How are TENB 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 TENB strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 58.10%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$175.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a TENB strangle?

The breakeven for the TENB strangle priced on this page is roughly $18.25 and $24.75 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 TENB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.66%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current TENB implied volatility affect this strangle?

TENB ATM IV is at 58.10% with IV rank near 60.59%, 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.

TENB Strangle Strategy

TENB (Tenable Holdings, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Infrastructure industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Tenable Holdings, Inc. provides cyber exposure solutions for in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. Its platforms include Tenable.io, a cloud-delivered software as a service that provides organizations with a risk-based view of traditional and modern attack surfaces; Tenable.cs, a cloud-native application platform that enables organizations to programmatically detect and fix cloud infrastructure misconfigurations; Tenable.io WAS, which provides scanning for modern web applications; and Tenable.ep, an unified platform that helps organizations identify, assess, and accurately prioritize cyber risks across the entire attack surface. The company also offers Tenable.ad, a solution to secure Active Directory environments; Tenable.ot, an on-premises solution that provides threat detection and mitigation, asset tracking, vulnerability management, and configuration control capabilities to protect OT environments, including industrial networks; Tenable.sc, an on-premises solution that provides a risk-based view of an organization's IT, security and compliance posture. In addition, it provides Nessus Professional, a vulnerability assessment solution for identifying security vulnerabilities, configuration issues, and malware; and Nessus Essentials, which includes vulnerability and configuration assessment for a limited number of assets. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.

TENB (Tenable Holdings, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Infrastructure, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.27B, a beta of 0.88 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 15.73-35.69, average daily share volume of 3.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 2018, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TENB stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.88 places TENB roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.

What is a strangle on TENB?

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 TENB snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $21.45, ATM IV 58.10%, IV rank 60.59%, expected move 16.66%. The strangle on TENB 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 TENB specifically: TENB IV at 58.10% 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 16.66% (roughly $3.57 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 TENB expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TENB should anchor to the underlying notional of $21.45 per share and to the trader's directional view on TENB stock.

TENB strangle setup

The TENB 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 TENB near $21.45, the first option leg uses a $23.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TENB 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 TENB shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$23.00	$0.93
Buy 1	Put	$20.00	$0.83

TENB strangle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$175.00
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$175.00
Breakeven(s): $18.25, $24.75
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.

TENB strangle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on TENB. 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%	+$1,824.00
$4.75	-77.8%	+$1,349.84
$9.49	-55.7%	+$875.68
$14.23	-33.6%	+$401.52
$18.98	-11.5%	-$72.64
$23.72	+10.6%	-$103.20
$28.46	+32.7%	+$370.96
$33.20	+54.8%	+$845.13
$37.94	+76.9%	+$1,319.29
$42.68	+99.0%	+$1,793.45

When traders use strangle on TENB

Strangles on TENB 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 TENB chain.

TENB thesis for this strangle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TENB extends from approximately $17.88 on the downside to $25.02 on the upside. A TENB 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 TENB IV rank near 60.59% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the strangle thesis on TENB should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, TENB options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TENB-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a strangle on TENB?: A strangle on TENB is the strangle strategy applied to TENB (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 TENB stock trading near $21.45, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TENB chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are TENB 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 TENB strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 58.10%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$175.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a TENB strangle?: The breakeven for the TENB strangle priced on this page is roughly $18.25 and $24.75 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 TENB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.66%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a strangle on TENB?: Strangles on TENB 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 TENB chain.
How does current TENB implied volatility affect this strangle?: TENB ATM IV is at 58.10% with IV rank near 60.59%, 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.