iShares World ex-US Carbon Transition (LCTD) Straddle

Trading a LCTD straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on iShares World ex-US Carbon Transition without committing to a direction. iShares World ex-US Carbon Transition'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 LCTD straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on LCTD 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 iShares World ex-US Carbon Transition 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 LCTD straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

The iShares World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in large-and mid-capitalization World ex U.S. equity securities that may be better positioned to benefit from the transition to a low-carbon economy.

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