How are PRI 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 PRI straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.80%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,460.48 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a PRI straddle?

The breakeven for the PRI straddle priced on this page is roughly $255.35 and $284.65 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 PRI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.96%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current PRI implied volatility affect this straddle?

PRI ATM IV is at 20.80% with IV rank near 1.35%, 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.

PRI Straddle Strategy

PRI (Primerica, Inc.), in the Financial Services sector, (Insurance - Life industry), listed on NYSE.

Primerica, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial products to middle-income households in the United States and Canada. The company operates in four segments: Term Life Insurance; Investment and Savings Products; Senior Health; and Corporate and Other Distributed Products. The Term Life Insurance segment underwrites individual term life insurance products. The Investment and Savings Products segment provides mutual funds and various retirement plans, managed investments, variable and fixed annuities, and fixed indexed annuities. The Senior Health segment offers segregated funds; and medicare advantage and supplement products. The Corporate and Other Distributed Products segment provides mortgage loans; prepaid legal services that assist subscribers with legal matters, such as drafting wills, living wills and powers of attorney, trial defense, and motor vehicle-related matters; ID theft defense services; auto and homeowners' insurance; home automation solutions; and insurance products, including supplemental health, accidental death, and disability for small businesses.

PRI (Primerica, Inc.) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Insurance - Life, with a market capitalization of approximately $8.33B, a trailing P/E of 10.96, a beta of 0.91 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 230.09-288.03, average daily share volume of 201K, a public-listing history dating back to 2010, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PRI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.91 places PRI roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 10.96 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. PRI pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a straddle on PRI?

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 PRI snapshot

As of May 14, 2026, spot at $268.69, ATM IV 20.80%, IV rank 1.35%, expected move 5.96%. The straddle on PRI 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 PRI specifically: PRI IV at 20.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a PRI straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.96% (roughly $16.02 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 PRI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PRI should anchor to the underlying notional of $268.69 per share and to the trader's directional view on PRI stock.

PRI straddle setup

The PRI 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 PRI near $268.69, the first option leg uses a $270.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PRI 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 PRI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$270.00	$7.75
Buy 1	Put	$270.00	$6.90

PRI straddle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$1,465.00
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$1,460.48
Breakeven(s): $255.35, $284.65
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.

PRI straddle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on PRI. 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%	+$25,534.00
$59.42	-77.9%	+$19,593.23
$118.83	-55.8%	+$13,652.45
$178.23	-33.7%	+$7,711.68
$237.64	-11.6%	+$1,770.90
$297.05	+10.6%	+$1,239.87
$356.46	+32.7%	+$7,180.64
$415.86	+54.8%	+$13,121.42
$475.27	+76.9%	+$19,062.19
$534.68	+99.0%	+$25,002.96

When traders use straddle on PRI

Straddles on PRI are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy PRI straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.

PRI thesis for this straddle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PRI extends from approximately $252.67 on the downside to $284.71 on the upside. A PRI 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 PRI IV rank near 1.35% 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 PRI at 20.80%. As a Financial Services name, PRI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PRI-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a straddle on PRI?: A straddle on PRI is the straddle strategy applied to PRI (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 PRI stock trading near $268.69, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PRI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are PRI 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 PRI straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.80%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,460.48 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a PRI straddle?: The breakeven for the PRI straddle priced on this page is roughly $255.35 and $284.65 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 PRI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.96%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a straddle on PRI?: Straddles on PRI are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy PRI 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 PRI implied volatility affect this straddle?: PRI ATM IV is at 20.80% with IV rank near 1.35%, 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.