Equinox Gold Corp (EQX) Straddle

Trading a EQX straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Equinox Gold Corp without committing to a direction. Equinox Gold Corp'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 EQX straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on EQX 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 Equinox Gold Corp 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 EQX straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

Equinox Gold Corp. engages in the operation, acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. The company primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. Its properties include the Aurizona gold mine located in Maranhão State; the RDM gold mine located in Minas Gerais State; and Fazenda gold mine and the Santa Luz gold mine located in Bahia State, Brazil. The company also hold interests in the Mesquite gold mine and the Castle Mountain property situated in California, the United States; and the Los Filos Gold Mine located in Guerrero State, Mexico. In addition, it holds a 60% interest in the Greenstone project located in Ontario, Canada.

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