Trading a CRTC straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Xtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETF without committing to a direction. Xtrackers US National Critical Technologies 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 CRTC straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on CRTC 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 Xtrackers US National Critical Technologies 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 CRTC straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Xtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETF (the “fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Whitney U.S. Critical Technologies Index (the “Underlying Index”).
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the CRTC straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every CRTC 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 CRTC straddle into a catalyst or short a CRTC straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
