ONDS Straddle Strategy
ONDS (Ondas Holdings Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Communication Equipment industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Ondas Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides private wireless, drone, and automated data solutions. The company operates in two segments, Ondas Networks and American Robotics. The company designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports FullMAX, a software defined radio (SDR) platform for wide-area broadband networks. Its FullMAX SDR platform enables secure and reliable industrial-grade connectivity for truly mission-critical applications. The company also offers Scout Drone, an AI-powered drone with imaging payloads; the ScoutBase, a ruggedized base station for housing, charging, data processing, and cloud transfer; and ScoutView, an American robotics analytics and user interface software package. It serves users in rail, energy, mining, agriculture, and critical infrastructure markets in the United States and internationally.
ONDS (Ondas Holdings Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Communication Equipment, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.30B, a beta of 2.56 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.76-15.28, average daily share volume of 72.6M, a public-listing history dating back to 2020, approximately 113 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how ONDS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.56 indicates ONDS 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 ONDS?
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 ONDS snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $10.54, ATM IV 94.18%, IV rank 2.57%, expected move 27.00%. The straddle on ONDS 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 straddle structure on ONDS specifically: ONDS IV at 94.18% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a ONDS straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 27.00% (roughly $2.85 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 ONDS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ONDS should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.54 per share and to the trader's directional view on ONDS stock.
ONDS straddle setup
The ONDS 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 ONDS near $10.54, 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 ONDS 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 ONDS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $10.50 | $1.12 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $10.50 | $1.06 |
ONDS straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$217.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$216.71
- Breakeven(s)
- $8.33, $12.68
- 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.
ONDS straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on ONDS. 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% | +$831.50 |
| $2.34 | -77.8% | +$598.57 |
| $4.67 | -55.7% | +$365.63 |
| $7.00 | -33.6% | +$132.70 |
| $9.33 | -11.5% | -$100.24 |
| $11.66 | +10.6% | -$101.83 |
| $13.99 | +32.7% | +$131.11 |
| $16.32 | +54.8% | +$364.04 |
| $18.64 | +76.9% | +$596.98 |
| $20.97 | +99.0% | +$829.91 |
When traders use straddle on ONDS
Straddles on ONDS are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy ONDS straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
ONDS thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ONDS extends from approximately $7.69 on the downside to $13.39 on the upside. A ONDS 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 ONDS IV rank near 2.57% 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 ONDS at 94.18%. As a Technology name, ONDS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ONDS-specific events.
ONDS 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. ONDS positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move ONDS alongside the broader basket even when ONDS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current ONDS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on ONDS?
- A straddle on ONDS is the straddle strategy applied to ONDS (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 ONDS stock trading near $10.54, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ONDS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are ONDS 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 ONDS straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 94.18%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$216.71 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a ONDS straddle?
- The breakeven for the ONDS straddle priced on this page is roughly $8.33 and $12.68 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 ONDS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 27.00%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on ONDS?
- Straddles on ONDS are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy ONDS 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 ONDS implied volatility affect this straddle?
- ONDS ATM IV is at 94.18% with IV rank near 2.57%, 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.