01 — MRK · CASH-SECURED PUTS

Best MRK cash-secured puts 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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$146 put · Dec 4

34 DAYS · 2.4% OTM · SELL TO OPEN

Credit

$855

Return

5.72%

PoP

63%

Strike	Expiration	Credit	Return ↓	PoP
$144 3.7% OTM	Nov 27 27 days	$681 $6.81 / share	4.55%	70%
$142 5.0% OTM	Dec 4 34 days	$630 $6.30 / share	4.21%	73%
$145 3.0% OTM	Nov 27 27 days	$617 $6.17 / share	4.13%	67%
$143 4.4% OTM	Dec 4 34 days	$615 $6.15 / share	4.11%	71%
$147 1.7% OTM	Nov 27 27 days	$450 $4.50 / share	3.01%	61%
$145 3.0% OTM	Dec 4 34 days	$435 $4.35 / share	2.91%	65%
$144 3.7% OTM	Dec 4 34 days	$330 $3.30 / share	2.21%	68%
$146 2.4% OTM	Nov 27 27 days	$319 $3.19 / share	2.13%	64%
$143 4.4% OTM	Nov 27 27 days	$202 $2.02 / share	1.35%	73%