HBMX Straddle Strategy
HBMX (ETF Opportunities Trust - Tuttle Capital Concentrated Memory Stack ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
HBMX invests in a concentrated portfolio of approximately 20 to 35 companies involved in the memory semiconductor value chain. The strategy focuses on businesses that derive a meaningful portion of their revenues from memory technologies such as DRAM, NAND flash, high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and emerging memory architectures, as well as companies providing semiconductor packaging, testing, materials, equipment, and related services. The fund uses a pure-play approach, generally requiring at least 25% of revenues to come from memory-related activities. Portfolio holdings may include companies across developed and emerging markets and can span all market capitalizations. The adviser may use derivatives, including swaps, options, and futures, to obtain exposure and manage portfolio positioning. The fund is non-diversified and seeks concentrated exposure to a segment of the semiconductor industry expected to play an increasingly important role in AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.
HBMX (ETF Opportunities Trust - Tuttle Capital Concentrated Memory Stack ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $27.6M, a beta of 0.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 19.43-31.9, average daily share volume of 92K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how HBMX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.00 indicates HBMX has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.
What is a straddle on HBMX?
A long straddle buys an ATM call and an ATM put at the same strike, profiting from a large move in either direction; max loss equals the combined debit when the underlying pins to the strike at expiration.
HBMX snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $25.02, ATM IV 45.30%, expected move 12.99%. The straddle on HBMX below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 80-day expiry.
Why this straddle structure on HBMX specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for HBMX is inferred from ATM IV at 45.30% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 12.99% (roughly $3.25 on the underlying). The 80-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated HBMX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HBMX should anchor to the underlying notional of $25.02 per share and to the trader's directional view on HBMX etf.
HBMX straddle setup
The HBMX straddle below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With HBMX at $25.02 on that close, the first option leg uses a $25.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HBMX chain at a 80-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 HBMX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $25.00 | $2.38 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $25.00 | $2.35 |
HBMX straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$472.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$462.43
- Breakeven(s)
- $20.28, $29.73
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- Unbounded
Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the strike minus the combined call plus put debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins to the strike). Two breakevens at strike plus debit and strike minus debit.
HBMX straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on HBMX. 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% | +$2,026.50 |
| $5.54 | -77.9% | +$1,473.40 |
| $11.07 | -55.7% | +$920.31 |
| $16.60 | -33.6% | +$367.21 |
| $22.13 | -11.5% | -$185.88 |
| $27.66 | +10.6% | -$206.02 |
| $33.20 | +32.7% | +$347.07 |
| $38.73 | +54.8% | +$900.17 |
| $44.26 | +76.9% | +$1,453.26 |
| $49.79 | +99.0% | +$2,006.36 |
When traders use straddle on HBMX
Straddles on HBMX are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy HBMX straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
HBMX thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HBMX extends from approximately $21.77 on the downside to $28.27 on the upside. A HBMX long straddle is a pure-volatility play: it profits when the underlying moves far enough from the strike in either direction to overcome the combined call plus put debit, regardless of direction. As a Financial Services name, HBMX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HBMX-specific events.
HBMX straddle positions are structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium); 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. HBMX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HBMX alongside the broader basket even when HBMX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current HBMX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on HBMX?
- A straddle on HBMX is the straddle strategy applied to HBMX (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium): A long straddle buys an ATM call and an ATM put at the same strike, profiting from a large move in either direction; max loss equals the combined debit when the underlying pins to the strike at expiration. With HBMX etf at $25.02 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HBMX chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HBMX straddle max profit and max loss calculated?
- Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the strike minus the combined call plus put debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins to the strike). Two breakevens at strike plus debit and strike minus debit. For the HBMX straddle priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 45.30%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$462.43 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a HBMX straddle?
- The breakeven for the HBMX straddle priced on this page is roughly $20.28 and $29.73 at expiration, derived from the September 29, 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 HBMX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 12.99%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on HBMX?
- Straddles on HBMX are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy HBMX straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
- How does current HBMX implied volatility affect this straddle?
- Current HBMX ATM IV is 45.30%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.