MRK · Cash-Secured-Puts
Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (new) (MRK) cash-secured puts
A modelled cash-secured put from the published implied volatility, with breakeven and buffer.
- Modelled strike
- $130.00
- Modelled premium
- $0.96
- Cash required
- $13,000.00
- Breakeven
- $129.04
- Downside buffer
- 9.6%
- Period return
- 0.7%
- Annualized return
- 13.1%
- Days to expiration
- 22
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$71.395Expiration P/L -$5,764.50Update time unavailable
Event / reference markers
- Spot: $142.79
- Expiry breakeven $129.04: $129.04
- sell put strike $130.00: $130.00
Exact data table
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| -$2,051.96 | Update time unavailable | ||
| -$1,909.17 | Update time unavailable | ||
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Black-Scholes from the published at-the-money implied volatility (one expected move out of the money). If assigned you buy 100 shares at the strike, an effective $129.04 per share after premium; the shares can keep falling.
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Data provenance
Figures are from published, reviewed research as of Oct 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT. Modelled option premiums use Black-Scholes with the published at-the-money implied volatility and are labelled as modelled, not as live quotes.