Trading a ROST straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Ross Stores Inc without committing to a direction. Ross Stores 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 ROST straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on ROST 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 Ross Stores 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 ROST straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Ross Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS brand names. Its stores primarily offer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions. The company's Ross Dress for Less stores sell its products at department and specialty stores primarily to middle income households; and dd's DISCOUNTS stores sell its products at department and discount stores for households with moderate income. As of July 5, 2022, it operated approximately 1,950 stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS name in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam.
Ross Stores, Inc. was incorporated in 1957 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the ROST straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every ROST 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 ROST straddle into a catalyst or short a ROST straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
