TMDX Long Call Strategy
TMDX (TransMedics Group, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Devices industry), listed on NASDAQ.
TransMedics Group, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company, engages in transforming organ transplant therapy for end-stage organ failure patients in the United States and internationally. The company offers Organ Care System (OCS), a portable organ perfusion, optimization, and monitoring system that utilizes its proprietary and customized technology to replicate near-physiologic conditions for donor organs outside of the human body. Its Organ Care System includes OCS LUNG for the preservation of standard criteria donor lungs for double-lung transplantation; OCS Heart, a technology for extracorporeal perfusion and preservation of donor hearts; and OCS Liver for the preservation of donor livers. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.
TMDX (TransMedics Group, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Devices, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.22B, a trailing P/E of 12.84, a beta of 2.06 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 60.105-156, average daily share volume of 1.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 2019, approximately 728 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TMDX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.06 indicates TMDX has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a long call on TMDX?
A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration.
Current TMDX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $63.37, ATM IV 62.00%, IV rank 5.10%, expected move 17.77%. The long call on TMDX below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 34-day expiry.
Why this long call structure on TMDX specifically: TMDX IV at 62.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a TMDX long call, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.77% (roughly $11.26 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated TMDX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TMDX should anchor to the underlying notional of $63.37 per share and to the trader's directional view on TMDX stock.
TMDX long call setup
The TMDX long call below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With TMDX near $63.37, the first option leg uses a $65.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TMDX chain at a 34-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 TMDX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $65.00 | $4.20 |
TMDX long call risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$420.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$420.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $69.20
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- Unbounded
Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium.
TMDX long call payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long call on TMDX. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | -$420.00 |
| $14.02 | -77.9% | -$420.00 |
| $28.03 | -55.8% | -$420.00 |
| $42.04 | -33.7% | -$420.00 |
| $56.05 | -11.5% | -$420.00 |
| $70.06 | +10.6% | +$86.18 |
| $84.07 | +32.7% | +$1,487.21 |
| $98.08 | +54.8% | +$2,888.25 |
| $112.09 | +76.9% | +$4,289.28 |
| $126.10 | +99.0% | +$5,690.32 |
When traders use long call on TMDX
Long calls on TMDX express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of TMDX catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
TMDX thesis for this long call
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TMDX extends from approximately $52.11 on the downside to $74.63 on the upside. A TMDX long call expresses a directional view that the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration, ideally with implied volatility holding or expanding to preserve extrinsic value through the hold period. Current TMDX IV rank near 5.10% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on TMDX at 62.00%. As a Healthcare name, TMDX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TMDX-specific events.
TMDX long call positions are structurally bullish; the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. TMDX positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TMDX alongside the broader basket even when TMDX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long call on TMDX are particularly exposed to IV-crush risk through scheduled events (earnings, FDA decisions, central-bank meetings) where IV typically contracts post-event regardless of the directional outcome. Always rebuild the position from current TMDX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long call on TMDX?
- A long call on TMDX is the long call strategy applied to TMDX (stock). The strategy is structurally bullish: A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration. With TMDX stock trading near $63.37, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TMDX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TMDX long call max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium. For the TMDX long call priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 62.00%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$420.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a TMDX long call?
- The breakeven for the TMDX long call priced on this page is roughly $69.20 at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current TMDX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 17.77%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a long call on TMDX?
- Long calls on TMDX express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of TMDX catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
- How does current TMDX implied volatility affect this long call?
- TMDX ATM IV is at 62.00% with IV rank near 5.10%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.