MAN Straddle Strategy
MAN (ManpowerGroup Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Staffing & Employment Services industry), listed on NYSE.
ManpowerGroup Inc. provides workforce solutions and services in the Americas, Southern Europe, Northern Europe, and the Asia Pacific Middle East region. The company offers recruitment services, including permanent, temporary, and contract recruitment of professionals, as well as administrative and industrial positions under the Manpower and Experis brands. It also offers various assessment services; training and development services; career management; and outsourcing services related to human resources functions primarily in the areas of large-scale recruiting and workforce-intensive initiatives. In addition, the company provides workforce consulting services; contingent staffing and permanent recruitment services; professional resourcing and project-based solutions in information technology, engineering, and finance fields; solutions in the areas of organizational efficiency, individual development, and career mobility; and recruitment process outsourcing, TAPFIN managed, and talent based outsourcing services, as well as Proservia services in the areas of digital services market and IT infrastructure sector. It operates through a network of approximately 2,200 offices in 75 countries and territories. The company was incorporated in 1948 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
MAN (ManpowerGroup Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Staffing & Employment Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.21B, a beta of 0.72 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 25.15-47.34, average daily share volume of 1.3M, a public-listing history dating back to 1988, approximately 27K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how MAN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.72 places MAN roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. MAN pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on MAN?
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 MAN snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $26.09, ATM IV 58.70%, IV rank 20.11%, expected move 16.83%. The straddle on MAN 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 straddle structure on MAN specifically: MAN IV at 58.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a MAN straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.83% (roughly $4.39 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 MAN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on MAN should anchor to the underlying notional of $26.09 per share and to the trader's directional view on MAN stock.
MAN straddle setup
The MAN 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 MAN near $26.09, the first option leg uses a $26.09 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed MAN 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 MAN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $26.09 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $26.09 | N/A |
MAN 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.
MAN straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on MAN. 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 MAN
Straddles on MAN are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy MAN straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
MAN thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for MAN extends from approximately $21.70 on the downside to $30.48 on the upside. A MAN 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 MAN IV rank near 20.11% 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 MAN at 58.70%. As a Industrials name, MAN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to MAN-specific events.
MAN 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. MAN positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move MAN alongside the broader basket even when MAN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current MAN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on MAN?
- A straddle on MAN is the straddle strategy applied to MAN (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 MAN stock trading near $26.09, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed MAN chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are MAN 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 MAN straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 58.70%), 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 MAN straddle?
- The breakeven for the MAN 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 MAN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.83%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on MAN?
- Straddles on MAN are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy MAN 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 MAN implied volatility affect this straddle?
- MAN ATM IV is at 58.70% with IV rank near 20.11%, 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.