Trading a MQ straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Marqeta Inc without committing to a direction. Marqeta 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 MQ straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on MQ 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 Marqeta 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 MQ straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Marqeta, Inc. operates a cloud-based open application programming interface platform that delivers card issuing and transaction processing services to developers, technical product managers, and visionary entrepreneurs. It offers its solutions in various verticals, including commerce disruptors, digital banks, tech giants, and financial institutions. As of December 31, 2021, the company had approximately 200 customers. Marqeta, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the MQ straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every MQ 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 MQ straddle into a catalyst or short a MQ straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
