How are TPL 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 TPL straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 44.90%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$4,180.08 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a TPL straddle?

The breakeven for the TPL straddle priced on this page is roughly $346.70 and $433.30 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 TPL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 12.87%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current TPL implied volatility affect this straddle?

TPL ATM IV is at 44.90% with IV rank near 39.53%, 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.

TPL Straddle Strategy

TPL (Texas Pacific Land Corporation), in the Energy sector, (Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry), listed on NYSE.

Texas Pacific Land Corporation engages in the land and resource management, and water services and operations businesses. The company's Land and Resource Management segment manages approximately 880,000 acres of land. This segment also holds own a 1/128th nonparticipating perpetual oil and gas royalty interest (NPRI) under approximately 85,000 acres of land; a 1/16th NPRI under approximately 371,000 acres of land; and approximately 4,000 additional net royalty acres located in the western part of Texas. In addition, this segment engages in easements and commercial leases activities, such as oil, gas and related hydrocarbons, power line and utility easements, and subsurface wellbore easements. Further, this segment leases its land for processing, storage, and compression facilities and roads; and is involved in sale of materials, such as caliche. Its Water Services and Operations segment provides full-service water offerings, including water sourcing, produced-water gathering/treatment, infrastructure development, disposal solutions, water tracking, analytics, and well testing services to operators in the Permian Basin.

TPL (Texas Pacific Land Corporation) trades in the Energy sector, specifically Oil & Gas Exploration & Production, with a market capitalization of approximately $26.66B, a trailing P/E of 52.92, a beta of 0.68 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 269.23334-547.2, average daily share volume of 543K, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 111 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TPL stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.68 indicates TPL has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 52.92 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple. TPL pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a straddle on TPL?

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 TPL snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $385.68, ATM IV 44.90%, IV rank 39.53%, expected move 12.87%. The straddle on TPL 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 TPL specifically: TPL IV at 44.90% 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 12.87% (roughly $49.65 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 TPL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TPL should anchor to the underlying notional of $385.68 per share and to the trader's directional view on TPL stock.

TPL straddle setup

The TPL 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 TPL near $385.68, the first option leg uses a $390.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TPL 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 TPL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$390.00	$20.55
Buy 1	Put	$390.00	$22.75

TPL straddle risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$4,330.00
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$4,180.08
Breakeven(s): $346.70, $433.30
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.

TPL straddle payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on TPL. 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%	+$34,669.00
$85.28	-77.9%	+$26,141.51
$170.56	-55.8%	+$17,614.03
$255.83	-33.7%	+$9,086.54
$341.11	-11.6%	+$559.05
$426.38	+10.6%	-$691.56
$511.66	+32.7%	+$7,835.92
$596.93	+54.8%	+$16,363.41
$682.21	+76.9%	+$24,890.90
$767.48	+99.0%	+$33,418.39

When traders use straddle on TPL

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

TPL thesis for this straddle

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TPL extends from approximately $336.03 on the downside to $435.33 on the upside. A TPL 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 TPL IV rank near 39.53% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the straddle thesis on TPL should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Energy name, TPL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TPL-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a straddle on TPL?: A straddle on TPL is the straddle strategy applied to TPL (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 TPL stock trading near $385.68, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TPL chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are TPL 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 TPL straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 44.90%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$4,180.08 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a TPL straddle?: The breakeven for the TPL straddle priced on this page is roughly $346.70 and $433.30 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 TPL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 12.87%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a straddle on TPL?: Straddles on TPL are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy TPL 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 TPL implied volatility affect this straddle?: TPL ATM IV is at 44.90% with IV rank near 39.53%, 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.