CONL Strangle Strategy

CONL (GraniteShares 2x Long COIN Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on NASDAQ.

This exchange-traded fund (ETF) is designed to deliver daily returns that are two times (200%) the daily percentage movement of Coinbase Global Inc.'s common stock, traded as COIN on NASDAQ, before accounting for its own fees and expenses. It is crucial to understand that the fund's ability to achieve this specified objective each day is not guaranteed. Importantly, due to its daily rebalancing mechanism, this fund is not intended to replicate double the cumulative performance of COIN for investment horizons extending beyond a single trading day.

CONL (GraniteShares 2x Long COIN Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $149.2M, a beta of 8.16 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 3.56-52.4, average daily share volume of 20.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2022. These structural characteristics shape how CONL etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 8.16 indicates CONL has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. CONL pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a strangle on CONL?

A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money.

CONL snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $4.12, ATM IV 116.80%, IV rank 36.75%, expected move 33.49%. The strangle on CONL below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.

Why this strangle structure on CONL specifically: CONL IV at 116.80% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 33.49% (roughly $1.38 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CONL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CONL should anchor to the underlying notional of $4.12 per share and to the trader's directional view on CONL etf.

CONL strangle setup

The CONL strangle below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CONL at $4.12 on that close, the first option leg uses a $4.33 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CONL chain at a 35-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 CONL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 1Call$4.33N/A
Buy 1Put$3.91N/A

CONL strangle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit
N/A
Max Profit (per contract)
Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract)
Unbounded
Breakeven(s)
None on modeled curve
Risk / Reward Ratio
N/A

Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit.

CONL strangle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on CONL. 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.

When traders use strangle on CONL

Strangles on CONL are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the CONL chain.

CONL thesis for this strangle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CONL extends from approximately $2.74 on the downside to $5.50 on the upside. A CONL long strangle is the OTM cousin of the straddle: lower up-front cost but the underlying has to travel further past either OTM strike before the position turns profitable at expiration. Current CONL IV rank near 36.75% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the strangle thesis on CONL should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, CONL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CONL-specific events.

CONL strangle positions are structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium, OTM); 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. CONL positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CONL alongside the broader basket even when CONL-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CONL chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a strangle on CONL?
A strangle on CONL is the strangle strategy applied to CONL (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium, OTM): A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money. With CONL etf at $4.12 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CONL chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are CONL strangle max profit and max loss calculated?
Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit. For the CONL strangle priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 116.80%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a CONL strangle?
The breakeven for the CONL strangle priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The CONL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 33.49%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a strangle on CONL?
Strangles on CONL are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the CONL chain.
How does current CONL implied volatility affect this strangle?
CONL ATM IV is at 116.80% with IV rank near 36.75%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.

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