NEXN Straddle Strategy
NEXN (Nexxen International Ltd.), in the Communication Services sector, (Advertising Agencies industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Nexxen International Ltd. provides end-to-end software platform that enables advertisers to reach relevant audiences and publishers. The company's demand side platform (DSP) offers full-service and self-managed marketplace access to advertisers and agencies to execute their digital marketing campaigns in real time across various ad formats. Its sell supply side platform (SSP) provides access to data and a comprehensive product suite to drive inventory management and revenue optimization. The company also offers data management platform solution, which integrates DSP and SSP solutions enabling advertisers and publishers to use data from various sources in order to optimize results of their advertising campaigns. It serves ad buyers, advertisers, brands, agencies, and digital publishers in Israel, the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was formerly known as Tremor International Ltd and changed its name to Nexxen International Ltd. in January 2024.
NEXN (Nexxen International Ltd.) trades in the Communication Services sector, specifically Advertising Agencies, with a market capitalization of approximately $424.0M, a trailing P/E of 17.10, a beta of 1.43 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 5.6-12.233, average daily share volume of 321K, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 854 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NEXN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.43 indicates NEXN has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a straddle on NEXN?
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 NEXN snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $7.75, ATM IV 82.00%, IV rank 20.24%, expected move 23.51%. The straddle on NEXN 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 NEXN specifically: NEXN IV at 82.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a NEXN straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 23.51% (roughly $1.82 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 NEXN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NEXN should anchor to the underlying notional of $7.75 per share and to the trader's directional view on NEXN stock.
NEXN straddle setup
The NEXN 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 NEXN near $7.75, the first option leg uses a $7.75 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NEXN 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 NEXN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $7.75 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $7.75 | N/A |
NEXN 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.
NEXN straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on NEXN. 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 NEXN
Straddles on NEXN are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy NEXN straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
NEXN thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NEXN extends from approximately $5.93 on the downside to $9.57 on the upside. A NEXN 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 NEXN IV rank near 20.24% 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 NEXN at 82.00%. As a Communication Services name, NEXN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NEXN-specific events.
NEXN 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. NEXN positions also carry Communication Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NEXN alongside the broader basket even when NEXN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current NEXN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on NEXN?
- A straddle on NEXN is the straddle strategy applied to NEXN (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 NEXN stock trading near $7.75, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NEXN chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NEXN 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 NEXN straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 82.00%), 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 NEXN straddle?
- The breakeven for the NEXN 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 NEXN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 23.51%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on NEXN?
- Straddles on NEXN are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy NEXN 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 NEXN implied volatility affect this straddle?
- NEXN ATM IV is at 82.00% with IV rank near 20.24%, 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.