Ticker brief
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Consumer, Non-cyclical · Biotechnology
last close
$523.93
1 day
-2.1%
14 days
+2.7%
mkt cap
$134.0B
signals 14d
9
authors 14d
8
crowd 14d
-0.4σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 37% mid · 75 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.33× |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | -0.016 75 pctile own 1y | balanced vs own range |
| Net dealer OI (NDOI) | +0.51 elevated | 5-session Δ +0.15 (as of 2026-07-06) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2026-05-05 (z=2.1) |
| Next earnings | 2026-11-02 (proj) | in 7d |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-10-06 → 2026-10-14 · now +0.35 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke8
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @BoggleRiley | C | +0.59 | 2 | +0.25 |
| @BiopharmIQ | B | · | 1 | +0.00 |
| @VolumeLeaders | A | +0.57 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @HedgeFundTips | B | +0.73 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @AryaFintech | C | -1.41 | 1 | -0.25 |
| @semodough | C | -1.06 | 1 | +0.15 |
| @Couzin_Vinny | C | -1.03 | 1 | +0.25 |
| @Bluekurtic | B | -3.52 | 1 | +0.65 |
Recent signals9of 9 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | @Bluekurtic | +0.65 | Contrasts a 1% SPX decline with VRTX strength and cites a 90% historical three-week rally rate. | +5.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @Couzin_Vinny | +0.25 | Expects a dealer-driven MRK squeeze after moving above the $145 call wall. | +5.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @semodough | +0.15 | VRTX expects two Phase 3 suzetrigine studies to finish enrollment by year-end and report in mid-2027. | +5.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-13 | @AryaFintech | -0.25 | Summarizes a mostly red Nasdaq 100 heat map with named winners and losers. | +8.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-13 | @HedgeFundTips | +0.00 | Shares a chart covering biotech earnings estimates and revisions. | +8.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-08 | @VolumeLeaders | +0.00 | Reports IBB's largest trade since May 2020 and lists its principal holdings. | +4.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-07 | @BoggleRiley | +0.20 | Recaps closing performance and asks whether UUUU's drop is a dip or trend. | +3.6% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-07 | @BoggleRiley | +0.30 | Highlights the few stocks holding green at the open with exact gains and prices. | +3.6% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-06 | @BiopharmIQ | +0.00 | Lists November PDUFA catalyst dates for AGIO, SMMT and VRTX therapies. | +4.3% | tweet ↗ |
“Since then” = price move from the close on the signal's date (PT) to the latest close — what happened after they said it, not a backtest. A — means no trading session has closed since the signal yet. Sentiment is our extracted per-tweet score, −1…+1.