MBLY Strangle Strategy
MBLY (Mobileye Global Inc.), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Auto - Parts industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Mobileye Global Inc. engages in the development and deployment of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving technologies and solutions worldwide. The company offers Driver Assist, which comprise ADAS and autonomous vehicle solutions that covers safety features, such as real-time detection of road users, geometry, semantics, and markings to provide safety alerts and emergency interventions; Cloud-Enhanced Driver Assist, a solution for drivers with interpretations of a scene in real-time; Mobileye SuperVision Lite, a driver assist solution; and Mobileye SuperVision, an operational point-to-point assisted driving navigation solution on various road types and includes cloud-based enhancements, such as road experience management and supports over-the-air updates. It also provides Mobileye Chauffeur, a generation solution; and Mobileye Drive, a Level 4 solution, which comprise a set of autonomous driving technology solutions, such as Self-Driving System & Vehicles and Autonomous Mobility as a Service. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel. Mobileye Global Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Intel Overseas Funding Corporation.
MBLY (Mobileye Global Inc.) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Auto - Parts, with a market capitalization of approximately $8.58B, a beta of 1.05 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 6.47-20.18, average daily share volume of 6.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 2022, approximately 4K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how MBLY stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.05 places MBLY roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a strangle on MBLY?
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 MBLY snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $10.05, ATM IV 67.74%, IV rank 48.70%, expected move 19.42%. The strangle on MBLY 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 28-day expiry.
Why this strangle structure on MBLY specifically: MBLY IV at 67.74% 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 19.42% (roughly $1.95 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated MBLY expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on MBLY should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.05 per share and to the trader's directional view on MBLY stock.
MBLY strangle setup
The MBLY 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 MBLY near $10.05, the first option leg uses a $10.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed MBLY chain at a 28-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 MBLY shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $10.50 | $0.58 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $9.50 | $0.47 |
MBLY strangle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$104.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$104.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $8.46, $11.55
- 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.
MBLY strangle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on MBLY. 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% | +$844.50 |
| $2.23 | -77.8% | +$622.40 |
| $4.45 | -55.7% | +$400.30 |
| $6.67 | -33.6% | +$178.20 |
| $8.89 | -11.5% | -$43.90 |
| $11.12 | +10.6% | -$43.00 |
| $13.34 | +32.7% | +$179.10 |
| $15.56 | +54.8% | +$401.20 |
| $17.78 | +76.9% | +$623.30 |
| $20.00 | +99.0% | +$845.40 |
When traders use strangle on MBLY
Strangles on MBLY 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 MBLY chain.
MBLY thesis for this strangle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for MBLY extends from approximately $8.10 on the downside to $12.00 on the upside. A MBLY 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 MBLY IV rank near 48.70% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the strangle thesis on MBLY should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Consumer Cyclical name, MBLY options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to MBLY-specific events.
MBLY 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. MBLY positions also carry Consumer Cyclical sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move MBLY alongside the broader basket even when MBLY-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current MBLY chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a strangle on MBLY?
- A strangle on MBLY is the strangle strategy applied to MBLY (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 MBLY stock trading near $10.05, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed MBLY chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are MBLY 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 MBLY strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 67.74%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$104.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a MBLY strangle?
- The breakeven for the MBLY strangle priced on this page is roughly $8.46 and $11.55 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 MBLY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 19.42%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a strangle on MBLY?
- Strangles on MBLY 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 MBLY chain.
- How does current MBLY implied volatility affect this strangle?
- MBLY ATM IV is at 67.74% with IV rank near 48.70%, 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.