Arbutus Biopharma Corp (ABUS) Straddle

Trading a ABUS straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Arbutus Biopharma Corp without committing to a direction. Arbutus Biopharma Corp'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 ABUS straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on ABUS 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 Arbutus Biopharma Corp 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 ABUS straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, develops novel therapeutics for chronic Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, SARS-CoV-2, and other coronaviruses in the United States. Its HBV product pipeline consists of AB-729, a proprietary subcutaneously delivered RNA interference product candidate, which in Phase Ia/Ib clinical trial targeted to hepatocytes that inhibits viral replication and reduces various HBV antigens using novel covalently conjugated N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) delivery technology; and AB-836, an oral capsid inhibitor that suppresses HBV DNA replication. The company's research and development programs include AB-161, an oral HBV RNA destabilizer to destabilize HBV RNA, which leads in the reduction of HBsAg and other viral proteins; AB-101, an oral PD-L1 inhibitor to reawaken patients' HBV-specific immune response; and small molecule antiviral medicines to treat coronaviruses, including COVID-19.

Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the ABUS straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every ABUS 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 ABUS straddle into a catalyst or short a ABUS straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.