Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) Straddle

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

A long straddle on EXP 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 Eagle Materials 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 EXP straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

Eagle Materials Inc., through its subsidiaries, produces and supplies heavy construction materials and light building materials in the United States. It operates through Cement, Concrete and Aggregates, Gypsum Wallboard, and Recycled Paperboard segments. The company engages in the mining of limestone for the manufacture, production, distribution, and sale of Portland cement; grinding and sale of slag; and mining of gypsum for the manufacture and sale of gypsum wallboards used to finish the interior walls and ceilings in residential, commercial, and industrial structures. It also manufactures and sells recycled paperboard to gypsum wallboard industry and other paperboard converters, as well as containerboard and lightweight packaging grades.

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