Trading a SVXY straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF -0.5x Shares without committing to a direction. ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF -0.5x Shares'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 SVXY straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on SVXY 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 Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF -0.5x Shares 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 SVXY straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to one-half the inverse (-0.5x) of the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the SVXY straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every SVXY 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 SVXY straddle into a catalyst or short a SVXY straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
