Trading a JD straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on JD.com Inc ADR without committing to a direction. JD.com Inc ADR'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 JD straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on JD 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 JD.com Inc ADR 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 JD straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
JD.com, Inc. operates as a supply chain-based technology and service provider in the People's Republic of China. The company offers computers, communication, and consumer electronics products, as well as home appliances; and general merchandise products comprising food, beverage and fresh produce, baby and maternity products, furniture and household goods, cosmetics and other personal care items, pharmaceutical and healthcare products, industrial products, books, automobile accessories, apparel and footwear, bags, and jewelry. It also provides online marketplace services for third-party merchants; marketing services; and omni-channel solutions to customers and offline retailers, as well as online healthcare services.
In addition, the company develops, owns, and manages its logistics facilities and other real estate properties to support third parties; offers asset management services and integrated service platform; leasing of storage facilities and related management services; and engages in online retail business. Further, it provides integrated data, technology, business, and user management industry solutions to support the digitization of enterprises and institutions; and technology-driven supply chain solutions and logistics services. The company was formerly known as 360buy Jingdong Inc. and changed its name to JD.com, Inc. in January 2014. JD.com, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the JD straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every JD 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 JD straddle into a catalyst or short a JD straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
