Trading a KEMX straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF without committing to a direction. KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index 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 KEMX straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on KEMX 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 KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index 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 KEMX straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments in its underlying index or in instruments that have economic characteristics similar to those in the underlying index. The underlying index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the equity market performance of mid- and large-cap companies of emerging market countries, excluding China.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the KEMX straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every KEMX 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 KEMX straddle into a catalyst or short a KEMX straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
