OPY Straddle Strategy
OPY (Oppenheimer Holdings Inc.), in the Financial Services sector, (Financial - Capital Markets industry), listed on NYSE.
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OPY (Oppenheimer Holdings Inc.) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Financial - Capital Markets, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.12B, a trailing P/E of 11.51, a beta of 1.09 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 63.81-118.77, average daily share volume of 90K, a public-listing history dating back to 1982, approximately 3K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how OPY stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.09 places OPY roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 11.51 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. OPY pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on OPY?
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 OPY snapshot
As of June 26, 2026, spot at $104.91, ATM IV 44.40%, IV rank 4.99%, expected move 12.73%. The straddle on OPY 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 53-day expiry.
Why this straddle structure on OPY specifically: OPY IV at 44.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a OPY straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 12.73% (roughly $13.35 on the underlying). The 53-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated OPY expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on OPY should anchor to the underlying notional of $104.91 per share and to the trader's directional view on OPY stock.
OPY straddle setup
The OPY 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 OPY near $104.91, the first option leg uses a $105.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed OPY chain at a 53-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 OPY shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $105.00 | $6.40 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $105.00 | $6.85 |
OPY straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,325.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$1,280.78
- Breakeven(s)
- $91.75, $118.25
- 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.
OPY straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on OPY. 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% | +$9,174.00 |
| $23.21 | -77.9% | +$6,854.49 |
| $46.40 | -55.8% | +$4,534.98 |
| $69.60 | -33.7% | +$2,215.48 |
| $92.79 | -11.6% | -$104.03 |
| $115.99 | +10.6% | -$226.46 |
| $139.18 | +32.7% | +$2,093.05 |
| $162.38 | +54.8% | +$4,412.55 |
| $185.57 | +76.9% | +$6,732.06 |
| $208.77 | +99.0% | +$9,051.57 |
When traders use straddle on OPY
Straddles on OPY are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy OPY straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
OPY thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for OPY extends from approximately $91.56 on the downside to $118.26 on the upside. A OPY 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 OPY IV rank near 4.99% 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 OPY at 44.40%. As a Financial Services name, OPY options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to OPY-specific events.
OPY 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. OPY positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move OPY alongside the broader basket even when OPY-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current OPY chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on OPY?
- A straddle on OPY is the straddle strategy applied to OPY (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 OPY stock trading near $104.91, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed OPY chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are OPY 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 OPY straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 44.40%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,280.78 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a OPY straddle?
- The breakeven for the OPY straddle priced on this page is roughly $91.75 and $118.25 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 OPY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 12.73%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on OPY?
- Straddles on OPY are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy OPY 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 OPY implied volatility affect this straddle?
- OPY ATM IV is at 44.40% with IV rank near 4.99%, 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.