Trading a UFPT straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on UFP Technologies Inc without committing to a direction. UFP 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 UFPT straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on UFPT 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 UFP 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 UFPT straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
UFP Technologies, Inc. designs and custom manufactures components, subassemblies, products, and packaging utilizing specialized foams, films, and plastics primarily for the medical market. Its single-use and single-patient devices and components are used in a range of medical devices, disposable wound care products, infection prevention, minimally invasive surgery, wearables, orthopedic soft goods, and orthopedic implant packaging. The company also provides engineered products and components to customers in the automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer, electronics, and industrial markets, which are applied in military uniform and gear components, automotive interior trim, athletic padding, environmentally protective packaging, air filtration, abrasive nail files, and protective cases and inserts.
It markets and sells its products in the United States principally through a direct sales force, as well as independent manufacturer representatives. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the UFPT straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every UFPT 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 UFPT straddle into a catalyst or short a UFPT straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
