KTCC Strangle Strategy

KTCC (Key Tronic Corporation), in the Technology sector, (Computer Hardware industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Key Tronic Corporation provides contract manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company offers integrated electronic and mechanical engineering, assembly, sourcing and procurement, logistics, and new product testing services. Its services include product design; surface mount technologies and pin through hole capability for printed circuit board assembly; tool making; precision plastic molding; sheet metal fabrication and painting; liquid injection molding; complex assembly; automated tape winding; prototype design; and full product assembly services. The company also manufactures and sells keyboards and other input devices. It markets its products and services primarily through field sales people and distributors. Key Tronic Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington.

KTCC (Key Tronic Corporation) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Computer Hardware, with a market capitalization of approximately $33.9M, a beta of 1.16 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 2.38-3.7, average daily share volume of 11K, a public-listing history dating back to 1983, approximately 4K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how KTCC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.16 places KTCC roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.

What is a strangle on KTCC?

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 KTCC snapshot

As of May 14, 2026, spot at $3.17, ATM IV 144.30%, IV rank 40.28%, expected move 41.37%. The strangle on KTCC 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 35-day expiry.

Why this strangle structure on KTCC specifically: KTCC IV at 144.30% 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 41.37% (roughly $1.31 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated KTCC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on KTCC should anchor to the underlying notional of $3.17 per share and to the trader's directional view on KTCC stock.

KTCC strangle setup

The KTCC 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 KTCC near $3.17, the first option leg uses a $3.33 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed KTCC chain at a 35-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 KTCC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$3.33	N/A
Buy 1	Put	$3.01	N/A

KTCC strangle 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 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.

KTCC strangle payoff curve

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

Strangles on KTCC 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 KTCC chain.

KTCC thesis for this strangle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for KTCC extends from approximately $1.86 on the downside to $4.48 on the upside. A KTCC 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 KTCC IV rank near 40.28% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the strangle thesis on KTCC should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, KTCC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to KTCC-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a strangle on KTCC?: A strangle on KTCC is the strangle strategy applied to KTCC (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 KTCC stock trading near $3.17, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed KTCC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are KTCC 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 KTCC strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 144.30%), 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 KTCC strangle?: The breakeven for the KTCC strangle 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 KTCC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 41.37%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a strangle on KTCC?: Strangles on KTCC 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 KTCC chain.
How does current KTCC implied volatility affect this strangle?: KTCC ATM IV is at 144.30% with IV rank near 40.28%, 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.