Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETF (PTLC) Straddle

Trading a PTLC straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETF without committing to a direction. Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap 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 PTLC straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on PTLC 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 Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap 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 PTLC straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

The Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETF is an exchange traded fund that seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap Index.

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