EVRG Straddle Strategy
EVRG (Evergy, Inc.), in the Utilities sector, (Regulated Electric industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Evergy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in Kansas and Missouri, the United States. It generates electricity through coal, hydroelectric, landfill gas, uranium, and natural gas and oil sources, as well as solar, wind, other renewable sources. The company has approximately 10,100 circuit miles of transmission lines; 39,800 circuit miles of overhead distribution lines; and 13,000 circuit miles of underground distribution lines. It serves approximately 1,620,400 customers, including residences, commercial firms, industrials, municipalities, and other electric utilities. Evergy, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
EVRG (Evergy, Inc.) trades in the Utilities sector, specifically Regulated Electric, with a market capitalization of approximately $19.01B, a trailing P/E of 21.57, a beta of 0.54 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 64.22-85.27, average daily share volume of 2.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 2018, approximately 5K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how EVRG stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.54 indicates EVRG has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. EVRG pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on EVRG?
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 EVRG snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $80.70, ATM IV 20.50%, IV rank 2.84%, expected move 5.88%. The straddle on EVRG 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 EVRG specifically: EVRG IV at 20.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a EVRG straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.88% (roughly $4.74 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 EVRG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on EVRG should anchor to the underlying notional of $80.70 per share and to the trader's directional view on EVRG stock.
EVRG straddle setup
The EVRG 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 EVRG near $80.70, the first option leg uses a $80.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed EVRG 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 EVRG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $80.00 | $2.55 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $80.00 | $1.73 |
EVRG straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$427.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$397.55
- Breakeven(s)
- $75.73, $84.28
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- Unbounded
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.
EVRG straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on EVRG. 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.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | +$7,571.50 |
| $17.85 | -77.9% | +$5,787.29 |
| $35.69 | -55.8% | +$4,003.08 |
| $53.54 | -33.7% | +$2,218.87 |
| $71.38 | -11.6% | +$434.66 |
| $89.22 | +10.6% | +$494.56 |
| $107.06 | +32.7% | +$2,278.77 |
| $124.90 | +54.8% | +$4,062.98 |
| $142.75 | +76.9% | +$5,847.19 |
| $160.59 | +99.0% | +$7,631.40 |
When traders use straddle on EVRG
Straddles on EVRG are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy EVRG straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
EVRG thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for EVRG extends from approximately $75.96 on the downside to $85.44 on the upside. A EVRG 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 EVRG IV rank near 2.84% 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 EVRG at 20.50%. As a Utilities name, EVRG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to EVRG-specific events.
EVRG 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. EVRG positions also carry Utilities sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move EVRG alongside the broader basket even when EVRG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current EVRG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on EVRG?
- A straddle on EVRG is the straddle strategy applied to EVRG (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 EVRG stock trading near $80.70, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed EVRG chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are EVRG 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 EVRG straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.50%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$397.55 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a EVRG straddle?
- The breakeven for the EVRG straddle priced on this page is roughly $75.73 and $84.28 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 EVRG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.88%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on EVRG?
- Straddles on EVRG are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy EVRG 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 EVRG implied volatility affect this straddle?
- EVRG ATM IV is at 20.50% with IV rank near 2.84%, 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.