How are ORA 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 ORA strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 35.70%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$572.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a ORA strangle?

The breakeven for the ORA strangle priced on this page is roughly $119.28 and $145.73 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 ORA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.23%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current ORA implied volatility affect this strangle?

ORA ATM IV is at 35.70% with IV rank near 47.13%, 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.

ORA Strangle Strategy

ORA (Ormat Technologies, Inc.), in the Utilities sector, (Renewable Utilities industry), listed on NYSE.

Ormat Technologies, Inc. engages in the geothermal and recovered energy power business in the United States, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Chile, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Honduras, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Electricity, Product, and Energy Storage. The Electricity segment develops, builds, owns, and operates geothermal, solar photovoltaic, and recovered energy-based power plants; and sells electricity. The Product segment designs, manufactures, and sells equipment for geothermal, recovered energy-based electricity generation, and remote power units, such as fossil fuel powered turbo-generators and heavy duty direct-current generators; and provides services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants. The Product segment serves contractors; developers, owners, and operators of geothermal power plants; and owners and operators of interstate natural gas pipelines, gas processing plants, and cement plants, as well as companies in other energy-intensive industrial processes. The Energy Storage segment offers energy storage and related services, as well as services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of energy storage units.

ORA (Ormat Technologies, Inc.) trades in the Utilities sector, specifically Renewable Utilities, with a market capitalization of approximately $8.20B, a trailing P/E of 63.72, a beta of 0.80 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 70.42-135.33, average daily share volume of 930K, a public-listing history dating back to 2004, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how ORA stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.80 places ORA roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 63.72 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple. ORA pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a strangle on ORA?

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 ORA snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $132.15, ATM IV 35.70%, IV rank 47.13%, expected move 10.23%. The strangle on ORA 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 strangle structure on ORA specifically: ORA IV at 35.70% 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 10.23% (roughly $13.53 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 ORA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ORA should anchor to the underlying notional of $132.15 per share and to the trader's directional view on ORA stock.

ORA strangle setup

The ORA 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 ORA near $132.15, the first option leg uses a $140.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed ORA 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 ORA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$140.00	$3.00
Buy 1	Put	$125.00	$2.73

ORA strangle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$572.50
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$572.50
Breakeven(s): $119.28, $145.73
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.

ORA strangle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on ORA. 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%	+$11,926.50
$29.23	-77.9%	+$9,004.70
$58.45	-55.8%	+$6,082.90
$87.66	-33.7%	+$3,161.10
$116.88	-11.6%	+$239.30
$146.10	+10.6%	+$37.49
$175.32	+32.7%	+$2,959.29
$204.54	+54.8%	+$5,881.09
$233.75	+76.9%	+$8,802.89
$262.97	+99.0%	+$11,724.69

When traders use strangle on ORA

Strangles on ORA 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 ORA chain.

ORA thesis for this strangle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ORA extends from approximately $118.62 on the downside to $145.68 on the upside. A ORA 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 ORA IV rank near 47.13% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the strangle thesis on ORA should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Utilities name, ORA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ORA-specific events.

ORA 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. ORA positions also carry Utilities sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move ORA alongside the broader basket even when ORA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current ORA chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a strangle on ORA?: A strangle on ORA is the strangle strategy applied to ORA (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 ORA stock trading near $132.15, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ORA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are ORA 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 ORA strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 35.70%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$572.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a ORA strangle?: The breakeven for the ORA strangle priced on this page is roughly $119.28 and $145.73 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 ORA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.23%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a strangle on ORA?: Strangles on ORA 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 ORA chain.
How does current ORA implied volatility affect this strangle?: ORA ATM IV is at 35.70% with IV rank near 47.13%, 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.