Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC) Straddle

Trading a DSMC straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF without committing to a direction. Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow 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 DSMC straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on DSMC 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 Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow 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 DSMC straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

DSMC adheres to a systematic process, including only those stocks that meet the firm’s proprietary cash-flow-based valuation and quality criteria. DSMC begins with a starting universe of around 1,000 profitable small-and mid-cap U.S stock...

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