Stratasys Ltd (SSYS) Straddle

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

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

Stratasys Ltd. provides connected polymer-based 3D printing solutions. It offers 3D printing systems, such as polyjet printers, FDM printers, stereolithography printing systems, and programmable photo polymerization printers for rapid prototyping, such as design validation, visualization, and communication. The company also provides 3D printing materials, including approximately FDM spool-based filament materials, polyjet cartridge-based resin materials, non-color digital materials, and color variations for use in 3D printers and production systems. In addition, it offers GrabCAD Additive Manufacturing Platform, an open and enterprise-ready software that enables manufacturers to manage production-scale additive manufacturing operations; GrabCAD Shop, which simplifies the 3D printing shop workflow; GrabCAD software development kit that provides application programming interfaces, documentation, sample code, and professional support network; and GrabCAD Workbench, a cloud-based project data management solution.

Further, the company operates Thingiverse.com, an online community for sharing downloadable and digital 3D designs; and GrabCAD Community for mechanical engineers, designers, manufacturers, and students, as well as offers on-site system installation, operator training, maintenance and repair, and remote technical support services. Its products and services are primarily used in the aerospace, automotive, transportation, healthcare, consumer products, dental, medical, and educational industries. The company sells its products through a network of resellers and independent sales agents worldwide. Stratasys Ltd. was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

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