Trading a BLOK straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF without committing to a direction. Amplify Blockchain Technology 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 BLOK straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on BLOK 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 Amplify Blockchain Technology 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 BLOK straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF1 (BLOK) navigates the future of blockchain and crypto investing by combining portfolio manager insights, risk management, and active decision making. BLOK invests at least 80% of its net assets in the equity securities of companies actively involved in the development and utilization of blockchain technologies. Blockchain is a technology that underpins cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. It is a peer-to-peer secure digital ledger that records and verifies tangible (Real World Assets), intangible, and digital assets across a network of computers.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the BLOK straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every BLOK 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 BLOK straddle into a catalyst or short a BLOK straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
