Trading a PPA straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF without committing to a direction. Invesco Aerospace & Defense 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 PPA straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on PPA 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 Invesco Aerospace & Defense 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 PPA straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
The Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (Fund) is based on the SPADE Defense Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify a group of companies involved in the development, manufacturing, operations and support of US defense, homeland security and aerospace operations. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly. As of 08/31/2025 the Fund had an overall rating of 5 stars out of 46 funds and was rated 5 stars out of 46 funds, 5 stars out of 42 funds and 5 stars out of 33 funds for the 3-, 5- and 10- year periods, respectively.
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Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the PPA straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every PPA 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 PPA straddle into a catalyst or short a PPA straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
