MaxCyte Inc (MXCT) Straddle

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

A long straddle on MXCT 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 MaxCyte 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 MXCT straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

MaxCyte, Inc., a global life sciences company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of next-generation cell therapies. Its products include ExPERT ATx, a static electroporation instrument for small to medium scale transfection; ExPERT STx, a flow electroporation for protein production and drug development, as well as expression of therapeutic targets for cell-based assays; ExPERT GTx, a flow electroporation for large scale transfection in therapeutic applications; and ExPERT VLx for very large volume cell-engineering. The company also provides disposable processing assemblies (PAs) to process and electroporate cells; and accessories supporting PAs, such as electroporation buffer solution and software protocols.

The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

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