TFPM Straddle Strategy
TFPM (Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp.), in the Basic Materials sector, (Other Precious Metals industry), listed on NYSE.
Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp., a gold-focused streaming and royalty company, engages in acquiring and managing precious metals and other streams and royalties in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Mongolia, Peru, South Africa, and the United States. The company has a portfolio of streams and royalties providing exposure primarily to gold and silver. It has 78 assets, including 9 streams and 69 royalties. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Triple Flag Mining Elliott and Management Co-Invest LP.
TFPM (Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp.) trades in the Basic Materials sector, specifically Other Precious Metals, with a market capitalization of approximately $7.35B, a trailing P/E of 23.64, a beta of 0.30 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 19.41-41.7, average daily share volume of 618K, a public-listing history dating back to 2022, approximately 15 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TFPM stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.30 indicates TFPM has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. TFPM pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on TFPM?
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 TFPM snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $31.93, ATM IV 38.60%, IV rank 6.71%, expected move 11.07%. The straddle on TFPM 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 TFPM specifically: TFPM IV at 38.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a TFPM straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.07% (roughly $3.53 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 TFPM expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TFPM should anchor to the underlying notional of $31.93 per share and to the trader's directional view on TFPM stock.
TFPM straddle setup
The TFPM 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 TFPM near $31.93, the first option leg uses a $31.93 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TFPM 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 TFPM shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $31.93 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $31.93 | N/A |
TFPM 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.
TFPM straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on TFPM. 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 TFPM
Straddles on TFPM are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy TFPM straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
TFPM thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TFPM extends from approximately $28.40 on the downside to $35.46 on the upside. A TFPM 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 TFPM IV rank near 6.71% 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 TFPM at 38.60%. As a Basic Materials name, TFPM options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TFPM-specific events.
TFPM 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. TFPM positions also carry Basic Materials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TFPM alongside the broader basket even when TFPM-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current TFPM chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on TFPM?
- A straddle on TFPM is the straddle strategy applied to TFPM (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 TFPM stock trading near $31.93, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TFPM chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TFPM 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 TFPM straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 38.60%), 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 TFPM straddle?
- The breakeven for the TFPM 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 TFPM market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.07%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on TFPM?
- Straddles on TFPM are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy TFPM 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 TFPM implied volatility affect this straddle?
- TFPM ATM IV is at 38.60% with IV rank near 6.71%, 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.