LAND Straddle Strategy

LAND (Gladstone Land Corporation), in the Real Estate sector, (REIT - Industrial industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Founded in 1997, Gladstone Land is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that acquires and owns farmland and farm-related properties located in major agricultural markets in the U.S. and leases its properties to unrelated third-party farmers. The Company, which reports the aggregate fair value of its farmland holdings on a quarterly basis, currently owns 127 farms, comprised of approximately 94,000 acres in 13 different states, valued at approximately $1.0 billion. Gladstone Land's farms are predominantly located in regions where its tenants are able to grow fresh produce annual row crops, such as berries and vegetables, which are generally planted and harvested annually. The Company also owns farms growing permanent crops, such as almonds, apples, figs, olives, pistachios, and other orchards, as well as blueberry groves and vineyards, which are generally planted every 10 to 20-plus years and harvested annually. The Company may also acquire property related to farming, such as cooling facilities, processing buildings, packaging facilities, and distribution centers. The Company pays monthly distributions to its stockholders and has paid 93 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock since its initial public offering in January 2013.

LAND (Gladstone Land Corporation) trades in the Real Estate sector, specifically REIT - Industrial, with a market capitalization of approximately $411.1M, a beta of 1.06 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 8.47-13, average daily share volume of 613K, a public-listing history dating back to 2013, approximately 70 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how LAND stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.06 places LAND roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. LAND pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a straddle on LAND?

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 LAND snapshot

As of May 13, 2026, spot at $9.48, ATM IV 12.20%, IV rank 2.25%, expected move 3.50%. The straddle on LAND 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 36-day expiry.

Why this straddle structure on LAND specifically: LAND IV at 12.20% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a LAND straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 3.50% (roughly $0.33 on the underlying). The 36-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated LAND expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LAND should anchor to the underlying notional of $9.48 per share and to the trader's directional view on LAND stock.

LAND straddle setup

The LAND 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 LAND near $9.48, the first option leg uses a $9.48 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LAND chain at a 36-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 LAND shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$9.48	N/A
Buy 1	Put	$9.48	N/A

LAND 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.

LAND straddle payoff curve

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

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

LAND thesis for this straddle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LAND extends from approximately $9.15 on the downside to $9.81 on the upside. A LAND 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 LAND IV rank near 2.25% 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 LAND at 12.20%. As a Real Estate name, LAND options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LAND-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a straddle on LAND?: A straddle on LAND is the straddle strategy applied to LAND (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 LAND stock trading near $9.48, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LAND chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are LAND 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 LAND straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 12.20%), 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 LAND straddle?: The breakeven for the LAND 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 LAND market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 3.50%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a straddle on LAND?: Straddles on LAND are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy LAND 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 LAND implied volatility affect this straddle?: LAND ATM IV is at 12.20% with IV rank near 2.25%, 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.