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Pro Tips · Nov 1, 2026

MRK: a Good put below the post-results rebound

One conditional cash-secured put after Merck’s results: a lower-entry thesis, moderate IV rank and earnings outside expiry. Drug-news risk and declining EPS keep it at Good, not Great.

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Archival 2021 photograph of Merck Research Laboratories in South San Francisco, California
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MRK — Good, not Great. The thesis is to consider a lower effective share entry after Merck’s October 29 results, rather than chase Friday’s rise. The ••• cash-secured put offers an illustrative ••• breakeven at a ••• credit, below the recent ••• and…

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