XOMO Strangle Strategy
XOMO (YieldMax XOM Option Income Strategy ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Income industry), listed on AMEX.
The YieldMax XOM Option Income Strategy ETF (XOMO) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to generate weekly income by selling call options or call spreads on XOM. The strategy is designed to capture option premiums while providing participation in the share price appreciation of XOM.
XOMO (YieldMax XOM Option Income Strategy ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Income, with a market capitalization of approximately $36.3M, a beta of -0.24 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 11.324-14.14, average daily share volume of 212K, a public-listing history dating back to 2023. These structural characteristics shape how XOMO etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -0.24 indicates XOMO has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. XOMO pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a strangle on XOMO?
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 XOMO snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $12.16, ATM IV 158.30%, IV rank 38.09%, expected move 45.38%. The strangle on XOMO 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 34-day expiry.
Why this strangle structure on XOMO specifically: XOMO IV at 158.30% 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 45.38% (roughly $5.52 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated XOMO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on XOMO should anchor to the underlying notional of $12.16 per share and to the trader's directional view on XOMO etf.
XOMO strangle setup
The XOMO 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 XOMO near $12.16, the first option leg uses a $12.77 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed XOMO chain at a 34-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 XOMO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $12.77 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $11.55 | N/A |
XOMO 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.
XOMO strangle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on XOMO. 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 XOMO
Strangles on XOMO 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 XOMO chain.
XOMO thesis for this strangle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for XOMO extends from approximately $6.64 on the downside to $17.68 on the upside. A XOMO 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 XOMO IV rank near 38.09% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the strangle thesis on XOMO should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, XOMO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to XOMO-specific events.
XOMO 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. XOMO positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move XOMO alongside the broader basket even when XOMO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current XOMO chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a strangle on XOMO?
- A strangle on XOMO is the strangle strategy applied to XOMO (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 XOMO etf trading near $12.16, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed XOMO chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are XOMO 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 XOMO strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 158.30%), 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 XOMO strangle?
- The breakeven for the XOMO strangle priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 XOMO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 45.38%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a strangle on XOMO?
- Strangles on XOMO 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 XOMO chain.
- How does current XOMO implied volatility affect this strangle?
- XOMO ATM IV is at 158.30% with IV rank near 38.09%, 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.