Health Care

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

TMO is Thermo Fisher Scientific, 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
Trade CardBear call spread, 18 Dec25 Sep
IV rank98 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV42.3%28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct12.4% down, 11.8% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall700 and 60028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bearish25 Sep
Last close678.6028 Sep
Next report21 Oct 202628 Sep

Trade Cards

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

FigureValue
SignalNeutral
StrategyBear call spread, credit
LegsSell the 760 call, Buy the 820 call
Expiry18 Dec 2026, 84 days to expiry
LimitA credit of at least $7.55
Probability of profit73%, the option market's odds at expiry, from delta
Max loss$5,245 per contract
Max profit$755 per contract
Breakeven767.55
IV rank at that expiry92 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

TMO's IV rank is 98 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank98 of 100
At the money IV42.3%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.82
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price20,600 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price16,900 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 23.3% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among TMO'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, TMO options priced a move of 12.4 percent down and 11.8 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
2 Oct 202646.0%4.3%638.10 to 707.70
9 Oct 2026115.8%5.3%639.20 to 714.60
23 Oct 20262510.2%10.5%609.30 to 749.70
30 Oct 20263212.4%11.8%594.50 to 758.90
20 Nov 20265314.1%14.3%582.70 to 775.90
18 Dec 20268116.5%16.9%566.60 to 793.60
19 Mar 202717222.1%25.6%528.60 to 852.60

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 678.60, as the option prices imply it.

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

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

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, TMO's call wall is the 700 strike and its put wall is the 600 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma700
Put wall, most open put gamma600
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts$15.67 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$47.73 million
Close678.60

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 9 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, TMO's at the money IV is 42.3 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 24.5 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV42.3%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days24.5%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days28.0%
IV against its own weekly recordHigh, in the top fifth
Weekly readings on record863, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move23.8% of 252 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, TMO's at the money IV runs from 36.8 percent at 4 days to 34.4 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
436.8%
1134.0%
1832.8%
2542.1%
3942.4%
5336.7%
8134.7%
17234.4%

Near expiries price more volatility than far ones, an inverted 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, TMO's IV ten percent below the price sits 0.9 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price43.2%+0.9 points
At the money42.3%0.0 points
10% above the price42.5%+0.2 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, TMO's surface spans 10 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 30.6 to 90.8 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 more123
Lowest IV among them30.6%
Highest IV among them90.8%

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

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Expiry Ladder

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

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
2 Oct 2026436.8%715877
9 Oct 20261134.0%651289
16 Oct 20261832.8%4,2524,611
23 Oct 20262542.1%152103
30 Oct 20263242.3%33864
6 Nov 20263942.4%4804
20 Nov 20265336.7%1,850706
18 Dec 20268134.7%3,8222,403
15 Jan 202710936.2%7,1725,307
19 Mar 202717234.4%1,6141,765

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, TMO's largest open interest sits at the 600 strike, with 3,926 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
6001,1832,7433,926
5606701,5132,183
5804581,4991,957
7001,897101,907
6501,1495261,675
460251,3671,392

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, TMO's at the money IV moved from 40.2 percent to 42.3 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV40.2%42.3%+2.1 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price36,62637,499+873
Put/call ratio, open interest0.830.82-0.01

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 4,586 TMO option contracts traded, 1.0 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded1,962
Puts traded2,624
Against its recent average1.0 times
Busier than3 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain45,676 contracts
Volume to open interest0.10
Unusual volume flagNo

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 TMO's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026605.00$31.59 million620550
21 Sep 2026658.76$10.68 million700600
28 Sep 2026678.60$15.67 million700600

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 TMO was bearish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBearish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close682.98, the swing high of 24 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
Level below the close663.57, the swing low of 17 Sep 2026
The chartSits against the view
Strategy familyBear call spread (sell a call spread above the price)
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 TMO sat at the 8th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days42 of 100Neutral
20 trading days29 of 100Neutral
45 trading days8 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, 1 of 3 timeframes put TMO on the bearish side, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayNeutral0 of 2
Long45 dayBearish1 of 1

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Signal History

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

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None8 of 100
24 Sep 2026None14 of 100
23 Sep 2026None24 of 100
22 Sep 2026None12 of 100
21 Sep 2026None47 of 100
18 Sep 2026None45 of 100
17 Sep 2026None32 of 100
16 Sep 2026None11 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

TMO closed at 678.60 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close678.60
Change over 5 trading days+3.0%
Change over 21 trading days+7.6%
Change over 63 trading days+34.0%
Change over 252 trading days+47.8%
52 week high682.98
52 week low435.27
20 day moving average635.39
50 day moving average607.18
200 day moving average540.80
RSI, 14 days74

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

TMO reports next on 21 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

FigureValue
Next report21 Oct 2026, before the open
DateConfirmed by the company
Move after the report of 23 Jul 2026+8.7%
Move after the report of 23 Apr 2026-9.2%
Move after the report of 29 Jan 2026-2.6%
Move after the report of 22 Oct 2025+1.6%

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

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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 35.6 percent of TMO's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

FigureValue
Short sale share, 25 Sep35.6%
Five day average46.1%
52 week median44.5%

Short sale volume counts trades marked short at the covered venues, mostly off exchange. It is not the same as short interest.

Short volume as of 25 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 36 Septembers on record, TMO's average change was minus 0.3 percent, and it rose in 61.1 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-0.3%+1.2%61.1%36
October+2.3%+2.2%63.9%36
November+2.2%+2.2%54.3%35

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 8 headlines naming TMO in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window8
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 TMO's IV rank?
TMO's IV rank is 98 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are TMO options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, TMO options priced a move of 12.4 percent down and 11.8 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are TMO's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, TMO's call wall is the 700 strike and its put wall is the 600 strike.
What was the latest Trade Card for TMO on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the Trade Card for TMO was a bear call spread expiring 18 Dec 2026, paper trading.
When does TMO report earnings next?
TMO reports next on 21 Oct 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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