ALPS OShares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM) Straddle

Trading a OUSM straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on ALPS OShares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF without committing to a direction. ALPS OShares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend 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 OUSM straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on OUSM 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 ALPS OShares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend 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 OUSM straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

The ALPS | O’Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM) seeks to track the performance (before fees and expenses) of the O’Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend Index (OUSMX).

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