Trading a RAAX straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on VanEck Real Assets ETF without committing to a direction. VanEck Real Assets 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 RAAX straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on RAAX 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 VanEck Real Assets 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 RAAX straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
VanEck Real Assets ETF (the "Fund") seeks long-term total return. In pursuing long-term total return, the Fund seeks to maximize real returns while seeking to reduce downside risk during sustained market declines. The Fund primarily allocates to exchange-traded products that provide exposure to real assets including resource assets: commodities, natural resource equities; income assets: REITs, Infrastructure, MLPs; and gold, which includes gold mining equities.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the RAAX straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every RAAX 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 RAAX straddle into a catalyst or short a RAAX straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
