How are AGYS 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 AGYS strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 75.70%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,275.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a AGYS strangle?

The breakeven for the AGYS strangle priced on this page is roughly $52.25 and $82.75 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 AGYS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 21.70%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current AGYS implied volatility affect this strangle?

AGYS ATM IV is at 75.70% with IV rank near 13.29%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.

AGYS Strangle Strategy

AGYS (Agilysys, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Agilysys, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a developer and marketer of hardware and software products and services to the hospitality industry in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and India. It offers point of sale, property management systems, inventory and procurement, payments, reservations management, and seat solutions to enhance guest experience. The company also provides technical software support, maintenance, and subscription services; and professional services. It offers its solutions for gaming, hotels, resorts and cruise, corporate foodservice management, restaurants, universities, stadium, and healthcare. The company was formerly known as Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. and changed its name to Agilysys, Inc. in 2003. Agilysys, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.

AGYS (Agilysys, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.84B, a trailing P/E of 60.28, a beta of 0.30 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 61.5-145.25, average daily share volume of 305K, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AGYS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.30 indicates AGYS has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 60.28 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.

What is a strangle on AGYS?

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 AGYS snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $67.59, ATM IV 75.70%, IV rank 13.29%, expected move 21.70%. The strangle on AGYS 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 63-day expiry.

Why this strangle structure on AGYS specifically: AGYS IV at 75.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a AGYS strangle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 21.70% (roughly $14.67 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated AGYS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AGYS should anchor to the underlying notional of $67.59 per share and to the trader's directional view on AGYS stock.

AGYS strangle setup

The AGYS 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 AGYS near $67.59, the first option leg uses a $70.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AGYS chain at a 63-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 AGYS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$70.00	$6.75
Buy 1	Put	$65.00	$6.00

AGYS strangle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$1,275.00
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$1,275.00
Breakeven(s): $52.25, $82.75
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.

AGYS strangle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on AGYS. 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%	+$5,224.00
$14.95	-77.9%	+$3,729.66
$29.90	-55.8%	+$2,235.32
$44.84	-33.7%	+$740.97
$59.78	-11.5%	-$753.37
$74.73	+10.6%	-$802.29
$89.67	+32.7%	+$692.05
$104.61	+54.8%	+$2,186.39
$119.56	+76.9%	+$3,680.73
$134.50	+99.0%	+$5,175.08

When traders use strangle on AGYS

Strangles on AGYS 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 AGYS chain.

AGYS thesis for this strangle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AGYS extends from approximately $52.92 on the downside to $82.26 on the upside. A AGYS 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 AGYS IV rank near 13.29% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on AGYS at 75.70%. As a Technology name, AGYS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AGYS-specific events.

AGYS 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. AGYS positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AGYS alongside the broader basket even when AGYS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current AGYS chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a strangle on AGYS?: A strangle on AGYS is the strangle strategy applied to AGYS (stock). 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 AGYS stock trading near $67.59, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AGYS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are AGYS 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 AGYS strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 75.70%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,275.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a AGYS strangle?: The breakeven for the AGYS strangle priced on this page is roughly $52.25 and $82.75 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 AGYS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 21.70%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a strangle on AGYS?: Strangles on AGYS 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 AGYS chain.
How does current AGYS implied volatility affect this strangle?: AGYS ATM IV is at 75.70% with IV rank near 13.29%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.