AMSF Straddle Strategy
AMSF (AMERISAFE, Inc.), in the Financial Services sector, (Insurance - Specialty industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Operating as an insurance holding company, AMERISAFE, Inc. specializes in providing workers' compensation coverage across the United States. Its policies offer crucial financial protection to injured employees, addressing costs related to temporary or permanent disability, death benefits, and medical and hospital expenses. The firm primarily serves small to medium-sized businesses operating in high-risk industries, including but not limited to construction, trucking, forestry, agriculture, manufacturing, telecommunications, and maritime sectors. AMERISAFE, Inc. was established in 1985 and is headquartered in DeRidder, Louisiana.
AMSF (AMERISAFE, Inc.) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Insurance - Specialty, with a market capitalization of approximately $631.3M, a trailing P/E of 13.66, a beta of 0.28 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 29.42-47.86, average daily share volume of 232K, a public-listing history dating back to 2005, approximately 362 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AMSF stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.28 indicates AMSF has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. AMSF pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on AMSF?
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 AMSF snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $34.12, ATM IV 76.10%, IV rank 37.35%, expected move 21.82%. The straddle on AMSF 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 17-day expiry.
Why this straddle structure on AMSF specifically: AMSF IV at 76.10% 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 21.82% (roughly $7.44 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated AMSF expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AMSF should anchor to the underlying notional of $34.12 per share and to the trader's directional view on AMSF stock.
AMSF straddle setup
The AMSF 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 AMSF near $34.12, the first option leg uses a $34.12 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AMSF chain at a 17-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 AMSF shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $34.12 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $34.12 | N/A |
AMSF 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.
AMSF straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on AMSF. 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 AMSF
Straddles on AMSF are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy AMSF straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
AMSF thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AMSF extends from approximately $26.68 on the downside to $41.56 on the upside. A AMSF 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 AMSF IV rank near 37.35% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the straddle thesis on AMSF should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, AMSF options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AMSF-specific events.
AMSF 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. AMSF positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AMSF alongside the broader basket even when AMSF-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current AMSF chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on AMSF?
- A straddle on AMSF is the straddle strategy applied to AMSF (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 AMSF stock trading near $34.12, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AMSF chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are AMSF 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 AMSF straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 76.10%), 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 AMSF straddle?
- The breakeven for the AMSF 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 AMSF market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 21.82%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on AMSF?
- Straddles on AMSF are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy AMSF 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 AMSF implied volatility affect this straddle?
- AMSF ATM IV is at 76.10% with IV rank near 37.35%, 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.