Trading a MTH straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Meritage Homes Corp without committing to a direction. Meritage Homes Corp'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 MTH straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on MTH 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 Meritage Homes Corp 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 MTH straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Meritage Homes Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs and builds single-family homes in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Homebuilding and Financial Services. It acquires and develops land; and constructs, markets, and sells homes for first-time and first move-up buyers. The company also offers title insurance and closing/settlement services to its homebuyers. It builds and sells homes in Texas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee under the Meritage Homes brand name. Meritage Homes Corporation was founded in 1985 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the MTH straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every MTH 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 MTH straddle into a catalyst or short a MTH straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
