Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF (FNDC) Straddle

Trading a FNDC straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF without committing to a direction. Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity 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 FNDC straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on FNDC 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 Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity 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 FNDC straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

The fund's goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of an index that measures the performance of small non-U.S. developed market companies based on their fundamental size and weight.

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