Trading a EGY straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on VAALCO Energy Inc without committing to a direction. VAALCO Energy Inc'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 EGY straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on EGY 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 VAALCO Energy Inc 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 EGY straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
VAALCO Energy, Inc., an independent energy company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas. The company holds Etame production sharing contract related to the Etame Marin block located offshore in the Republic of Gabon in West Africa. It also owns interests in an undeveloped block offshore Equatorial Guinea, West Africa. VAALCO Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the EGY straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every EGY 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 EGY straddle into a catalyst or short a EGY straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
