Research Frontiers Inc (REFR) Straddle

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

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

Research Frontiers Incorporated develops and markets technology and devices to control the flow of light worldwide. The company develops and licenses suspended particle device (SPD-Smart) light-control technology to companies that manufacture and market the SPD-Smart chemical emulsion, light-control film made from the chemical emulsion, the light-control panels made by laminating the film, and electronics to power end-products incorporating the film, as well as lamination services for and the end-products, such as windows, skylights, and sunroofs. Its SPD-Smart light-control technology is used in various product applications, including windows, sunshades, skylights, and interior partitions for homes and buildings; automotive windows, sunroofs, sun-visors, sunshades, rear-view mirrors, instrument panels, and navigation systems; aircraft windows; museum display panels, and eyewear products; and flat panel displays for electronic products.

The company serves architectural, automotive, marine, and aerospace and appliance applications. Research Frontiers Incorporated was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Woodbury, New York.

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