How are KGS 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 KGS strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 38.50%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$445.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a KGS strangle?

The breakeven for the KGS strangle priced on this page is roughly $68.05 and $84.45 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 KGS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.04%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current KGS implied volatility affect this strangle?

KGS ATM IV is at 38.50% with IV rank near 27.87%, 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.

KGS Strangle Strategy

KGS (Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.), in the Energy sector, (Oil & Gas Equipment & Services industry), listed on NYSE.

Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. operates contract compression infrastructure for customers in the oil and gas industry in the United States. It operates in two segments, Compression Operations and Other Services. The Compression Operations segment operates company-owned and customer-owned compression infrastructure to enable the production, gathering, and transportation of natural gas and oil. The Other Services segment provides a range of contract services, including station construction, maintenance and overhaul, and other ancillary time and material-based offerings. The company was formerly known as Frontier TopCo, Inc. Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Montgomery, Texas.

KGS (Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.) trades in the Energy sector, specifically Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $6.72B, a trailing P/E of 95.84, a beta of 0.95 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 30.061-76.68, average daily share volume of 1.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2023, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how KGS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.95 places KGS roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 95.84 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. KGS pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a strangle on KGS?

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.

Current KGS snapshot

As of May 12, 2026, spot at $75.20, ATM IV 38.50%, IV rank 27.87%, expected move 11.04%. The strangle on KGS 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 strangle structure on KGS specifically: KGS IV at 38.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a KGS strangle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.04% (roughly $8.30 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 KGS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on KGS should anchor to the underlying notional of $75.20 per share and to the trader's directional view on KGS stock.

KGS strangle setup

The KGS strangle below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With KGS near $75.20, the first option leg uses a $80.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed KGS 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 KGS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$80.00	$1.08
Buy 1	Put	$72.50	$3.38

KGS strangle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$445.00
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$445.00
Breakeven(s): $68.05, $84.45
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.

KGS strangle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on KGS. 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%	+$6,804.00
$16.64	-77.9%	+$5,141.40
$33.26	-55.8%	+$3,478.79
$49.89	-33.7%	+$1,816.19
$66.51	-11.6%	+$153.59
$83.14	+10.6%	-$130.98
$99.77	+32.7%	+$1,531.62
$116.39	+54.8%	+$3,194.22
$133.02	+76.9%	+$4,856.82
$149.64	+99.0%	+$6,519.43

When traders use strangle on KGS

Strangles on KGS 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 KGS chain.

KGS thesis for this strangle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for KGS extends from approximately $66.90 on the downside to $83.50 on the upside. A KGS 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 KGS IV rank near 27.87% 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 KGS at 38.50%. As a Energy name, KGS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to KGS-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a strangle on KGS?: A strangle on KGS is the strangle strategy applied to KGS (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 KGS stock trading near $75.20, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed KGS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are KGS 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 KGS strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 38.50%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$445.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a KGS strangle?: The breakeven for the KGS strangle priced on this page is roughly $68.05 and $84.45 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 KGS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.04%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a strangle on KGS?: Strangles on KGS 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 KGS chain.
How does current KGS implied volatility affect this strangle?: KGS ATM IV is at 38.50% with IV rank near 27.87%, 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.