Trading a MXL straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on MaxLinear Inc without committing to a direction. MaxLinear 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 MXL straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on MXL 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 MaxLinear 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 MXL straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
MaxLinear, Inc. provides radiofrequency (RF), high-performance analog, and mixed-signal communications systems-on-chip solutions (SoCs) for the connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications worldwide. Its products integrate various portions of a high-speed communication system, including RF, high-performance analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, security engines, data compression, networking layers, and power management. The company offers broadband radio transceiver front ends, data converters, embedded systems and software architecture, and architecture and system design for highly integrated end-to-end communication platform solutions.
Its products are used in various electronic devices, such as cable data over cable service interface specifications (DOCSIS), fiber and DSL broadband modems and gateways; Wi-Fi and wireline routers for home networking; radio transceivers and modems for 4G/5G base-station and backhaul infrastructure; and fiber-optic modules for data center, metro, and long-haul transport networks, as well as power management and interface products. It serves electronics distributors, module makers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and original design manufacturers (ODMs) through a direct sales force, third-party sales representatives, and a network of distributors. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the MXL straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every MXL 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 MXL straddle into a catalyst or short a MXL straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
