Trading a BUR straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Burford Capital Limited without committing to a direction. Burford Capital Limited'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 BUR straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on BUR 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 Burford Capital Limited 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 BUR straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Burford Capital Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides legal finance products and services. The company offers asset management services, including core legal finance, complex strategies, and post-settlement finance. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the BUR straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every BUR 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 BUR straddle into a catalyst or short a BUR straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
