IShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) Straddle

Trading a EMXC straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on IShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF without committing to a direction. IShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China 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 EMXC straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on EMXC 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 IShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China 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 EMXC straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization emerging market equities, excluding China.

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