TVTX Straddle Strategy
TVTX (Travere Therapeutics, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Biotechnology industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Travere Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the identification, development, commercialization, and delivering of therapies for the treatment of rare diseases. Its marketed products include Chenodal, a synthetic oral form of chenodeoxycholic acid for the treatment of radiolucent stones in gallbladders; Cholbam, a cholic acid capsule to treat pediatric and adult patients with bile acid synthesis disorders due to single enzyme defects, as well as for adjunctive treatment of patients with peroxisomal disorders; and Thiola and Thiola EC, a tiopronin tablet for the treatment of homozygous cystinuria. The company's product candidates also consist of Sparsentan, which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and immunoglobulin A nephropathy; and TVT-058, a novel investigational human enzyme replacement candidate, which is in Phase I/II clinical trials for the treatment of classical homocystinuria. It has a cooperative research and development agreement with National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and patient advocacy organizations, CDG Care, and Alagille Syndrome Alliance for the identification of potential small molecule therapeutics for NGLY1 deficiency and Alagille syndrome. The company was formerly known as Retrophin, Inc. and changed its name to Travere Therapeutics, Inc. in November 2020. Travere Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
TVTX (Travere Therapeutics, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Biotechnology, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.14B, a beta of 1.14 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 13.88-48.61, average daily share volume of 2.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2012, approximately 385 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TVTX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.14 places TVTX roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a straddle on TVTX?
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 TVTX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $42.70, ATM IV 48.50%, IV rank 5.04%, expected move 13.90%. The straddle on TVTX 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 126-day expiry.
Why this straddle structure on TVTX specifically: TVTX IV at 48.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a TVTX straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 13.90% (roughly $5.94 on the underlying). The 126-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated TVTX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TVTX should anchor to the underlying notional of $42.70 per share and to the trader's directional view on TVTX stock.
TVTX straddle setup
The TVTX 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 TVTX near $42.70, the first option leg uses a $42.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TVTX chain at a 126-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 TVTX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $42.50 | $5.75 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $42.50 | $5.00 |
TVTX straddle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,075.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$1,074.05
- Breakeven(s)
- $31.75, $53.25
- 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.
TVTX straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on TVTX. 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% | +$3,174.00 |
| $9.45 | -77.9% | +$2,229.99 |
| $18.89 | -55.8% | +$1,285.98 |
| $28.33 | -33.7% | +$341.97 |
| $37.77 | -11.5% | -$602.04 |
| $47.21 | +10.6% | -$603.95 |
| $56.65 | +32.7% | +$340.06 |
| $66.09 | +54.8% | +$1,284.07 |
| $75.53 | +76.9% | +$2,228.08 |
| $84.97 | +99.0% | +$3,172.09 |
When traders use straddle on TVTX
Straddles on TVTX are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy TVTX straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
TVTX thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TVTX extends from approximately $36.76 on the downside to $48.64 on the upside. A TVTX 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 TVTX IV rank near 5.04% 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 TVTX at 48.50%. As a Healthcare name, TVTX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TVTX-specific events.
TVTX 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. TVTX positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TVTX alongside the broader basket even when TVTX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current TVTX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on TVTX?
- A straddle on TVTX is the straddle strategy applied to TVTX (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 TVTX stock trading near $42.70, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TVTX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TVTX 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 TVTX straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 48.50%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,074.05 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a TVTX straddle?
- The breakeven for the TVTX straddle priced on this page is roughly $31.75 and $53.25 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 TVTX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 13.90%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on TVTX?
- Straddles on TVTX are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy TVTX 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 TVTX implied volatility affect this straddle?
- TVTX ATM IV is at 48.50% with IV rank near 5.04%, 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.