Trading a SMN straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on ProShares UltraShort Materials without committing to a direction. ProShares UltraShort Materials'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 SMN straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on SMN 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 ProShares UltraShort Materials 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 SMN straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
ProShares UltraShort Materials seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the S&P Materials Select SectorSM Index.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the SMN straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every SMN 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 SMN straddle into a catalyst or short a SMN straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
