HUBG Straddle Strategy
HUBG (Hub Group, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Integrated Freight & Logistics industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Hub Group, Inc., a supply chain solutions provider, offers transportation and logistics management services in North America. The company's transportation services include intermodal, truckload, less-than-truckload, flatbed, temperature-controlled, and dedicated and regional trucking, as well as final mile, railcar, small parcel, and international transportation. Its logistics services comprise full outsource logistics solution, transportation management, freight consolidation, warehousing and fulfillment, final mile delivery, and parcel and international services. The company also provides dry van, expedited, less-than-truckload, refrigerated, and flatbed truck brokerage services. It offers a fleet of approximately 1,000 tractors and 4,600 trailers to its customers, as well as the driver staffing, management, and infrastructure. The company serves a range of industries, including retail, consumer products, and durable goods.
HUBG (Hub Group, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Integrated Freight & Logistics, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.30B, a trailing P/E of 21.71, a beta of 1.27 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 32.46-53.26, average daily share volume of 776K, a public-listing history dating back to 1996, approximately 6K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HUBG stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.27 places HUBG roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. HUBG pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on HUBG?
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 HUBG snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $37.33, ATM IV 61.80%, IV rank 32.65%, expected move 17.72%. The straddle on HUBG 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 HUBG specifically: HUBG IV at 61.80% 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 17.72% (roughly $6.61 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 HUBG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HUBG should anchor to the underlying notional of $37.33 per share and to the trader's directional view on HUBG stock.
HUBG straddle setup
The HUBG 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 HUBG near $37.33, the first option leg uses a $37.33 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HUBG 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 HUBG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $37.33 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $37.33 | N/A |
HUBG 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.
HUBG straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on HUBG. 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 HUBG
Straddles on HUBG are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy HUBG straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
HUBG thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HUBG extends from approximately $30.72 on the downside to $43.94 on the upside. A HUBG 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 HUBG IV rank near 32.65% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the straddle thesis on HUBG should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Industrials name, HUBG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HUBG-specific events.
HUBG 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. HUBG positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HUBG alongside the broader basket even when HUBG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current HUBG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on HUBG?
- A straddle on HUBG is the straddle strategy applied to HUBG (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 HUBG stock trading near $37.33, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HUBG chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HUBG 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 HUBG straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 61.80%), 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 HUBG straddle?
- The breakeven for the HUBG straddle priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 HUBG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 17.72%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on HUBG?
- Straddles on HUBG are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy HUBG 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 HUBG implied volatility affect this straddle?
- HUBG ATM IV is at 61.80% with IV rank near 32.65%, 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.