Trading a PINS straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Pinterest Inc without committing to a direction. Pinterest 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 PINS straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on PINS 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 Pinterest 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 PINS straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Pinterest, Inc. operates as a visual discovery engine in the United States and internationally. The company's engine allows people to find inspiration for their lives, including recipes, style and home inspiration, DIY, and others; and provides video, product, and idea pins. It shows visual machine learning recommendations based on pinners taste and interests. The company was formerly known as Cold Brew Labs Inc. and changed its name to Pinterest, Inc. in April 2012. Pinterest, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the PINS straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every PINS 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 PINS straddle into a catalyst or short a PINS straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
