AIP Straddle Strategy

AIP (Arteris, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Semiconductors industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Arteris, Inc. provides semiconductor interconnect intellectual property (IP) and IP deployment solutions in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. The company develops, licenses, and supports the on-chip interconnect fabric technology used in System-on-Chip (Soc) designs and Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect IP. Its products include FlexNoC, a silicon-proven interconnect IP product; FlexNoC Resilience Package, which provides on-chip data protection; Ncore, a silicon-proven and cache coherent interconnect IP product that provides scalable, configurable, and area efficient characteristics; CodaCache, a last-level cache semiconductor IP product; and Physical interconnect aware NoC optimizer, a software tool that estimates physical layout effects during the architecture and logic development stages of an SoC interconnect design; The company also offers FlexWay for IP subsystem interconnect; FlexPSI for All-digital inter chip link; and FlexNoC Physical for linking physical placement and routing tools. In addition, it provides IP deployment software solutions, including specification, design, documentation, artificial intelligence (AI) package, design data intelligence, and harmony trace. The company serves customers in the automotive, AI/machine learning, 5G and wireless communications, data centers, consumer electronics, and other markets. Arteris, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.

AIP (Arteris, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Semiconductors, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.64B, a beta of 1.94 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 6.878-36.17, average daily share volume of 593K, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 267 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AIP stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.94 indicates AIP 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 AIP?

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 AIP snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $33.50, ATM IV 93.20%, IV rank 36.18%, expected move 26.72%. The straddle on AIP 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 AIP specifically: AIP IV at 93.20% 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 26.72% (roughly $8.95 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 AIP expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AIP should anchor to the underlying notional of $33.50 per share and to the trader's directional view on AIP stock.

AIP straddle setup

The AIP 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 AIP near $33.50, the first option leg uses a $33.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AIP 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 AIP shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$33.50	N/A
Buy 1	Put	$33.50	N/A

AIP 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.

AIP straddle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on AIP. 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 AIP

Straddles on AIP are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy AIP straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.

AIP thesis for this straddle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AIP extends from approximately $24.55 on the downside to $42.45 on the upside. A AIP 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 AIP IV rank near 36.18% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the straddle thesis on AIP should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, AIP options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AIP-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a straddle on AIP?: A straddle on AIP is the straddle strategy applied to AIP (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 AIP stock trading near $33.50, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AIP chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are AIP 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 AIP straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 93.20%), 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 AIP straddle?: The breakeven for the AIP 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 AIP market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 26.72%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a straddle on AIP?: Straddles on AIP are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy AIP 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 AIP implied volatility affect this straddle?: AIP ATM IV is at 93.20% with IV rank near 36.18%, 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.