VTRS
- Trade priority
- #21 · 58.3
- Data coverage
- 100%
- Setup
- no setup · 2026-10-02
- News
- negative
- Next catalyst
- Earnings in 22 sessions
Trade plan
- Action
- WAITblocked: reward/risk
- Trigger
- 17.55close above resistance confirmed · close 0.3% / 0.11 ATR above the trigger
- Entry zone
- 17.53–17.75reference 17.60
- Initial stop
- 16.824.4% · risk 0.78/sh
- Target 1
- 18.88+7.3% · R:R 1.64 (below minimum)
- Target 2
- 19.78+12.4% · R:R 2.79
- Risk per share
- 0.78strategy-owned; the portfolio panel sizes it per profile
- Invalidation
- 17.08a close below 1 ATR under the level invalidates the setup before entry
Level 17.53 (resistance of the PRE_BREAKOUT on 2026-10-01); ATR14 0.45 on 2026-10-02. Stop: 0.1 ATR below the latest confirmed pivot low 16.86 (within 1.5 ATR of the level). Targets: ATR projections 3 / 5 ATR above the level. R:R quality below minimum to T1 (hard minimum 2.0; 3R would be 19.94, T2 supports 2.79R). Targets are structural and are never moved to reach an R multiple.
Record the fill after you enter: add position. The strategy then manages the stop, targets and the next action.
Your portfolio · San
- Profile
- Sanequity 2,000.00 USD · whole shares
- Current holding
- noneno open position in this profile
- Recommended quantity
- 12 sh211.20 · 10.6% of portfolio · bound by risk budget
- Risk budget
- 10.000.5% of 2,000.00 · planned risk 9.36
- Portfolio risk
- 0.00 openremaining 40.00 → 30.64 after
- Exposure
- 0 / 3 positionsHealthcare: 0 / 2 · 0.00 of 1,000.00 cap
- Cash impact
- 2,000.00 → 1,788.80derived from the ledger
- Eligibility
- WAITsame as the strategy view
Entry, stop, targets and R:R are strategy-owned and identical for every profile; only this portfolio's quantity, risk, exposure and cash differ. Manage profiles · record a fill
Quality gates
| Gate | Verdict | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Data freshness | PASS | 0 completed session(s) behind the calendar |
| Price | PASS | close 17.60 at or above the 10 floor |
| Market cap | PASS | market cap 20.35B (finnhub, 2026-10-02) |
| Liquidity | PASS | ADV20 155.6M (STRONG_LIQUIDITY) |
| Sector | PASS | sector Healthcare (finnhub_industry) |
| Regime | PASS | regime RISK_ON |
| Earnings | PASS | earnings in 22 sessions (2026-11-04) |
| News / event risk | PASS | news context NEGATIVE |
| Chase protection | PASS | 0.66 ATR above EMA20, session move 0.31 ATR |
| R:R | FAIL | reward/risk to target 1 is 1.64 (below minimum) · reward/risk |
| Portfolio capacity | PASS | 12 shares (211), bound by risk budget |
| Data quality | PASS | current session data, valid technical snapshot, trigger and ATR; critical facts known |
Primary blocker: reward/risk
Why this action
Technical
- breakout confirmed: close 17.60 above resistance 17.53 on 2026-10-02; entry reference is the last close (next open is the execution assumption)
- stop 16.82: 0.1 ATR below the latest confirmed pivot low 16.86 (within 1.5 ATR of the level)
- reward/risk 1.64 to target 1 is below the 2 minimum; the target is structural and is not moved
- RS20 vs SPY 4.4%, vs QQQ -0.6%
Options
- volume 0.09× the 20D baseline (activity_accelerating) · selected contracts only, delayed
News and events
- news context negative (4 canonical items in window)
- earnings 2026-11-04 (22 sessions, finnhub); event risk low
- insider · low · unknown: Viatris Inc: 4 filed
- other · low · unknown: Viatris Recognized by Forbes as One of the World's Best Employers for the Sixth Consecutiv
- legal · medium · negative: Viatris sues Novo Nordisk over generic Wegovy patent dispute
Market and risk
- regime RISK ON: SPY: trend UP, volatility NORMAL; QQQ: trend UP, volatility NORMAL
- gate reward/risk blocks a new entry
Chart
Indicator history is derived from the stored bars with the accepted M3 functions (WORKSTATION_SERIES_V1); the scanner’s persisted values remain authoritative. Reconciliation at the scan session: 8 match.
Trade priority
Rank #21 · priority 58.3 / 100 · coverage 100%
- technical readiness27/30
- structure quality6/10
- relative strength8/15
- participation4/10
- risk reward3/15
- news context0/10
- event risk5/5
- urgency5/5
operational attention priority not a return forecast. Missing inputs lower coverage, never the score.
