Pacific Biosciences of California Inc
Pacific Biosciences of California Inc (PACB) Implied Volatility Current
PACB implied volatility is 273%. IV Rank is 95%, placing current premiums in the top of their 52-week range.
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Tracking PACB implied volatility helps you identify when options premiums on Pacific Biosciences of California Inc are historically cheap or expensive, and where the best trades are hiding. Pacific Biosciences of California Inc implied volatility reflects the market's expectation of future price movement: when PACB IV rises, option premiums increase, creating opportunities for sellers, and when it drops, buyers can find cheaper contracts. Use our scanner to monitor Pacific Biosciences of California Inc's implied volatility current levels in real time and filter for high-probability trades.
Implied volatility is derived from option prices using models like Black-Scholes and represents the annualized expected move of an underlying stock. For PACB, tracking metrics like PACB IV rank helps traders understand whether current implied volatility is historically high or low. IV rank compares today's reading against the past year's range — a high rank on PACB signals rich premiums and potential mean-reversion, while a low rank may favor long options strategies.
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures sequencing systems to resolve genetically complex problems. The company provides PacBio's Systems, which conduct, monitor, and analyse biochemical sequencing reactions; consumable products, including single molecule real-time (SMRT) cells; and various reagent kits designed for specific workflow, such as template preparation kit to convert DNA into SMRTbell double-stranded DNA library formats, including molecular biology reagents, such as ligase, buffers, and exonucleases. It also offers binding kits, such as modified DNA polymerase used to bind SMRTbell libraries to the polymerase in preparation for sequencing; and sequencing kits comprise reagents required for on-instrument, real-time sequencing, including the phospholinked nucleotides.
The company serves research institutions; commercial laboratories; genome centers; public health labs, hospitals and clinical research institutes, contract research organizations, and academic institutions; pharmaceutical companies; and agricultural companies. It markets its products through a direct sales force in North America and Europe, as well as through distribution partners in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. has a development and commercialization agreement with Invitae Corporation. The company was formerly known as Nanofluidics, Inc. and changed its name to Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. in 2005. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
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Implied Volatility
IV is near its yearly peak - premiums are expensive, favoring sellers.
As of September 22, 2026
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