TTMI Long Call Strategy
TTMI (TTM Technologies, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry), listed on NASDAQ.
TTM Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of printed circuit boards (PCBs) worldwide. The company operates in two segments, PCB and RF&S Components. It offers PCB products, radio frequency (RF) components, conventional PCBs, RF and microwave circuits, high density interconnect PCBs, substrate-like PCBs, flexible PCBs, rigid-flex PCBs, custom assemblies and system integration products, IC substrates, passive RF components, advanced ceramic RF components, multi-chip modules, and beamforming and switching networks. The company also produces printed circuits with heavy copper cores, as well as embedded and press-fit coins; PCBs with electrically passive heat sinks; and PCBs with electrically active thermal cores. In addition, it offers value-added services, including RF design to specification capability, design for manufacturability, PCB layout design, simulation and testing, and quick turnaround services. The company serves original equipment manufacturers and electronic manufacturing services companies that primarily serve aerospace and defense, data center computing, automotive components, medical, industrial, and instrumentation related products sectors.
TTMI (TTM Technologies, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Hardware, Equipment & Parts, with a market capitalization of approximately $17.53B, a trailing P/E of 89.77, a beta of 2.11 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 28.12-180, average daily share volume of 2.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 2000, approximately 16K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TTMI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.11 indicates TTMI 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 89.77 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.
What is a long call on TTMI?
A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration.
Current TTMI snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $167.77, ATM IV 85.80%, IV rank 73.40%, expected move 24.60%. The long call on TTMI 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 long call structure on TTMI specifically: TTMI IV at 85.80% is rich versus its 1-year range, which makes a premium-buying TTMI long call relatively expensive in absolute-cost terms, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 24.60% (roughly $41.27 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 TTMI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TTMI should anchor to the underlying notional of $167.77 per share and to the trader's directional view on TTMI stock.
TTMI long call setup
The TTMI long call below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With TTMI near $167.77, the first option leg uses a $170.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TTMI 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 TTMI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $170.00 | $16.55 |
TTMI long call risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,655.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$1,655.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $186.55
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- Unbounded
Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium.
TTMI long call payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long call on TTMI. 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% | -$1,655.00 |
| $37.10 | -77.9% | -$1,655.00 |
| $74.20 | -55.8% | -$1,655.00 |
| $111.29 | -33.7% | -$1,655.00 |
| $148.39 | -11.6% | -$1,655.00 |
| $185.48 | +10.6% | -$107.12 |
| $222.57 | +32.7% | +$3,602.26 |
| $259.67 | +54.8% | +$7,311.64 |
| $296.76 | +76.9% | +$11,021.02 |
| $333.85 | +99.0% | +$14,730.39 |
When traders use long call on TTMI
Long calls on TTMI express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of TTMI catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
TTMI thesis for this long call
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TTMI extends from approximately $126.50 on the downside to $209.04 on the upside. A TTMI long call expresses a directional view that the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration, ideally with implied volatility holding or expanding to preserve extrinsic value through the hold period. Current TTMI IV rank near 73.40% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on TTMI at 85.80%. As a Technology name, TTMI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TTMI-specific events.
TTMI long call positions are structurally bullish; 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. TTMI positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TTMI alongside the broader basket even when TTMI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long call on TTMI are particularly exposed to IV-crush risk through scheduled events (earnings, FDA decisions, central-bank meetings) where IV typically contracts post-event regardless of the directional outcome. Always rebuild the position from current TTMI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long call on TTMI?
- A long call on TTMI is the long call strategy applied to TTMI (stock). The strategy is structurally bullish: A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration. With TTMI stock trading near $167.77, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TTMI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TTMI long call max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium. For the TTMI long call priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 85.80%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,655.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a TTMI long call?
- The breakeven for the TTMI long call priced on this page is roughly $186.55 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 TTMI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 24.60%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a long call on TTMI?
- Long calls on TTMI express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of TTMI catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
- How does current TTMI implied volatility affect this long call?
- TTMI ATM IV is at 85.80% with IV rank near 73.40%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.