Setup evidence · PRE_BREAKOUT_V1
- Setup state
- NO_SETUP
- Resistance
- 18.41
- Distance
- 4.40%
- Close
- 17.6
- SMA50
- 16.94
- SMA150 / SMA200
- 15.88 / 15.32
- RSI14
- 57.4
- EMA20 extension
- 0.66 ATR
- RS20 vs SPY
- +4.4%
- RS20 vs QQQ
- -0.6%
Hard requirements · 7/8 passed
- PASSConfirmed resistanceresistance=18.41 exists eligible=true
- FAILDistance to resistancedistance_pct=4.3998 · resistance=18.41 · close=17.6 inclusive_between min=0 · max=3
- PASSClose above SMA50close=17.6 · sma50=16.9442 > right_operand=sma50
- PASSSMA150 ≥ SMA200sma150=15.875 · sma200=15.3178 >= right_operand=sma200
- PASSRSI14 bandrsi14=57.3512 inclusive_between min=50 · max=70
- PASSEMA20 extension (ATR)extension_atr=0.6632 · close=17.6 · ema20=17.3016 · atr14=0.45 <= max=1.5
- PASSRS20 vs SPY or QQQSPY=0.0435 · QQQ=-0.0055 OR > SPY=0 · QQQ=0
- PASSResistance qualitydistinct_touches=2 policy_and_minimum_touches min=2
Supporting evidence · 4/6 passed
- PASSATR compressioncurrent_atr_pct=0.0256 · median_previous_60_atr_pct=0.0275 · ratio=0.9284 < right_operand=median_previous_60_atr_pct
- FAILVolume contractionrecent_volume=10,921,427.0569 · baseline_volume=8,361,531.0148 · ratio=1.3062 < max=0.85
- PASSHigher lowslow_1=16.12 · low_2=16.15 · low_3=16.865 low_3 > low_2 > low_1 required_pivots=3
- PASSFull MA alignmentsma50=16.9442 · sma150=15.875 · sma200=15.3178 sma50 > sma150 > sma200
- PASSRS20 vs SPY positiveSPY=0.0435 > min=0
- FAILRS20 vs QQQ positiveQQQ=-0.0055 > min=0
PRE_BREAKOUT_V1 · scan run 417 · session 2026-10-02 · evaluated as of 2026-10-04T13:23:16.862423Z. Supporting evidence never changes the trigger; UNKNOWN is never collapsed into false.
Intelligence timeline
- 2026-10-0222:00 UTC
- 2026-09-2918:00 UTCViatris Inc. (Nasdaq: VTRS), a global healthcare company, today announced it was named to Forbes' World's Best Employers list for the sixth consecutive year. The ranking is presented by Forbes and Statista, the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider, and is based on independent employee feedback collected globally, highlighting employee trust, workplace experience and organi
- 2026-09-2519:53 UTCInvesting.com -- Viatris filed a lawsuit against Novo Nordisk in Delaware federal court, requesting a determination that its planned generic version of Wegovy would not violate the Danish company's patent rights.
- 2026-09-0813:59 UTC
- hidden1 provider-tagged item never name the company and are kept as context only.
canonical items of the last 10 sessions; analyst/industry/macro commentary and social sources excluded from the direction tally; gating uses tier 1-3 HIGH items within 3 (negative) / 2 (unknown direction) sessions
Catalysts and filings
| Event | Date | In | Materiality | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings | 2026-11-04 | 22 sessions | high | finnhub · Tier 3 · provider |
Options activity
- Session volume
- 30
- 5D baseline
- 442
- 20D baseline
- 343
- Volume / 20D
- 0.09x
- Call / put volume
- 25 / 5
- Call / put ratio
- 5
- Top-3 contract share
- 77%
- Top expiration
- 2026-10-16 100%
Activity trend · last 25 sessions
| Session | Volume | 5D | 20D | / 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | 628 | 458 | 331 | 1.89x |
| 2026-09-28 | 583 | 543 | 314 | 1.86x |
| 2026-09-29 | 471 | 396 | 341 | 1.38x |
| 2026-09-30 | 212 | 433 | 338 | 0.63x |
| 2026-10-01 | 30 | 442 | 343 | 0.09x |
Call vs put volume
Expiration concentration
Contract concentration
Top contracts · session 2026-10-01
| Contract | Type | Strike | Expiration | DTE | Volume | 5D avg | 20D avg | / 20D | Return | Moneyness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O:VTRS261016C00017000 | CALL | 17 | 2026-10-16 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 74 | 0.12x | 54.5% | ITM (2.7%) |
| O:VTRS261016C00018000 | CALL | 18 | 2026-10-16 | 15 | 8 | 122 | 114 | 0.07x | 0.0% | OTM (-3.0%) |
| O:VTRS261016C00019000 | CALL | 19 | 2026-10-16 | 15 | 6 | 82 | insufficient history | insufficient history | 0.0% | OTM (-8.1%) |
| O:VTRS261016P00018000 | PUT | 18 | 2026-10-16 | 15 | 3 | 14 | insufficient history | insufficient history | 0.0% | ITM (-3.0%) |
| O:VTRS261016C00013000 | CALL | 13 | 2026-10-16 | 15 | 2 | insufficient history | insufficient history | insufficient history | -1.5% | ITM (34.3%) |
| O:VTRS261016P00016000 | PUT | 16 | 2026-10-16 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0.04x | 0.0% | OTM (9.1%) |
| O:VTRS261016P00017000 | PUT | 17 | 2026-10-16 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 0.04x | 0.0% | OTM (2.7%) |
OPTIONS_SELECTION_M9_V1 selected contracts only · provider capability DELAYED · delayed · Top 15 selected contracts by session volume; 5D/20D averages use strictly prior sessions (M10), INSUFFICIENT_HISTORY is shown, never zero.
