Investcorp Credit Management BDC Inc (ICMB) Straddle

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

A long straddle on ICMB 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 Investcorp Credit Management BDC 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 ICMB straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc. is a business development company specializing in loan, mezzanine, middle market, growth capital, acquisitions, market/product expansion, organic growth, refinancings and recapitalization investments. It also selectively invests in mezzanine loans/structured equity and in the equity of portfolio companies through warrants and other instruments, in most cases taking such upside participation interests as part of a broader investment relationship. The fund typically invests in United States and Europe. Within United States, the fund seeks to invest in Midatlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and West Coast regions.

The fund primarily invests in cable and satellites; consumer services; healthcare equipment and services; industrials; information technology; telecommunication services; and utilities sectors. The fund seeks to invest between $5 million to $25 million in companies that have annual revenues of at least $50 million with EBITDA at least $15 million.

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