KURA Straddle Strategy
KURA (Kura Oncology, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Biotechnology industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Kura Oncology, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops medicines for the treatment of cancer in the United States. The company's pipeline consists of small molecule product candidates that target cancer. Its lead product candidates are ziftomenib, a small molecule inhibitor of the menin-Lysine K-specific Methyltransferase 2A protein-protein interaction for the treatment of genetically defined subsets of acute leukemias, including acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia; and tipifarnib, an orally bioavailable inhibitor of farnesyl transferase that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of solid tumors and hematologic indications. The company has a clinical collaboration with Novartis to evaluate the combination of tipifarnib and alpelisib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma whose tumors have HRAS overexpression or PIK3CA mutation and/or amplification. Kura Oncology, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
KURA (Kura Oncology, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Biotechnology, with a market capitalization of approximately $841.5M, a beta of 0.32 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 5.45-12.49, average daily share volume of 1.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 192 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how KURA stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.32 indicates KURA 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 KURA?
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 KURA snapshot
As of May 13, 2026, spot at $9.46, ATM IV 83.40%, IV rank 9.82%, expected move 23.91%. The straddle on KURA 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 63-day expiry.
Why this straddle structure on KURA specifically: KURA IV at 83.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a KURA straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 23.91% (roughly $2.26 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated KURA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on KURA should anchor to the underlying notional of $9.46 per share and to the trader's directional view on KURA stock.
KURA straddle setup
The KURA 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 KURA near $9.46, the first option leg uses a $9.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed KURA chain at a 63-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 KURA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $9.00 | $0.90 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $9.00 | $2.60 |
KURA straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$350.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$346.26
- Breakeven(s)
- $5.50, $12.50
- 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.
KURA straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on KURA. 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 | -99.9% | +$549.00 |
| $2.10 | -77.8% | +$339.94 |
| $4.19 | -55.7% | +$130.89 |
| $6.28 | -33.6% | -$78.17 |
| $8.37 | -11.5% | -$287.22 |
| $10.46 | +10.6% | -$203.72 |
| $12.55 | +32.7% | +$5.33 |
| $14.64 | +54.8% | +$214.39 |
| $16.73 | +76.9% | +$423.44 |
| $18.82 | +99.0% | +$632.50 |
When traders use straddle on KURA
Straddles on KURA are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy KURA straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
KURA thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for KURA extends from approximately $7.20 on the downside to $11.72 on the upside. A KURA 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 KURA IV rank near 9.82% 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 KURA at 83.40%. As a Healthcare name, KURA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to KURA-specific events.
KURA 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. KURA positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move KURA alongside the broader basket even when KURA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current KURA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on KURA?
- A straddle on KURA is the straddle strategy applied to KURA (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 KURA stock trading near $9.46, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed KURA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are KURA 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 KURA straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 83.40%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$346.26 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a KURA straddle?
- The breakeven for the KURA straddle priced on this page is roughly $5.50 and $12.50 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 KURA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 23.91%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on KURA?
- Straddles on KURA are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy KURA 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 KURA implied volatility affect this straddle?
- KURA ATM IV is at 83.40% with IV rank near 9.82%, 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.