Long Call Butterflies for Pinning
Call Butterfly40 trades pass on NVO
- Return on risk
- 101.0% to 1,000%+
- Probability of profit
- 14.2% to 79.7%
Novo Nordisk A S · Healthcare
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NVO last closed at $41.63 with 30-day implied volatility of 27.7%. That is near the bottom of its one-year range (IV rank 1), so options on NVO are cheap compared with its own recent history. Measured by IV percentile, IV is at or below every reading of the past year. Options expiring Dec 11 (28 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $2.92, or 7.0%.
The price is above its 50-day moving average (+3.3%) but still below its 200-day (-3.8%). It is 34.9% below its 52-week high and 18.0% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 57.8 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $1.08, about 2.6% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (38.5K contracts) was 0.9x its average, close to normal. A beta of 0.96 means NVO has tended to move about 1.0 times as much as the broad market. 5 of our preset screens found trades on NVO at the close, led by Long Call Butterflies for Pinning with 40 trades.
Expected move = price x at-the-money IV x the square root of (days to expiration / 365), a one standard deviation range. The straddle is the at-the-money call plus put, the market's own price for a move. Compare expected moves across stocks.
| Expiration | IV | Expected move | 1 SD range | Straddle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 20267 days | 32.3% | ±$1.86 (4.5%) | $39.77 to $43.49 | $1.49 |
| Dec 11, 202628 days | 25.3% | ±$2.92 (7.0%) | $38.71 to $44.55 | $2.34 |
| Jan 15, 202763 days | 32.1% | ±$5.56 (13.3%) | $36.07 to $47.19 | $4.48 |
Each expiration has its own implied volatility, and short-dated IV reacts more to near-term events, so the nearest expiration can differ a lot from the 30-day figure.
Counts and ranges for NVO from our preset scans at the last close. Open a preset in the app to see each trade with its strikes, prices, and risk, refreshed intraday. Income strategies show annualized return; the rest show return on risk.
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