First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC) Straddle

Trading a FTGC straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund without committing to a direction. First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund'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 FTGC straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on FTGC 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 First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund 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 FTGC straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

The First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks total return and a relatively stable risk profile while providing investors with commodity exposure.

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