How are PR 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 PR strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 38.00%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$107.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a PR strangle?

The breakeven for the PR strangle priced on this page is roughly $17.93 and $22.08 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 PR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.89%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current PR implied volatility affect this strangle?

PR ATM IV is at 38.00% with IV rank near 28.99%, 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.

PR Strangle Strategy

PR (Permian Resources Corporation), in the Energy sector, (Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry), listed on NYSE.

Permian Resources Corporation, an independent oil and natural gas company, focuses on the development of crude oil and related liquids-rich natural gas reserves in the United States. Its assets primarily focus on the Delaware Basin, a sub-basin of the Permian Basin. The company's properties consist of acreage blocks primarily in Reeves County, West Texas and Lea County, New Mexico. As of December 31, 2021, it leased or acquired approximately 73,675 net acres; and owned 991 net mineral acres in the Delaware Basin. The company was formerly known as Centennial Resource Development, Inc. and changed its name to Permian Resources Corporation in September 2022. Permian Resources Corporation was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

PR (Permian Resources Corporation) trades in the Energy sector, specifically Oil & Gas Exploration & Production, with a market capitalization of approximately $14.49B, a trailing P/E of 25.31, a beta of 0.51 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 11.92-22.675, average daily share volume of 13.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2016, approximately 482 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.51 indicates PR has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. PR pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a strangle on PR?

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 PR snapshot

As of May 14, 2026, spot at $20.27, ATM IV 38.00%, IV rank 28.99%, expected move 10.89%. The strangle on PR 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 PR specifically: PR IV at 38.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a PR strangle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 10.89% (roughly $2.21 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 PR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PR should anchor to the underlying notional of $20.27 per share and to the trader's directional view on PR stock.

PR strangle setup

The PR 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 PR near $20.27, the first option leg uses a $21.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PR 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 PR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$21.00	$0.78
Buy 1	Put	$19.00	$0.30

PR strangle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$107.50
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$107.50
Breakeven(s): $17.93, $22.08
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.

PR strangle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on PR. 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%	+$1,791.50
$4.49	-77.8%	+$1,343.43
$8.97	-55.7%	+$895.36
$13.45	-33.6%	+$447.29
$17.93	-11.5%	-$0.78
$22.41	+10.6%	+$33.85
$26.89	+32.7%	+$481.92
$31.37	+54.8%	+$929.99
$35.86	+76.9%	+$1,378.06
$40.34	+99.0%	+$1,826.13

When traders use strangle on PR

Strangles on PR 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 PR chain.

PR thesis for this strangle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PR extends from approximately $18.06 on the downside to $22.48 on the upside. A PR 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 PR IV rank near 28.99% 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 PR at 38.00%. As a Energy name, PR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PR-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a strangle on PR?: A strangle on PR is the strangle strategy applied to PR (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 PR stock trading near $20.27, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are PR 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 PR strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 38.00%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$107.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a PR strangle?: The breakeven for the PR strangle priced on this page is roughly $17.93 and $22.08 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 PR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.89%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a strangle on PR?: Strangles on PR 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 PR chain.
How does current PR implied volatility affect this strangle?: PR ATM IV is at 38.00% with IV rank near 28.99%, 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.