SBGI Straddle Strategy
SBGI (Sinclair, Inc.), in the Communication Services sector, (Entertainment industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Sinclair, Inc. owns and operates as a broadcast television company. The Company engages consumers on multiple platforms with relevant and compelling news, entertainment, and sports content, as well as provides advertisers and businesses efficient means and value to connect with our mass audiences.
SBGI (Sinclair, Inc.) trades in the Communication Services sector, specifically Entertainment, with a market capitalization of approximately $981.2M, a trailing P/E of 15.48, a beta of 1.09 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 11.89-17.88, average daily share volume of 486K, a public-listing history dating back to 1995, approximately 7K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how SBGI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.09 places SBGI roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. SBGI pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on SBGI?
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 SBGI snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $14.05, ATM IV 12.50%, IV rank 0.00%, expected move 3.58%. The straddle on SBGI 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 SBGI specifically: SBGI IV at 12.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a SBGI straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 3.58% (roughly $0.50 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 SBGI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SBGI should anchor to the underlying notional of $14.05 per share and to the trader's directional view on SBGI stock.
SBGI straddle setup
The SBGI 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 SBGI near $14.05, the first option leg uses a $14.05 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SBGI 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 SBGI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $14.05 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $14.05 | N/A |
SBGI straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
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.
SBGI straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on SBGI. 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.
When traders use straddle on SBGI
Straddles on SBGI are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy SBGI straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
SBGI thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SBGI extends from approximately $13.55 on the downside to $14.55 on the upside. A SBGI 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 SBGI IV rank near 0.00% 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 SBGI at 12.50%. As a Communication Services name, SBGI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SBGI-specific events.
SBGI 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. SBGI positions also carry Communication Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move SBGI alongside the broader basket even when SBGI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current SBGI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on SBGI?
- A straddle on SBGI is the straddle strategy applied to SBGI (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 SBGI stock trading near $14.05, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SBGI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are SBGI 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 SBGI straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 12.50%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a SBGI straddle?
- The breakeven for the SBGI straddle priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 SBGI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 3.58%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on SBGI?
- Straddles on SBGI are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy SBGI 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 SBGI implied volatility affect this straddle?
- SBGI ATM IV is at 12.50% with IV rank near 0.00%, 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.