CRVL Straddle Strategy
CRVL (CorVel Corporation), in the Financial Services sector, (Insurance - Brokers industry), listed on NASDAQ.
CorVel Corporation delivers comprehensive solutions designed to assist employers, third-party administrators, insurance providers, and government entities in effectively managing healthcare claims. The company focuses on controlling medical expenditures and ensuring high-quality care across various sectors, including workers' compensation, auto liability, and general health. Leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing, CorVel enhances the oversight of entire healthcare episodes and their associated costs. Their service portfolio includes a wide array of network solutions, featuring automated medical fee auditing, management and reimbursement for preferred providers, retrospective utilization reviews, and detailed scrutiny of both facility and professional claims. Additionally, they offer pharmacy services, directed care programs, Medicare solutions, clearinghouse functionalities, independent medical examinations, and inpatient medical bill reviews. Beyond network services, CorVel provides a suite of patient management offerings, encompassing claims and case management, round-the-clock nurse triage, utilization management, vocational rehabilitation, and life care planning.
CRVL (CorVel Corporation) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Insurance - Brokers, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.20B, a trailing P/E of 27.64, a beta of 0.96 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 44.83-93.71, average daily share volume of 211K, a public-listing history dating back to 1991, approximately 5K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CRVL stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.96 places CRVL roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a straddle on CRVL?
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.
CRVL snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $65.58, ATM IV 33.90%, IV rank 6.65%, expected move 9.72%. The straddle on CRVL below is built from the end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this straddle structure on CRVL specifically: CRVL IV at 33.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CRVL straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.72% (roughly $6.37 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CRVL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CRVL should anchor to the underlying notional of $65.58 per share and to the trader's directional view on CRVL stock.
CRVL straddle setup
The CRVL 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 CRVL at $65.58 on that close, the first option leg uses a $65.58 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CRVL chain at a 35-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 CRVL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $65.58 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $65.58 | N/A |
CRVL 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.
CRVL straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on CRVL. 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 CRVL
Straddles on CRVL are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy CRVL straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
CRVL thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CRVL extends from approximately $59.21 on the downside to $71.95 on the upside. A CRVL 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 CRVL IV rank near 6.65% 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 CRVL at 33.90%. As a Financial Services name, CRVL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CRVL-specific events.
CRVL 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. CRVL positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CRVL alongside the broader basket even when CRVL-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CRVL chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on CRVL?
- A straddle on CRVL is the straddle strategy applied to CRVL (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 CRVL stock at $65.58 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CRVL chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CRVL 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 CRVL straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 33.90%), 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 CRVL straddle?
- The breakeven for the CRVL straddle priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The CRVL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 9.72%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on CRVL?
- Straddles on CRVL are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy CRVL 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 CRVL implied volatility affect this straddle?
- CRVL ATM IV is at 33.90% with IV rank near 6.65%, 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.