WASH Straddle Strategy
WASH (Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.), in the Financial Services sector, (Banks - Regional industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for The Washington Trust Company, of Westerly that offers various banking and financial services to individuals and businesses. The company operates in two segments, Commercial Banking and Wealth Management Services. The Commercial Banking segment provides various commercial and retail lending products, such as commercial real estate loans, including commercial mortgages and construction loans; commercial and industrial loans; residential real estate loans that consist of mortgage and homeowner construction loans; and consumer loans comprising home equity loans and lines of credit, personal installment loans, and loans to individuals secured by general aviation aircraft. This segment also offers deposit accounts, including interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing demand deposits, NOW and savings accounts, money market and retirement deposit accounts, and time deposits, as well as debit card, automated teller machine, telephone banking, internet banking, mobile banking, remote deposit capture, and other cash management services. The Wealth Management Services segment provides investment management; financial planning; personal trust and estate services, such as trustee, personal representative, custodian, and guardian; and settlement of decedents' estates, as well as institutional trust services comprising custody and fiduciary services. This segment serves personal and institutional clients.
WASH (Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Banks - Regional, with a market capitalization of approximately $598.1M, a trailing P/E of 11.34, a beta of 0.73 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 25.23-37.08, average daily share volume of 194K, a public-listing history dating back to 1987, approximately 618 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how WASH stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.73 places WASH roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 11.34 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. WASH pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a straddle on WASH?
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 WASH snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $31.05, ATM IV 54.20%, IV rank 23.12%, expected move 15.54%. The straddle on WASH 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 WASH specifically: WASH IV at 54.20% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a WASH straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.54% (roughly $4.82 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 WASH expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on WASH should anchor to the underlying notional of $31.05 per share and to the trader's directional view on WASH stock.
WASH straddle setup
The WASH 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 WASH near $31.05, the first option leg uses a $31.05 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed WASH 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 WASH shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $31.05 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $31.05 | N/A |
WASH 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.
WASH straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on WASH. 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 WASH
Straddles on WASH are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy WASH straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
WASH thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WASH extends from approximately $26.23 on the downside to $35.87 on the upside. A WASH 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 WASH IV rank near 23.12% 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 WASH at 54.20%. As a Financial Services name, WASH options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to WASH-specific events.
WASH 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. WASH positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move WASH alongside the broader basket even when WASH-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current WASH chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on WASH?
- A straddle on WASH is the straddle strategy applied to WASH (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 WASH stock trading near $31.05, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed WASH chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are WASH 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 WASH straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.20%), 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 WASH straddle?
- The breakeven for the WASH 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 WASH market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.54%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on WASH?
- Straddles on WASH are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy WASH 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 WASH implied volatility affect this straddle?
- WASH ATM IV is at 54.20% with IV rank near 23.12%, 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.