Trading a FRDM straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Alpha Architect Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF without committing to a direction. Alpha Architect Freedom 100 Emerging Markets 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 FRDM straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on FRDM 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 Alpha Architect Freedom 100 Emerging Markets 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 FRDM straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in the component securities of the index or in depositary receipts representing such component securities. The index is designed to track the performance of a portfolio of approximately 100 equity securities in emerging market countries. The fund is non-diversified.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the FRDM straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every FRDM 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 FRDM straddle into a catalyst or short a FRDM straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
