Gap Inc (GAP) Straddle

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

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

The Gap, Inc. operates as an apparel retail company. The company offers apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Its products include denim, tees, fleece, and khakis; eyewear, jewelry, shoes, handbags, and fragrances; and fitness and lifestyle products for use in yoga, training, sports, travel, and everyday activities for women and girls. The company offers its products through company-operated stores, franchise stores, Websites, third-party arrangements, and catalogs. It has franchise agreements with unaffiliated franchisees to operate Old Navy, Gap, Athleta, and Banana Republic stores and websites in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

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