Trading a USFD straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on US Foods Holding Corp without committing to a direction. US Foods Holding Corp'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 USFD straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on USFD 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 US Foods Holding Corp 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 USFD straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
US Foods Holding Corp., through its subsidiary, US Foods, Inc., markets and distributes fresh, frozen, and dry food and non-food products to foodservice customers in the United States. The company's customers include independently owned single and multi-unit restaurants, regional concepts, national restaurant chains, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and motels, country clubs, government and military organizations, colleges and universities, and retail locations. As of July 06, 2022, it operated 70 broadline facilities; and 80 cash and carry locations. The company was formerly known as USF Holding Corp.
and changed its name to US Foods Holding Corp. in February 2016. US Foods Holding Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the USFD straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every USFD 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 USFD straddle into a catalyst or short a USFD straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
