Trading a CPT straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Camden Property Trust without committing to a direction. Camden Property Trust'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 CPT straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on CPT 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 Camden Property Trust 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 CPT straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Camden Property Trust, an S&P 400 Company, is a real estate company primarily engaged in the ownership, management, development, redevelopment, acquisition, and construction of multifamily apartment communities. Camden owns interests in and operates 167 properties containing 56,850 apartment homes across the United States. Upon completion of 7 properties currently under development, the Company's portfolio will increase to 59,104 apartment homes in 174 properties. Camden has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For® by FORTUNE magazine for 13 consecutive years, most recently ranking #18.
The Company also received a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award in 2020, ranking #25 for large U.S. companies.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the CPT straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every CPT 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 CPT straddle into a catalyst or short a CPT straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
