URA Strangle Strategy
URA (Global X - Uranium ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Global industry), listed on AMEX.
The Global X Uranium ETF (URA) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Global Uranium & Nuclear Components Total Return Index.
URA (Global X - Uranium ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Global, with a market capitalization of approximately $5.32B, a beta of 1.48 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 27.26-62.28, average daily share volume of 4.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2010. These structural characteristics shape how URA etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.48 indicates URA has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. URA pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a strangle on URA?
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.
Current URA snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $49.89, ATM IV 52.45%, IV rank 69.90%, expected move 15.04%. The strangle on URA 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 28-day expiry.
Why this strangle structure on URA specifically: URA IV at 52.45% 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 15.04% (roughly $7.50 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated URA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on URA should anchor to the underlying notional of $49.89 per share and to the trader's directional view on URA etf.
URA strangle setup
The URA strangle below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With URA near $49.89, the first option leg uses a $52.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed URA chain at a 28-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 URA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $52.50 | $2.00 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $47.50 | $1.60 |
URA strangle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$360.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$360.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $43.90, $56.10
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- Unbounded
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.
URA strangle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on URA. 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% | +$4,389.00 |
| $11.04 | -77.9% | +$3,286.02 |
| $22.07 | -55.8% | +$2,183.03 |
| $33.10 | -33.7% | +$1,080.05 |
| $44.13 | -11.5% | -$22.94 |
| $55.16 | +10.6% | -$94.08 |
| $66.19 | +32.7% | +$1,008.91 |
| $77.22 | +54.8% | +$2,111.89 |
| $88.25 | +76.9% | +$3,214.88 |
| $99.28 | +99.0% | +$4,317.86 |
When traders use strangle on URA
Strangles on URA 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 URA chain.
URA thesis for this strangle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for URA extends from approximately $42.39 on the downside to $57.39 on the upside. A URA 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 URA IV rank near 69.90% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the strangle thesis on URA should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, URA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to URA-specific events.
URA 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. URA positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move URA alongside the broader basket even when URA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current URA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a strangle on URA?
- A strangle on URA is the strangle strategy applied to URA (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 URA etf trading near $49.89, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed URA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are URA 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 URA strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 52.45%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$360.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a URA strangle?
- The breakeven for the URA strangle priced on this page is roughly $43.90 and $56.10 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 URA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.04%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a strangle on URA?
- Strangles on URA 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 URA chain.
- How does current URA implied volatility affect this strangle?
- URA ATM IV is at 52.45% with IV rank near 69.90%, 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.