Trading a AB straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on AllianceBernstein Holding Lp without committing to a direction. AllianceBernstein Holding Lp's straddle involves buying (or selling) a call and a put at the same strike and expiration, profiting when the stock moves more (or less) than the combined premium implies. Use our scanner to evaluate AB straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on AB profits from large moves in either direction and is a classic play into binary events like earnings, product announcements, or macro releases. A short straddle profits when AllianceBernstein Holding Lp stays range-bound and implied volatility contracts. The breakeven points are simple: strike plus total premium on the upside, strike minus total premium on the downside. Comparing the AB straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. is publicly owned investment manager. The firm also provides research services to its clients. It provides its services to investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations, and other business entities. The firm invests in public equity, fixed income, and alternative investment markets across the globe. It employs long/short strategy to make its investments. The firm conducts in-house research to make its investments. AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.
was founded in 1987 and is based in New York, New York.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the AB straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every AB straddle against historical realized moves, flags expirations where the market is overpaying or underpaying for vol, and ranks setups by breakeven width and IV rank. Whether you're long a AB straddle into a catalyst or short a AB straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
