Long Straddle
Computes the cost and breakevens of a long straddle: buying a call and a put at the same strike and expiry. It's the classic volatility bet — you profit if the asset moves a lot in either direction, regardless of which way, and lose at most the premium paid if it stays put. The tool sums the two premiums and works out how far from the strike the asset must move to break even. Enter the strike and the call and put premiums.
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Long Straddle
Computes the cost and breakevens of a long straddle: buying a call and a put at the same strike and expiry. It's the classic volatility bet — you profit if the asset moves a lot in either direction, regardless of which way, and lose at most the premium paid if it stays put. The tool sums the two premiums and works out how far from the strike the asset must move to break even. Enter the strike and the call and put premiums.
Profiting from the move, not the direction
Some days you know something big is coming, an earnings report, a rate decision, an election result, but you have no idea which way the market will react. The straddle is the answer to that. You buy a call and a put at the same strike, and from there you just root for the asset to move a lot, whether up or down.
The cost is the sum of the two premiums, and it's also your maximum loss, which happens if the asset stays put and both options expire worthless. To turn a profit, the move has to be big enough to cover that cost. That's why a straddle tends to get expensive right before events, when implied volatility is high and premiums swell.
Enter the strike and the call and put premiums. The tool sums the cost and works out the two breakeven points, the strike minus the cost and the strike plus the cost. Outside that band the position profits; inside it, it loses. It's the quick read on how far the asset must move for the bet to pay off.
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