AUDC Straddle Strategy

AUDC (AudioCodes Ltd.), in the Technology sector, (Communication Equipment industry), listed on NASDAQ.

AudioCodes Ltd. provides advanced communications software, products, and productivity solutions for the digital workplace. The company offers solutions, products, and services for unified communications, contact centers, VoiceAI business line, and service provider business. Its products include session border controllers, life cycle management solutions, VoIP network routing solutions, media gateways and servers, multi-service business routers, IP phones solutions, and value-added applications, as well as professional services. The company also offers One Voice Operations Center, a voice network management solution; Device Manager for administering business phones and meeting room solutions; AudioCodes Routing Manager for handling call routing in VoIP networks; and User Management Pack 365 simplifies user lifecycle and identity management across Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business deployments. In addition, it provides AudioCodes Live for Microsoft Teams, a portfolio of managed services for simplifying Teams adoption; appliances for Microsoft Skype/Teams for Business such as survivable branch appliances, CCE, and CloudBond 365; and a range of value-added voice applications comprising SmartTAP, Voca, VoiceAI Connect, and Meeting Insights. Further, the company offers managed services; and AudioCodes Live Cloud, a Microsoft Teams software as a service solution that enables service providers to offer their business customers a seamless migration to Microsoft Teams.

AUDC (AudioCodes Ltd.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Communication Equipment, with a market capitalization of approximately $215.1M, a trailing P/E of 32.45, a beta of 0.96 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 6.95-11.5, average daily share volume of 125K, a public-listing history dating back to 1999, approximately 946 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AUDC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.96 places AUDC roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. AUDC pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a straddle on AUDC?

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 AUDC snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $8.23, ATM IV 127.20%, IV rank 46.30%, expected move 36.47%. The straddle on AUDC 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 AUDC specifically: AUDC IV at 127.20% 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 36.47% (roughly $3.00 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 AUDC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AUDC should anchor to the underlying notional of $8.23 per share and to the trader's directional view on AUDC stock.

AUDC straddle setup

The AUDC 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 AUDC near $8.23, the first option leg uses a $8.23 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AUDC 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 AUDC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$8.23	N/A
Buy 1	Put	$8.23	N/A

AUDC 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.

AUDC straddle payoff curve

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

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

AUDC thesis for this straddle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AUDC extends from approximately $5.23 on the downside to $11.23 on the upside. A AUDC 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 AUDC IV rank near 46.30% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the straddle thesis on AUDC should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, AUDC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AUDC-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a straddle on AUDC?: A straddle on AUDC is the straddle strategy applied to AUDC (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 AUDC stock trading near $8.23, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AUDC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are AUDC 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 AUDC straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 127.20%), 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 AUDC straddle?: The breakeven for the AUDC 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 AUDC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 36.47%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a straddle on AUDC?: Straddles on AUDC are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy AUDC 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 AUDC implied volatility affect this straddle?: AUDC ATM IV is at 127.20% with IV rank near 46.30%, 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.