01 — MRK · IRON CONDOR

Best MRK iron condor 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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Top pick · 4-leg iron condor
$136/$139P + $160/$162.5C · Nov 27
27 DAYS · BOTH WINGS 3 WIDE · SELL TO OPEN
Credit
$309
Return
30900%
PoP
64%
WingsExpirationCreditReturn ↓PoP
$137P / $162.5C
3 wide wings
Dec 4
34 days
$172
$1.72 / share
134.38%67%
$138P / $160C
3 wide wings
Nov 27
27 days
$152
$1.52 / share
102.7%65%
$140P / $160C
3 wide wings
Nov 27
27 days
$106
$1.06 / share
54.64%62%
$133P / $165C
3 wide wings
Dec 4
34 days
$96
$0.96 / share
47.06%74%
$136P / $162.5C
3 wide wings
Nov 27
27 days
$89
$0.89 / share
42.18%70%
$136P / $162.5C
3 wide wings
Dec 4
34 days
$64
$0.64 / share
27.12%66%
$137P / $162.5C
3 wide wings
Nov 27
27 days
$27
$0.27 / share
9.89%70%
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03 — Strategy

Iron Condor, plainly explained

Traders expecting consolidation and seeking bounded risk/reward.

P&L at expiration · $136/$139P + $160/$162.5C · 27 DTE

$0+$309−$-9$136$139P$160C$163

Key numbers

Premium collected+$309
Max profit+$309
Profit zone$135.91 — $163.09
Probability of profit64%
Days to expiration27

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      05 — RUN IT LIVE

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