Trading a MOH straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Molina Healthcare Inc without committing to a direction. Molina Healthcare 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 MOH straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on MOH 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 Molina Healthcare 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 MOH straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides managed health care services to low-income families and individuals under the Medicaid and Medicare programs and through the state insurance marketplaces. It operates in four segments, Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and Other. As of December 31, 2021, the company served the company served approximately 5.2 million members eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, and other government-sponsored healthcare programs in 18 states. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the MOH straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every MOH 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 MOH straddle into a catalyst or short a MOH straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
