Health Care

Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

EXEL is Exelixis, Inc., a Health Care name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

FigureValueDate
IV rank18 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV43.8%28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct11.9% down, 8.7% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall60 and 5028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bearish25 Sep
Last close58.3728 Sep
Next report27 Oct 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

EXEL's IV rank is 18 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank18 of 100
At the money IV43.8%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest2.18
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price14,800 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price32,200 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyWide, 49.1% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among EXEL's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, EXEL options priced a move of 11.9 percent down and 8.7 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
16 Oct 20261811.9%8.7%51.42 to 63.47
20 Nov 20265319.7%17.5%46.87 to 68.57
18 Dec 20268123.8%24.8%44.47 to 72.87
15 Jan 202710928.4%23.6%41.77 to 72.17
19 Feb 202714432.6%33.4%39.37 to 77.87

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 58.37, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, EXEL's call wall is the 60 strike and its put wall is the 50 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma60
Put wall, most open put gamma50
Flip strike, where net gamma changes sign57.57
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $850,486
Total dollar gamma, both sides$3.79 million
Close58.37

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, EXEL's at the money IV is 43.8 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 29.4 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV43.8%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days29.4%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days34.8%
IV against its own weekly recordLow, in the bottom fifth
Weekly readings on record848, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move16.1% of 236 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, EXEL's at the money IV runs from 43.8 percent at 18 days to 52.8 percent at 144 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
1843.8%
5351.8%
8152.5%
10949.1%
14452.8%

Far expiries price more volatility than near ones, an upward sloping term structure.

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, EXEL's surface spans 5 expiries out to 144 days, with IV from 39.0 to 55.7 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured5
Nearest expiry16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry19 Feb 2027, 144 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more10
Lowest IV among them39.0%
Highest IV among them55.7%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, EXEL has 5 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Feb 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
16 Oct 20261843.8%3,63914,342
20 Nov 20265351.8%2,3491,627
18 Dec 20268152.5%1,48213,710
15 Jan 202710949.1%6,8532,056
19 Feb 202714452.8%436416

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, EXEL's largest open interest sits at the 50 strike, with 18,351 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
502,90715,44418,351
4023710,52510,762
551,8924,4676,359
653,73803,738
602,9333153,248
45631150781

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, EXEL's at the money IV moved from 38.5 percent to 43.8 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV38.5%43.8%+5.3 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price45,55446,910+1,356
Put/call ratio, open interest2.312.18-0.13

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 3,899 EXEL option contracts traded, 0.9 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded625
Puts traded3,274
Against its recent average0.9 times
Busier than8 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain47,980 contracts
Volume to open interest0.08
Unusual volume flagNo

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 33 trading days of EXEL's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 202651.33minus $1.88 million6050
21 Sep 202657.22minus $1.27 million6550
28 Sep 202658.37minus $850,4866050

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of EXEL was bearish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBearish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close59.15, the swing high of 18 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
Level below the close56.26, the swing low of 23 Sep 2026
The chartSits against the view
Strategy familyBear put spread (buy a put spread)
Price targetNone. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 EXEL sat at the 9th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days39 of 100Neutral
20 trading days11 of 100Bearish
45 trading days9 of 100Bearish

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026, 2 of 3 timeframes put EXEL on the bearish side, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBearish1 of 2
Long45 dayBearish1 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 EXEL had carried no signal for at least 18 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None9 of 100
24 Sep 2026None16 of 100
23 Sep 2026None29 of 100
22 Sep 2026None34 of 100
21 Sep 2026None19 of 100
18 Sep 2026None40 of 100
17 Sep 2026None23 of 100
16 Sep 2026None32 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 32 of 120 Health Care names were bullish and 52 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Health Care120325236

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Price Chart

EXEL closed at 58.37 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close58.37
Change over 5 trading days+2.0%
Change over 21 trading days+5.6%
Change over 63 trading days+7.5%
Change over 252 trading days+50.9%
52 week high59.72
52 week low33.76
20 day moving average57.55
50 day moving average55.61
200 day moving average48.73
RSI, 14 days57

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

EXEL reports next on 27 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

FigureValue
Next report27 Oct 2026, after the close
DateConfirmed by the company
Move after the report of 5 Aug 2026-7.9%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026-1.8%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026-0.9%
Move after the report of 13 May 2025+20.8%

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Public Filings

1 of the 10 fund managers the desk tracks list EXEL among the top holdings of their latest quarterly report.

Fund manager
Renaissance Technologies

Every filing is reproduced as filed, and each one reaches the public days or weeks after the trade.

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 23 Septembers on record, EXEL's average change was minus 1.5 percent, and it rose in 47.8 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-1.5%-0.3%47.8%23
October-0.1%+1.8%56.5%23
November+4.2%+3.0%60.9%23

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 1 headline naming EXEL in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window1
Latest28 Sep 2026

The titles are in the Headlines window, with the time each was published.

Headlines as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is EXEL's IV rank?
EXEL's IV rank is 18 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are EXEL options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, EXEL options priced a move of 11.9 percent down and 8.7 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are EXEL's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, EXEL's call wall is the 60 strike and its put wall is the 50 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of EXEL on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of EXEL was bearish, paper trading.
When does EXEL report earnings next?
EXEL reports next on 27 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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