How are STNE 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 STNE strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 50.60%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$120.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a STNE strangle?

The breakeven for the STNE strangle priced on this page is roughly $8.27 and $11.67 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 STNE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 14.51%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current STNE implied volatility affect this strangle?

STNE ATM IV is at 50.60% with IV rank near 23.70%, 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.

STNE Strangle Strategy

STNE (StoneCo Ltd.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Infrastructure industry), listed on NASDAQ.

StoneCo Ltd. provides financial technology solutions to merchants and integrated partners to conduct electronic commerce across in-store, online, and mobile channels in Brazil. It distributes its solutions, principally through proprietary Stone Hubs, which offer hyper-local sales and services; and technology and solutions to digital merchants through sales and technical personnel and software vendors, as well as sells solutions to brick-and-mortar and digital merchants through sales team. As of December 31, 2021, the company served approximately 1,766,100 clients primarily small-and-medium-sized businesses; and marketplaces, e-commerce platforms, and integrated software vendors. StoneCo Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in George Town, the Cayman Islands. StoneCo Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of HR Holdings, LLC.

STNE (StoneCo Ltd.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Infrastructure, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.59B, a trailing P/E of 5.58, a beta of 1.60 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 9.66-19.95, average daily share volume of 5.6M, a public-listing history dating back to 2018, approximately 7K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how STNE stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.60 indicates STNE has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 5.58 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. STNE pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a strangle on STNE?

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 STNE snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $9.61, ATM IV 50.60%, IV rank 23.70%, expected move 14.51%. The strangle on STNE 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 63-day expiry.

Why this strangle structure on STNE specifically: STNE IV at 50.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a STNE strangle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 14.51% (roughly $1.39 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated STNE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on STNE should anchor to the underlying notional of $9.61 per share and to the trader's directional view on STNE stock.

STNE strangle setup

The STNE 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 STNE near $9.61, the first option leg uses a $10.47 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed STNE chain at a 63-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 STNE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$10.47	$0.50
Buy 1	Put	$9.47	$0.70

STNE strangle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$120.00
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$120.00
Breakeven(s): $8.27, $11.67
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.

STNE strangle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on STNE. 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	-99.9%	+$826.00
$2.13	-77.8%	+$613.63
$4.26	-55.7%	+$401.26
$6.38	-33.6%	+$188.88
$8.50	-11.5%	-$23.49
$10.63	+10.6%	-$104.14
$12.75	+32.7%	+$108.23
$14.88	+54.8%	+$320.60
$17.00	+76.9%	+$532.97
$19.12	+99.0%	+$745.35

When traders use strangle on STNE

Strangles on STNE 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 STNE chain.

STNE thesis for this strangle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for STNE extends from approximately $8.22 on the downside to $11.00 on the upside. A STNE 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 STNE IV rank near 23.70% 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 STNE at 50.60%. As a Technology name, STNE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to STNE-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a strangle on STNE?: A strangle on STNE is the strangle strategy applied to STNE (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 STNE stock trading near $9.61, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed STNE chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are STNE 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 STNE strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 50.60%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$120.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a STNE strangle?: The breakeven for the STNE strangle priced on this page is roughly $8.27 and $11.67 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 STNE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 14.51%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a strangle on STNE?: Strangles on STNE 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 STNE chain.
How does current STNE implied volatility affect this strangle?: STNE ATM IV is at 50.60% with IV rank near 23.70%, 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.