breakeven$160.89
Spread$160 / $162.5
Probability of profit74%
Days to expiration34

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