Consumer Discretionary

MercadoLibre, Inc. (MELI) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

MELI is MercadoLibre, Inc., a Consumer Discretionary 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
Trade CardBear put spread, 18 Dec25 Sep
IV rank53 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV43.4%28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct12.8% down, 12.7% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall1,800 and 1,70028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewBearish signal, view bearish25 Sep
Last close1,712.4128 Sep
Next report4 Nov 202628 Sep

Trade Cards

On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for MELI was a bear put spread expiring 18 Dec 2026, paper trading.

FigureValue
SignalBearish, over 45 trading days
StrategyBear put spread, debit
LegsBuy the 1,750 put, Sell the 1,500 put
Expiry18 Dec 2026, 84 days to expiry
LimitA debit of at most $89.35
Probability of profit40%, the option market's odds at expiry, from delta
Max loss$8,935 per contract
Max profit$16,065 per contract
Breakeven1,660.65
IV rank at that expiry50 of 100

Probability of profit is the option market's own odds from delta, not the model's.

Priced on the option chain at the close on 25 Sep 2026.

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Options Snapshot

MELI's IV rank is 53 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank53 of 100
At the money IV43.4%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest1.32
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price12,100 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price16,000 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 32.1% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among MELI'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, MELI options priced a move of 12.8 percent down and 12.7 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
2 Oct 202644.1%5.7%1,642.21 to 1,809.21
9 Oct 2026118.1%8.1%1,573.41 to 1,850.41
23 Oct 20262510.9%10.9%1,526.41 to 1,898.41
30 Oct 20263212.8%12.7%1,492.41 to 1,929.41
20 Nov 20265318.3%19.2%1,399.41 to 2,041.41
18 Dec 20268120.7%22.2%1,357.41 to 2,092.41
19 Mar 202717228.3%32.8%1,228.41 to 2,273.41

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 1,712.41, 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, MELI's call wall is the 1,800 strike and its put wall is the 1,700 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma1,800
Put wall, most open put gamma1,700
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $25.38 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$131.75 million
Close1,712.41

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.

Net gamma changes sign at 6 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

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

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, MELI's at the money IV is 43.4 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 27.0 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV43.4%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days27.0%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days34.4%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record849, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move34.7% of 236 weeks

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

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, MELI's at the money IV runs from 43.1 percent at 4 days to 44.0 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
443.1%
1143.0%
1840.8%
2541.4%
3946.8%
5349.0%
8145.7%
17244.0%

Near and far expiries price about the same volatility, a flat term structure.

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

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 32 day expiry, MELI's IV ten percent below the price sits 3.6 points below at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price39.8%-3.6 points
At the money43.4%0.0 points
10% above the price42.4%-1.1 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, MELI's surface spans 10 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 29.9 to 74.4 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured10
Nearest expiry2 Oct 2026, 4 days
Farthest expiry19 Mar 2027, 172 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more267
Lowest IV among them29.9%
Highest IV among them74.4%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, MELI has 10 captured expiries, from 2 Oct 2026 to 19 Mar 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
2 Oct 2026443.1%1,3561,958
9 Oct 20261143.0%559704
16 Oct 20261840.8%2,0162,845
23 Oct 20262541.4%645839
30 Oct 20263243.4%257526
6 Nov 20263946.8%268109
20 Nov 20265349.0%1,1781,021
18 Dec 20268145.7%2,2484,027
15 Jan 202710942.3%2,8433,104
19 Mar 202717244.0%701890

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, MELI's largest open interest sits at the 1,700 strike, with 1,932 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
1,7003461,5861,932
1,6001711,5521,723
1,5004881,0851,573
1,8006236251,248
1,8408092311,040
2,0007912331,024

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, MELI's at the money IV moved from 38.8 percent to 43.4 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV38.8%43.4%+4.6 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price27,21228,094+882
Put/call ratio, open interest1.161.33+0.16

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 16,007 MELI option contracts traded, 1.0 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded9,534
Puts traded6,473
Against its recent average1.0 times
Busier than16 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain55,320 contracts
Volume to open interest0.29
Unusual volume flagYes, 1 contract traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contractThe 1,740 call expiring 2 Oct, 250 traded against 106 open

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

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

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Positioning Replay

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

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 20261,940.00$30.79 million2,0001,800
21 Sep 20261,820.47$8.64 million1,8801,800
28 Sep 20261,712.41minus $25.38 million1,8001,700

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 MELI was bearish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBearish at 45 trading days, signal on
Level above the close1,785.22, the swing high of 18 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
Level below the close1,657.01, the swing low of 30 Jun 2026
The chartSits with 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.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 MELI sat at the 4th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days14 of 100Bearish
20 trading days5 of 100Bearish
45 trading days4 of 100Bearish

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

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Timeframe Agreement

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

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBearish2 of 2
Long45 dayBearish1 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 MELI's bearish signal began that trading day, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026Bearish4 of 100
24 Sep 2026None9 of 100
23 Sep 2026None12 of 100
22 Sep 2026None8 of 100
21 Sep 2026None33 of 100
18 Sep 2026None31 of 100
17 Sep 2026None48 of 100
16 Sep 2026None7 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 27 of 106 Consumer Discretionary names were bullish and 33 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Consumer Discretionary106273346

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Price Chart

MELI closed at 1,712.41 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close1,712.41
Change over 5 trading days-5.9%
Change over 21 trading days-11.3%
Change over 63 trading days+1.7%
Change over 252 trading days-31.3%
52 week high2,548.50
52 week low1,495.00
20 day moving average1,866.44
50 day moving average1,868.62
200 day moving average1,843.30
RSI, 14 days32

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

MELI reports next on 4 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

FigureValue
Next report4 Nov 2026, after the close
DateConfirmed by the company
Move after the report of 5 Aug 2026-4.8%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026+3.2%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026-2.2%
Move after the report of 7 May 2025+6.5%

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

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Company Events

MELI filed 1 current report in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 14 Sep 2026.

FiledReportWhat it covers
14 Sep 2026Current reportOther Events

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

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Seasonality

In the 18 Septembers on record, MELI's average change was minus 3.5 percent, and it rose in 33.3 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-3.5%-4.3%33.3%18
October+0.6%-0.7%36.8%19
November+5.6%+3.3%52.6%19

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 MELI 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 MELI's IV rank?
MELI's IV rank is 53 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are MELI options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, MELI options priced a move of 12.8 percent down and 12.7 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are MELI's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, MELI's call wall is the 1,800 strike and its put wall is the 1,700 strike.
What was the latest Trade Card for MELI on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for MELI was a bear put spread expiring 18 Dec 2026, paper trading.
When does MELI report earnings next?
MELI reports next on 4 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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