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VKTX Trading Analysis - 10/22/2026 10:57 AM — TRU-SENTIMENT
Options chain · Stock chart · Baseline chart
VKTX (Viking Therapeutics Inc) at $25.99. True Sentiment Balanced, delta 40-60 call 56% / put 44%, call $379,433 vs put $300,970. RSI 35.1.
- Symbol
- VKTX
- Price
- $25.99
- Article bias (separate from True Sentiment)
- bearish
- Conviction
- medium
- Published
- 2026-10-22 10:57:00 ET
- Author
- DeltaNeutral staff
TRUE SENTIMENT ANALYSIS (DELTA 40-60 OPTIONS)
True Sentiment Analysis (Delta 40-60 Options)Options flow via True Sentiment (Delta 40-60 only):
Call Volume: $379,433 (55.8%) Put Volume: $300,970 (44.2%) Total: $680,403
Sentiment is Balanced (calls lead slightly at 55.8%). 2,205 call contracts vs 1,003 put contracts; 14 call trades vs 7 put trades. Pure directional conviction is modest and balanced — no strong near-term directional bet. This aligns with the neutral spread advice ("Balanced sentiment - no clear directional bias") and diverges from the bearish daily SMA stack, suggesting options participants are not pressing the downside aggressively despite weak technicals.
Key Statistics: VKTX
Fundamental Snapshot
Valuation
| EPS (trailing 12 mo) | $-4.66 |
| Market cap | $3.27B |
| Shares outstanding | 125.7M |
Dividend
| Dividend yield | 0.00% |
Risk & range
| Beta | 2.43 |
| 52-week low | $24.94 |
| 52-week high | $43.15 |
| Historical volatility | 114.7% |
Ownership & trading
| Institutional ownership | 36.2% |
| Average daily volume | 7.5M sh |
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