Futurefuel Corp (FF) Straddle

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

A long straddle on FF 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 Futurefuel Corp 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 FF straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

FutureFuel Corp., through its subsidiary, FutureFuel Chemical Company, manufactures and sells diversified chemical, bio-based fuel, and bio-based specialty chemical products in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Chemicals and Biofuels. The Chemicals segment provides various custom chemicals that are used in the agricultural chemical, coatings, chemical intermediates, industrial and consumer cleaning, oil and gas, and specialty polymers industries; and performance chemicals, such as polymer modifiers, glycerin products, and various specialty chemicals and solvents. The Biofuels segment is involved in the production and sale of biodiesel and petrodiesel blends; and the buying, sale, and shipping of refined petroleum products on common carrier pipelines.

This segment markets its biodiesel products directly to customers through trucks, rail, and barges. FutureFuel Corp. is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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