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Strategy Guide

Track Your Straddle with OptionsEdge

Stop guessing whether your straddle is actually profitable. OptionsEdge auto-groups your fills, tracks true cost basis across rolls, and shows strategy-level P&L — so you know exactly where your edge is.

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The tracking problem

Why tracking your straddle is harder than it looks

High capital investment required for straddles

Potential for loss if options do not move favorably

Risk exposure with both options needing to increase in value

High premiums for straddles

Time decay

Unlimited risk for short variants

What matters

Key metrics to journal for your straddle

These are the numbers that actually tell you if your strategy has edge

1

Net premium received (short) or paid (long) when opening the straddle

2

Breakeven points — strike price plus and minus the total premium

3

Implied volatility at entry vs. realized volatility during the trade

4

P&L by underlying — which stocks produce the best straddle returns

5

Time decay impact — how theta erodes or benefits your position daily

6

Adjustment history — when and why you rolled or closed one side

Built for this strategy

How OptionsEdge tracks your straddle

Auto-groups your call and put at the same strike into a single straddle position — no manual pairing

Tracks net premium and breakeven points so you see your risk at a glance

Roll tracking preserves cost basis when you roll one leg to manage a tested side

Strategy-level P&L separates straddle performance from other strategies in your portfolio

Import from ThinkorSwim or Tastytrade CSV — both legs matched automatically

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