How are GD 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 GD straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.67%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,411.36 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a GD straddle?

The breakeven for the GD straddle priced on this page is roughly $319.60 and $350.40 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 GD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.93%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current GD implied volatility affect this straddle?

GD ATM IV is at 20.67% with IV rank near 39.09%, 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.

GD Straddle Strategy

GD (General Dynamics Corporation), in the Industrials sector, (Aerospace & Defense industry), listed on NYSE.

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment designs, manufactures, and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, charter, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, staffing, and fixed-base operator services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as builds crude oil and product tankers, and container and cargo ships. This segment also provides navy ships maintenance and modernization services; lifecycle support and repair services for navy surface ships; and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarines and surface ships. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and armaments.

GD (General Dynamics Corporation) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Aerospace & Defense, with a market capitalization of approximately $92.31B, a trailing P/E of 21.25, a beta of 0.35 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 268.1-369.7, average daily share volume of 1.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 1978, approximately 110K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how GD stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.35 indicates GD has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. GD pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a straddle on GD?

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 GD snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $334.60, ATM IV 20.67%, IV rank 39.09%, expected move 5.93%. The straddle on GD 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 GD specifically: GD IV at 20.67% 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 5.93% (roughly $19.83 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 GD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GD should anchor to the underlying notional of $334.60 per share and to the trader's directional view on GD stock.

GD straddle setup

The GD 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 GD near $334.60, the first option leg uses a $335.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GD 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 GD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$335.00	$7.95
Buy 1	Put	$335.00	$7.45

GD straddle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$1,540.00
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$1,411.36
Breakeven(s): $319.60, $350.40
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.

GD straddle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on GD. 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%	+$31,959.00
$73.99	-77.9%	+$24,560.92
$147.97	-55.8%	+$17,162.84
$221.95	-33.7%	+$9,764.76
$295.93	-11.6%	+$2,366.68
$369.91	+10.6%	+$1,951.40
$443.89	+32.7%	+$9,349.48
$517.88	+54.8%	+$16,747.56
$591.86	+76.9%	+$24,145.64
$665.84	+99.0%	+$31,543.72

When traders use straddle on GD

Straddles on GD are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy GD straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.

GD thesis for this straddle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GD extends from approximately $314.77 on the downside to $354.43 on the upside. A GD 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 GD IV rank near 39.09% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the straddle thesis on GD should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Industrials name, GD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GD-specific events.

GD 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. GD positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GD alongside the broader basket even when GD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current GD chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a straddle on GD?: A straddle on GD is the straddle strategy applied to GD (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 GD stock trading near $334.60, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GD chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are GD 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 GD straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.67%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,411.36 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a GD straddle?: The breakeven for the GD straddle priced on this page is roughly $319.60 and $350.40 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 GD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.93%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a straddle on GD?: Straddles on GD are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy GD 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 GD implied volatility affect this straddle?: GD ATM IV is at 20.67% with IV rank near 39.09%, 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.