FTAI Straddle Strategy
FTAI (FTAI Aviation Ltd.), in the Industrials sector, (Rental & Leasing Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
FTAI Aviation Ltd. owns and acquires aviation and offshore energy equipment for the transportation of goods and people worldwide. It operates through two segments, Aviation Leasing and Aerospace Products. The Aviation Leasing segment owns and manages aviation assets, including aircraft and aircraft engines, which it leases and sells to customers. As of December 31, 2023, this segment owned and managed 363 aviation assets consisting of 96 commercial aircraft and 267 engines, including eight aircraft and seventeen engines that were located in Russia. The Aerospace Products segment develops, manufactures, repairs, and sells aircraft engines and aftermarket components for aircraft engines. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
FTAI (FTAI Aviation Ltd.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Rental & Leasing Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $27.40B, a trailing P/E of 51.06, a beta of 1.55 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 108.47-323.51, average daily share volume of 1.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 580 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FTAI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.55 indicates FTAI has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 51.06 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple. FTAI pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on FTAI?
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 FTAI snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $239.69, ATM IV 66.50%, IV rank 57.04%, expected move 19.06%. The straddle on FTAI 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 28-day expiry.
Why this straddle structure on FTAI specifically: FTAI IV at 66.50% 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 19.06% (roughly $45.70 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 FTAI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FTAI should anchor to the underlying notional of $239.69 per share and to the trader's directional view on FTAI stock.
FTAI straddle setup
The FTAI 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 FTAI near $239.69, the first option leg uses a $240.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FTAI 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 FTAI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $240.00 | $16.50 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $240.00 | $18.50 |
FTAI straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$3,500.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$3,410.06
- Breakeven(s)
- $205.00, $275.00
- 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.
FTAI straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on FTAI. 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% | +$20,499.00 |
| $53.01 | -77.9% | +$15,199.43 |
| $106.00 | -55.8% | +$9,899.86 |
| $159.00 | -33.7% | +$4,600.30 |
| $211.99 | -11.6% | -$699.27 |
| $264.99 | +10.6% | -$1,001.16 |
| $317.98 | +32.7% | +$4,298.41 |
| $370.98 | +54.8% | +$9,597.97 |
| $423.98 | +76.9% | +$14,897.54 |
| $476.97 | +99.0% | +$20,197.11 |
When traders use straddle on FTAI
Straddles on FTAI are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy FTAI straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
FTAI thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FTAI extends from approximately $193.99 on the downside to $285.39 on the upside. A FTAI 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 FTAI IV rank near 57.04% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the straddle thesis on FTAI should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Industrials name, FTAI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FTAI-specific events.
FTAI 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. FTAI positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FTAI alongside the broader basket even when FTAI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current FTAI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on FTAI?
- A straddle on FTAI is the straddle strategy applied to FTAI (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 FTAI stock trading near $239.69, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FTAI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FTAI 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 FTAI straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 66.50%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$3,410.06 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FTAI straddle?
- The breakeven for the FTAI straddle priced on this page is roughly $205.00 and $275.00 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 FTAI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 19.06%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on FTAI?
- Straddles on FTAI are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy FTAI 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 FTAI implied volatility affect this straddle?
- FTAI ATM IV is at 66.50% with IV rank near 57.04%, 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.