RPC Inc (RES) Straddle

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

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

RPC, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of oilfield services and equipment for the oil and gas companies involved in the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas properties. The company operates through Technical Services and Support Services segments. The Technical Services segment offers pressure pumping, fracturing, acidizing, cementing, downhole tools, coiled tubing, snubbing, nitrogen, well control, wireline, pump down, and fishing services that are used in the completion, production, and maintenance of oil and gas wells. The Support Services segment provides a range of rental tools for onshore and offshore oil and gas well drilling, completion, and workover activities.

This segment also offers oilfield pipe inspection, and pipe management and storage services, as well as well control training and consulting services. The company operates in the United States, Africa, Canada, Argentina, China, Mexico, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and internationally. RPC, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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