Trading a ASND straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Ascendis Pharma A/S without committing to a direction. Ascendis Pharma A/S'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 ASND straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on ASND 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 Ascendis Pharma A/S 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 ASND straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Ascendis Pharma A/S, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing therapeutics for unmet medical needs. The company offers SKYTROFA for treating patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). It also develops TransCon Growth Hormone (hGH) for pediatric GHD in Japan; TransCon hGH for adults with GHD; TransCon parathyroid hormone for adult hypoparathyroidism; and TransCon CNP for pediatric achondroplasia. In addition, the company develops TransCon toll like receptors 7/8 agonist for intratumoral delivery; and TransCon IL-2 ß/g for systemic delivery. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the ASND straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every ASND 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 ASND straddle into a catalyst or short a ASND straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
