Transact Technologies Inc (TACT) Straddle

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

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

TransAct Technologies Incorporated designs, develops, and markets transaction-based and specialty printers and terminals in the United States and internationally. Its thermal printers and terminals to generates labels, coupons, and transaction records, such as receipts, tickets, and other documents, as well as printed logging and plotting of data. The company also provides consumable products, including POS receipt paper, inkjet cartridges, ribbons, and other printing supplies, as well as replacement parts and accessories; maintenance and repair services; and refurbished printers. In addition, it offers EPICENTRAL print system, a software solution that enables casino operators to create promotional coupons and marketing messages, and print them at the slot machine; and technical support services, as well as spare parts and accessories.

Further, the company provides BOHA! terminal that combines hardware and software components in a device that includes an operating system, touchscreen, and one or two thermal print mechanisms. It markets its products under the BOHA!, AccuDate, Epic, Ithaca, EPICENTRAL, and Printrex brands for food service technology, point of sale automation, casino and gaming, lottery, and oil and gas markets, as well as government. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, and distributors, as well as directly to end-users through its Webstore transactsupplies.com. TransAct Technologies Incorporated was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Hamden, Connecticut.

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