AHCO Straddle Strategy
AHCO (AdaptHealth Corp.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Devices industry), listed on NASDAQ.
AdaptHealth Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides home medical equipment (HME), medical supplies, and home and related services in the United States. The company provides sleep therapy equipment, supplies, and related services, such as CPAP and bi-PAP services to individuals suffering from obstructive sleep apnea; medical devices and supplies, including continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps to patients for the treatment of diabetes; HME to patients discharged from acute care and other facilities; oxygen and related chronic therapy services in the home; and other HME devices and supplies on behalf of chronically ill patients with wound care, urological, incontinence, ostomy, and nutritional supply needs. It serves beneficiaries of Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance payors. AdaptHealth Corp. is headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
AHCO (AdaptHealth Corp.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Devices, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.47B, a beta of 1.57 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 8.06-13.43, average daily share volume of 1.6M, a public-listing history dating back to 2018, approximately 11K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AHCO stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.57 indicates AHCO has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a straddle on AHCO?
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.
Current AHCO snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $10.64, ATM IV 55.00%, IV rank 11.72%, expected move 15.77%. The straddle on AHCO 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 straddle structure on AHCO specifically: AHCO IV at 55.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a AHCO straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.77% (roughly $1.68 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 AHCO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AHCO should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.64 per share and to the trader's directional view on AHCO stock.
AHCO straddle setup
The AHCO straddle below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With AHCO near $10.64, the first option leg uses a $10.64 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AHCO 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 AHCO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $10.64 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $10.64 | N/A |
AHCO straddle 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 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.
AHCO straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on AHCO. 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 straddle on AHCO
Straddles on AHCO are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy AHCO straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
AHCO thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AHCO extends from approximately $8.96 on the downside to $12.32 on the upside. A AHCO 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. Current AHCO IV rank near 11.72% 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 AHCO at 55.00%. As a Healthcare name, AHCO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AHCO-specific events.
AHCO 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. AHCO positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AHCO alongside the broader basket even when AHCO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current AHCO chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on AHCO?
- A straddle on AHCO is the straddle strategy applied to AHCO (stock). 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 AHCO stock trading near $10.64, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AHCO chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are AHCO 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 AHCO straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 55.00%), 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 AHCO straddle?
- The breakeven for the AHCO straddle 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 AHCO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.77%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on AHCO?
- Straddles on AHCO are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy AHCO 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 AHCO implied volatility affect this straddle?
- AHCO ATM IV is at 55.00% with IV rank near 11.72%, 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.