OHI Straddle Strategy
OHI (Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.), in the Real Estate sector, (REIT - Healthcare Facilities industry), listed on NYSE.
Omega is a real estate investment trust that invests in the long-term healthcare industry, primarily in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Its portfolio of assets is operated by a diverse group of healthcare companies, predominantly in a triple-net lease structure. The assets span all regions within the US, as well as in the UK.
OHI (Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.) trades in the Real Estate sector, specifically REIT - Healthcare Facilities, with a market capitalization of approximately $14.29B, a trailing P/E of 22.56, a beta of 0.59 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 35.7-49.14, average daily share volume of 2.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 1992, approximately 60 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how OHI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.59 indicates OHI has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. OHI pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on OHI?
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 OHI snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $47.30, ATM IV 20.60%, IV rank 47.85%, expected move 5.91%. The straddle on OHI 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 OHI specifically: OHI IV at 20.60% 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 5.91% (roughly $2.79 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 OHI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on OHI should anchor to the underlying notional of $47.30 per share and to the trader's directional view on OHI stock.
OHI straddle setup
The OHI 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 OHI near $47.30, the first option leg uses a $47.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed OHI 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 OHI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $47.00 | $1.48 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $47.00 | $0.95 |
OHI straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$242.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$235.77
- Breakeven(s)
- $44.58, $49.43
- 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.
OHI straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on OHI. 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 | -100.0% | +$4,456.50 |
| $10.47 | -77.9% | +$3,410.78 |
| $20.92 | -55.8% | +$2,365.06 |
| $31.38 | -33.7% | +$1,319.34 |
| $41.84 | -11.5% | +$273.63 |
| $52.30 | +10.6% | +$287.09 |
| $62.75 | +32.7% | +$1,332.81 |
| $73.21 | +54.8% | +$2,378.53 |
| $83.67 | +76.9% | +$3,424.25 |
| $94.12 | +99.0% | +$4,469.97 |
When traders use straddle on OHI
Straddles on OHI are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy OHI straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
OHI thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for OHI extends from approximately $44.51 on the downside to $50.09 on the upside. A OHI 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 OHI IV rank near 47.85% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the straddle thesis on OHI should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Real Estate name, OHI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to OHI-specific events.
OHI 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. OHI positions also carry Real Estate sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move OHI alongside the broader basket even when OHI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current OHI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on OHI?
- A straddle on OHI is the straddle strategy applied to OHI (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 OHI stock trading near $47.30, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed OHI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are OHI 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 OHI straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.60%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$235.77 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a OHI straddle?
- The breakeven for the OHI straddle priced on this page is roughly $44.58 and $49.43 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 OHI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.91%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on OHI?
- Straddles on OHI are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy OHI 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 OHI implied volatility affect this straddle?
- OHI ATM IV is at 20.60% with IV rank near 47.85%, 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.