ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF (ARKX) Straddle

Trading a ARKX straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF without committing to a direction. ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF'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 ARKX straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on ARKX 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 ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF 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 ARKX straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

ARKX seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in domestic and foreign equity securities of companies engaged in space exploration and defense innovation.

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