How are FSLY strangle max profit and max loss calculated?

Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit. For the FSLY strangle priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 73.54%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$357.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a FSLY strangle?

The breakeven for the FSLY strangle priced on this page is roughly $24.93 and $35.08 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 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 FSLY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 21.08%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current FSLY implied volatility affect this strangle?

FSLY ATM IV is at 73.54% with IV rank near 28.43%, 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.

FSLY Strangle Strategy

FSLY (Fastly, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Fastly, Inc. offers an advanced edge cloud computing platform designed to efficiently manage, distribute, and safeguard client applications across a global footprint, including North America, the Asia Pacific region, Europe, and other international markets. This specialized Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) empowers developers to build, secure, and rapidly deliver digital experiences right at the internet's edge. It functions as a highly customizable platform, optimized for web and application delivery. The company's broad range of offerings includes: Compute@Edge, their serverless computing environment. A comprehensive developer hub providing solution patterns, API and language references, change logs, and Fastly Fiddle resources. Specialized edge services such as device detection, geolocation, edge dictionaries, access control lists (ACLs), and authentication.

FSLY (Fastly, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.46B, a beta of 0.34 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 6.839-34.82, average daily share volume of 7.6M, a public-listing history dating back to 2019, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FSLY stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.34 indicates FSLY has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.

What is a strangle on FSLY?

A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money.

FSLY snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $30.14, ATM IV 73.54%, IV rank 28.43%, expected move 21.08%. The strangle on FSLY below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 28-day expiry.

Why this strangle structure on FSLY specifically: FSLY IV at 73.54% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a FSLY strangle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 21.08% (roughly $6.35 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FSLY expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FSLY should anchor to the underlying notional of $30.14 per share and to the trader's directional view on FSLY stock.

FSLY strangle setup

The FSLY strangle below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With FSLY at $30.14 on that close, the first option leg uses a $31.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FSLY chain at a 28-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 FSLY shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$31.50	$1.83
Buy 1	Put	$28.50	$1.75

FSLY strangle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$357.50
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$357.50
Breakeven(s): $24.93, $35.08
Risk / Reward Ratio: Unbounded

Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit.

FSLY strangle payoff curve

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

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	+$2,491.50
$6.67	-77.9%	+$1,825.20
$13.34	-55.8%	+$1,158.90
$20.00	-33.6%	+$492.60
$26.66	-11.5%	-$173.71
$33.33	+10.6%	-$174.99
$39.99	+32.7%	+$491.31
$46.65	+54.8%	+$1,157.61
$53.31	+76.9%	+$1,823.91
$59.98	+99.0%	+$2,490.21

When traders use strangle on FSLY

Strangles on FSLY are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the FSLY chain.

FSLY thesis for this strangle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FSLY extends from approximately $23.79 on the downside to $36.49 on the upside. A FSLY long strangle is the OTM cousin of the straddle: lower up-front cost but the underlying has to travel further past either OTM strike before the position turns profitable at expiration. Current FSLY IV rank near 28.43% 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 FSLY at 73.54%. As a Technology name, FSLY options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FSLY-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a strangle on FSLY?: A strangle on FSLY is the strangle strategy applied to FSLY (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium, OTM): A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money. With FSLY stock at $30.14 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FSLY chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are FSLY strangle max profit and max loss calculated?: Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit. For the FSLY strangle priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 73.54%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$357.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a FSLY strangle?: The breakeven for the FSLY strangle priced on this page is roughly $24.93 and $35.08 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 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 FSLY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 21.08%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a strangle on FSLY?: Strangles on FSLY are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the FSLY chain.
How does current FSLY implied volatility affect this strangle?: FSLY ATM IV is at 73.54% with IV rank near 28.43%, 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.