M13 observations for this session
- Technical setup present (PRE_BREAKOUT_V1): FALSE
- Technical and options context share a session: FALSE
- Activity above its own 20-session baseline: FALSE
- Activity below its own 20-session baseline: TRUE
- Recent 5-session baseline above 20-session baseline: TRUE
- Recent 5-session baseline below 20-session baseline: FALSE
- Volume concentrated in top 3 contracts: TRUE
- Volume concentrated in one expiration: TRUE
- Calls carry most session volume: TRUE
- Puts carry most session volume: FALSE
- Call and put volume roughly balanced: FALSE
- Enrichment data (snapshot/OI/IV/Greeks) available: FALSE
- Enrichment data unavailable: TRUE
- Real flow data unavailable: TRUE
- Flow events present in replay window: NOT_EVALUABLE
Flow
Flow engine is ready. Trades and Quotes are not available with the current provider capabilities; this area populates automatically from the same M11 engine when real persisted facts exist. Synthetic fixture flow is never shown.
Evidence alerts
| Category | Alert | Previous | Current | Sessions | Workflow | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disappeared | Technical setup disappeared | yes | no | 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-02 | New | |
| Fading | Options activity vs 20D baseline fell | 0.63 | 0.09 | 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-01 | New |
Decision trace
- setup_eligiblePASSPRE_BREAKOUT on 2026-10-01; close above its resistance 17.53 on 2026-10-02
- trigger_statePASSTRIGGERED: close 17.60 above 17.53 inside the entry zone, 0.66 ATR from EMA20close=17.6 · entry_zone_high=17.75 · extension_atr=0.66 | threshold breakout_max_extension_atr=2
- data_freshnessPASS0 completed session(s) behind the calendarsessions_behind=0 | threshold max_sessions_behind=1
- price_gatePASSclose 17.60 at or above the 10 floorclose=17.6 | threshold min_price=10
- market_cap_gatePASSmarket cap 20.35B (finnhub, 2026-10-02)market_cap_usd=20353030278.6 | threshold min_market_cap_usd=1000000000
- liquidity_gatePASSADV20 155.6M (STRONG_LIQUIDITY)adv_dollar=155641134.03 · strong_liquidity=true | threshold min_adv_dollar=25000000, strong_adv_dollar=50000000
- sector_gatePASSsector Healthcare (finnhub_industry)
- market_regime_gatePASSregime RISK_ONregime=RISK_ON · risk_multiplier=1
- event_risk_gatePASSearnings in 22 sessions (2026-11-04)earnings_sessions_away=22 | threshold earnings_block_sessions=5
- news_gatePASSnews context NEGATIVE
- chase_gatePASS0.66 ATR above EMA20, session move 0.31 ATRextension_atr=0.66 | threshold breakout_max_extension_atr=2
- risk_rewardFAILreward/risk to target 1 is 1.64 (below minimum)reward_risk_1=1.64 · reward_risk_2=2.79 | threshold min_reward_risk_1=2
- portfolio_gatePASS12 shares (211), bound by risk budgetshares=12 · risk_amount=9.36 · regime_multiplier=1 · share_increment=1
- data_qualityPASScurrent session data, valid technical snapshot, trigger and ATR; critical facts known
- finalPASSWAIT (blocked by REWARD_RISK; primary REWARD_RISK)
Snapshot history: 2026-10-02 WAIT · 2026-10-01 BUY_ON_TRIGGER
Actions are generated from the configured trading strategy and current available market/intelligence data. They are not guarantees of future performance.