Emergent Biosolutions Inc (EBS) Straddle

Trading a EBS straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Emergent Biosolutions Inc without committing to a direction. Emergent Biosolutions Inc'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 EBS straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on EBS 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 Emergent Biosolutions Inc 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 EBS straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

Emergent BioSolutions Inc., a life sciences company, focuses on the provision of preparedness and response solutions that address accidental, deliberate, and naturally occurring public health threats (PHTs) in the United States. The company's products address PHTs, which include chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives; emerging infectious diseases; travel health; and emerging health crises and acute/emergency care. It offers BioThrax, an anthrax vaccine; ACAM2000, a smallpox vaccine; Botulism Antitoxin Heptavalent to treat botulinum disease; vaccinia immune globulin intravenous that addresses complications from smallpox vaccine; raxibacumab for the treatment and prophylaxis of inhalational anthrax; Anthrasil to for inhalational anthrax; reactive skin decontamination lotion kits; and Trobigard, a combination drug-device auto injector product candidate; and Trobigard, a combination drug-device auto injector product candidate.

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