INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (ISRG) Options Risk Score

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Is it risky to sell options on INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (ISRG) right now?

For a 4-week expiry, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (ISRG) carries an options catalyst-risk score of 72 out of 100 (HIGH). What pushes it there: an upcoming earnings report, 7 recent news items and 23 clinical-trial catalysts, all landing inside the 4-week window. A HIGH reading (70+) means ISRG has a dated event inside the window, so an option sold here carries gap risk that time decay alone will not pay for. The score ranks event exposure, not the likely direction of the move.

ISRG shows an IV Rank of 81 — implied volatility is near the top of its own one-year range, so ISRG options are historically expensive, which favours premium-selling strategies, with a current implied volatility of about 48%. IV Rank is the most useful figure for deciding whether to sell or buy premium on ISRG.

The 2026-10-20 earnings report sits inside a standard monthly expiry for ISRG, so implied volatility should stay bid into the date and drop sharply once it passes.

INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (ISRG) current implied volatility and IV Rank

INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (ISRG) currently has an IV Rank of 81 with implied volatility around 48%, alongside a TickerRisk options-risk score of 72/100. That is expensive by ISRG's own standards. Elevated IV Rank rewards defined-risk premium selling, and it is also the market's way of saying it expects movement; the question worth answering is what it expects to move on.

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INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (ISRG) next earnings date — 2026-10-20

The next ISRG report lands on 2026-10-20 — about 43 days away — inside the window a typical monthly option would span. ISRG's IV Rank is currently 81. That matters more than any other single date on the calendar: the stock can gap overnight on the print, and any premium you collect now is partly payment for carrying that gap. Sellers who want the volatility crush without the gap generally choose an expiry that ends before the report.

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