01 — MRK · COVERED CALLS

Best MRK covered calls setups.

Pick how long you want to wait and how much risk you'll take. We score every live strike across the next 3 expirations and surface the top setups — updated hourly.

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Merck

Healthcare / Pharma

MRK

$146.33+0.7% / 30d

IV rank (1y)

53.8% · moderate

Next earnings

Oct 29

Market cap

$361.0B

P/E (fwd)

15.8

Dividend

$3.32 · Sep 15

Option vol

6K /day

02 — Live setups

Suggested strikes

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$152.5 call · Dec 4

36 DAYS · 8.2% OTM · SELL TO OPEN

Credit

$360

Return

2.55%

PoP

63%

Strike	Expiration	Credit	Return ↓	PoP
$152.5 8.2% OTM	Nov 27 29 days	$295 $2.95 / share	2.09%	65%
$155 10.0% OTM	Dec 4 36 days	$245 $2.45 / share	1.74%	70%
$152.5 8.2% OTM	Nov 20 22 days	$213 $2.13 / share	1.51%	67%
$155 10.0% OTM	Nov 27 29 days	$198 $1.98 / share	1.4%	72%
$155 10.0% OTM	Nov 20 22 days	$186 $1.86 / share	1.32%	75%
$210 49.0% OTM	Nov 27 29 days	$0 $0.00 / share	0%	70%
$190 34.8% OTM	Dec 4 36 days	$0 $0.00 / share	0%	70%
$195 38.4% OTM	Dec 4 36 days	$0 $0.00 / share	0%	70%
$200 41.9% OTM	Dec 4 36 days	$0 $0.00 / share	0%	70%