Trading a IAG straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Iamgold Corp without committing to a direction. Iamgold 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 IAG straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on IAG 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 Iamgold 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 IAG straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
IAMGOLD Corporation, through its subsidiaries, explores, develops, and operates gold mining properties in North America, South America, and West Africa. The company owns interests in the Rosebel mine located in Suriname, South America; the Essakane mine situated in Burkina Faso and Boto gold project located in Senegal, West Africa; and Westwood mine, covers an area of 1,925 hectare and located in Quebec and the Côté gold project, which covers an area of 586 square kilometer located in Ontario, Canada. Its exploration and development projects include the Pitangui project in Brazil; the Karita project located in Guinea; the Diakha-Siribaya project situated in Mali; and the Nelligan and Monster Lake projects located in Quebec, Canada.
IAMGOLD Corporation was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the IAG straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every IAG 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 IAG straddle into a catalyst or short a IAG straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
