VYX Straddle Strategy
VYX (NCR Voyix Corporation), in the Technology sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NYSE.
NCR Corporation provides various software and services in the United States, Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through Retail, Hospitality, Digital Banking, Payments & Network, and Self-Service Banking segments. It offers managed services, including ATM-as-a-Service solutions that allow banks to run their end-to-end ATM channels; software, services, and hardware; and digital banking solutions for financial institution's consumer and business customers. The company also provides solutions for banking channel services, transaction processing, imaging, and branch services. In addition, it offers solutions for retail industry comprising comprehensive API-point of sale (POS) retail software platforms and applications, hardware terminals and peripherals, payment processing solutions, and consumer engagement solutions, as well as self-service kiosks, which consists of self-checkout (SCO). Further, the company provides technology solutions to customers in the hospitality industry comprising table-service, quick-service, and fast casual restaurants.
VYX (NCR Voyix Corporation) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $955.0M, a trailing P/E of 13.02, a beta of 1.52 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 6.02-14.67, average daily share volume of 2.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 1996, approximately 14K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how VYX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.52 indicates VYX has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a straddle on VYX?
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 VYX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $6.71, ATM IV 64.50%, IV rank 19.57%, expected move 18.49%. The straddle on VYX 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 VYX specifically: VYX IV at 64.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a VYX straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 18.49% (roughly $1.24 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 VYX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on VYX should anchor to the underlying notional of $6.71 per share and to the trader's directional view on VYX stock.
VYX straddle setup
The VYX 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 VYX near $6.71, the first option leg uses a $6.71 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed VYX 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 VYX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $6.71 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $6.71 | N/A |
VYX 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.
VYX straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on VYX. 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 VYX
Straddles on VYX are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy VYX straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
VYX thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for VYX extends from approximately $5.47 on the downside to $7.95 on the upside. A VYX 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 VYX IV rank near 19.57% 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 VYX at 64.50%. As a Technology name, VYX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to VYX-specific events.
VYX 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. VYX positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move VYX alongside the broader basket even when VYX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current VYX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on VYX?
- A straddle on VYX is the straddle strategy applied to VYX (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 VYX stock trading near $6.71, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed VYX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are VYX 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 VYX straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 64.50%), 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 VYX straddle?
- The breakeven for the VYX 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 VYX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 18.49%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on VYX?
- Straddles on VYX are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy VYX 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 VYX implied volatility affect this straddle?
- VYX ATM IV is at 64.50% with IV rank near 19.57%, 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.