ITGR Straddle Strategy

ITGR (Integer Holdings Corporation), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Devices industry), listed on NYSE.

Integer Holdings Corporation functions as a global leader in outsourced medical device manufacturing, maintaining operations across the United States, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and other international regions. The company organizes its business into two primary divisions: Medical and Non-Medical. Within its Medical segment, Integer delivers a broad array of devices and components essential for numerous advanced medical procedures. These solutions cater to areas such as interventional cardiology, structural heart conditions, heart failure management, peripheral and neurovascular interventions, interventional oncology, electrophysiology, vascular access, infusion therapy, hemodialysis, urology, and gastroenterology. Their extensive product portfolio includes cardiac rhythm management devices like implantable pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiac monitors, leads, and heart failure therapies. They also produce neuromodulation devices, such as implantable spinal cord stimulators, alongside critical components like non-rechargeable batteries, feedthroughs, device enclosures, precision-machined parts, and lead sub-assemblies.

ITGR (Integer Holdings Corporation) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Devices, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.25B, a trailing P/E of 33.13, a beta of 0.61 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 62-126.14, average daily share volume of 732K, a public-listing history dating back to 2000, approximately 11K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how ITGR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.61 indicates ITGR 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 straddle on ITGR?

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.

ITGR snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $125.38, ATM IV 363.90%, IV rank 75.25%, expected move 104.33%. The straddle on ITGR 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 7-day expiry.

Why this straddle structure on ITGR specifically: ITGR IV at 363.90% is rich versus its 1-year range, which makes a premium-buying ITGR straddle relatively expensive in absolute-cost terms, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 104.33% (roughly $130.81 on the underlying). The 7-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated ITGR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ITGR should anchor to the underlying notional of $125.38 per share and to the trader's directional view on ITGR stock.

ITGR straddle setup

The ITGR straddle 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 ITGR at $125.38 on that close, the first option leg uses a $125.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed ITGR chain at a 7-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 ITGR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 1Call$125.00$1.49
Buy 1Put$125.00$1.02

ITGR straddle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit
-$251.00
Max Profit (per contract)
Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract)
-$226.50
Breakeven(s)
$122.49, $127.51
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.

ITGR straddle payoff curve

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

ITGR straddle profit and loss curve at expiration with breakevens and current spot markedITGR straddle payoff at expiration$0$2000$4000$6000$8000$10000$12000$50$100$150$200$250Underlying Price ($)P&L at Expiration ($)BE $122.49BE $127.51Spot $125.38
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 SpotP&L at Expiration
$0.01-100.0%+$12,248.00
$27.73-77.9%+$9,475.89
$55.45-55.8%+$6,703.78
$83.17-33.7%+$3,931.67
$110.89-11.6%+$1,159.56
$138.62+10.6%+$1,110.55
$166.34+32.7%+$3,882.66
$194.06+54.8%+$6,654.77
$221.78+76.9%+$9,426.88
$249.50+99.0%+$12,198.99

When traders use straddle on ITGR

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

ITGR thesis for this straddle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ITGR extends from approximately $-5.43 on the downside to $256.19 on the upside. A ITGR 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 ITGR IV rank near 75.25% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on ITGR at 363.90%. As a Healthcare name, ITGR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ITGR-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a straddle on ITGR?
A straddle on ITGR is the straddle strategy applied to ITGR (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 ITGR stock at $125.38 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ITGR chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are ITGR 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 ITGR straddle priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 363.90%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$226.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a ITGR straddle?
The breakeven for the ITGR straddle priced on this page is roughly $122.49 and $127.51 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 ITGR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 104.33%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a straddle on ITGR?
Straddles on ITGR are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy ITGR 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 ITGR implied volatility affect this straddle?
ITGR ATM IV is at 363.90% with IV rank near 75.25%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.

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