AMPL Straddle Strategy
AMPL (Amplitude, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Amplitude, Inc. provides a digital optimization system to analyze customer behavior within digital products in the United States and internationally. It offers Amplitude analytics for insights of customer behavior; Amplitude Recommend, a no-code personalization solution that helps to increase customer engagement by adapting digital products and campaigns to every user based on behavior; Amplitude Experiment, an integrated solution that enables teams to determine and deliver the product experiences for their customers through A/B tests and controlled feature releases; Amplitude Behavioral Graph, a proprietary database for deep, real-time interactive behavioral analysis, and behavior-driven personalization instantly joining, analyzing, and correlating any customer actions to outcomes, such as engagement, growth, and loyalty; and data management, a real-time data layer for planning, integrating, and managing data sources to create a foundation with identity resolution, enterprise-level security, and privacy solutions. The company also provides customer support services related to initial implementation setup, ongoing support, and application training. It delivers its application over the Internet as a subscription service using a software-as-a-service model. The company was formerly known as Sonalight, Inc. and changed its name to Amplitude, Inc. in December 2014. Amplitude, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
AMPL (Amplitude, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $794.6M, a beta of 1.43 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 5.51-14.49, average daily share volume of 2.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 740 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AMPL stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.43 indicates AMPL 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 AMPL?
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 AMPL snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $6.08, ATM IV 72.10%, IV rank 21.48%, expected move 20.67%. The straddle on AMPL 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 AMPL specifically: AMPL IV at 72.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a AMPL straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 20.67% (roughly $1.26 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 AMPL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AMPL should anchor to the underlying notional of $6.08 per share and to the trader's directional view on AMPL stock.
AMPL straddle setup
The AMPL 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 AMPL near $6.08, the first option leg uses a $6.08 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AMPL 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 AMPL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $6.08 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $6.08 | N/A |
AMPL 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.
AMPL straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on AMPL. 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 AMPL
Straddles on AMPL are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy AMPL straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
AMPL thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AMPL extends from approximately $4.82 on the downside to $7.34 on the upside. A AMPL 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 AMPL IV rank near 21.48% 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 AMPL at 72.10%. As a Technology name, AMPL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AMPL-specific events.
AMPL 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. AMPL positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AMPL alongside the broader basket even when AMPL-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current AMPL chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on AMPL?
- A straddle on AMPL is the straddle strategy applied to AMPL (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 AMPL stock trading near $6.08, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AMPL chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are AMPL 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 AMPL straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 72.10%), 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 AMPL straddle?
- The breakeven for the AMPL 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 AMPL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 20.67%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on AMPL?
- Straddles on AMPL are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy AMPL 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 AMPL implied volatility affect this straddle?
- AMPL ATM IV is at 72.10% with IV rank near 21.48%, 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.