Trading a GEM straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF without committing to a direction. Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets 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 GEM straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on GEM 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 Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets 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 GEM straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Seeks to track performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity Index
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the GEM straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every GEM 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 GEM straddle into a catalyst or short a GEM straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
