Trading a AMPY straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Amplify Energy Corp without committing to a direction. Amplify Energy 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 AMPY straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on AMPY 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 Amplify Energy 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 AMPY straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Amplify Energy Corp. engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The company's properties consist of operated and non-operated working interests in producing and undeveloped leasehold acreage, as well as working interests in identified producing wells located in Oklahoma, the Rockies, federal waters offshore Southern California, East Texas/North Louisiana, and Eagle Ford. As of December 31, 2021, it had total estimated proved reserves of approximately 121.2 million barrels of oil equivalent; and 2,417 gross producing wells.
The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the AMPY straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every AMPY 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 AMPY straddle into a catalyst or short a AMPY straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
