Trading a UTES straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF without committing to a direction. Virtus Reaves Utilities 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 UTES straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on UTES 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 Virtus Reaves Utilities 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 UTES straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
The Fund seeks to provide total return through a combination of capital appreciation and income, primarily through investments in equity securities of companies in the utility sector.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the UTES straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every UTES 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 UTES straddle into a catalyst or short a UTES straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
