CHRS Straddle Strategy
CHRS (Coherus Oncology, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Biotechnology industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Coherus Oncology, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, researches, develops, and commercializes immunotherapies to treat cancer in the United States. The company develops UDENYCA, a biosimilar to Neulasta, a long-acting granulocyte-colony stimulating factor; LOQTORZI, a novel next-generation programmed death receptor-1 inhibitor; and Casdozokitug, an investigational recombinant human immunoglobulin isotype (IgG1) monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin 27. It also develops CHS-114, an investigational highly specific human afucosylated IgG1 monoclonal antibody, a chemokine receptor highly expressed on Treg cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME); and CHS-1000, Anti-ILT4 monoclonal antibody for solid tumors. In addition, the company offers GSK4381562, an antibody targeting CD112R to treat tumor cells; YUSIMRY, a biosimilar to Humira for inflammatory diseases characterized by increased production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in the body, such as rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, and ulcerative colitis; and CIMERLI, a Lucentis biosimilar to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration, macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy, and myopic choroidal neovascularization. It has a collaboration agreement with Junshi Biosciences for the co-development and commercialization of toripalimab; agreement with Surface and Adimab LLC; license agreements with Bioeq AG and Genentech, Inc. and Surface and Vaccinex, Inc.; and out-licensing agreement with Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property No. 4 Limited. The company was formerly known as Coherus BioSciences, Inc. and changed its name to Coherus Oncology, Inc. in May 2025.
CHRS (Coherus Oncology, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Biotechnology, with a market capitalization of approximately $208.7M, a beta of 1.02 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.71-2.616, average daily share volume of 1.3M, a public-listing history dating back to 2014, approximately 228 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CHRS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.02 places CHRS roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a straddle on CHRS?
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 CHRS snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $1.58, ATM IV 131.90%, IV rank 27.94%, expected move 37.81%. The straddle on CHRS 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 CHRS specifically: CHRS IV at 131.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CHRS straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 37.81% (roughly $0.60 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 CHRS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CHRS should anchor to the underlying notional of $1.58 per share and to the trader's directional view on CHRS stock.
CHRS straddle setup
The CHRS 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 CHRS near $1.58, the first option leg uses a $1.58 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CHRS 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 CHRS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $1.58 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $1.58 | N/A |
CHRS 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.
CHRS straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on CHRS. 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 CHRS
Straddles on CHRS are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy CHRS straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
CHRS thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CHRS extends from approximately $0.98 on the downside to $2.18 on the upside. A CHRS 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 CHRS IV rank near 27.94% 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 CHRS at 131.90%. As a Healthcare name, CHRS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CHRS-specific events.
CHRS 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. CHRS positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CHRS alongside the broader basket even when CHRS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CHRS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on CHRS?
- A straddle on CHRS is the straddle strategy applied to CHRS (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 CHRS stock trading near $1.58, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CHRS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CHRS 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 CHRS straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 131.90%), 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 CHRS straddle?
- The breakeven for the CHRS 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 CHRS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 37.81%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on CHRS?
- Straddles on CHRS are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy CHRS 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 CHRS implied volatility affect this straddle?
- CHRS ATM IV is at 131.90% with IV rank near 27.94%, 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.