Vale SA ADR (VALE) Straddle

Trading a VALE straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Vale SA ADR without committing to a direction. Vale SA ADR'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 VALE straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.

A long straddle on VALE 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 Vale SA ADR 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 VALE straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

Vale S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells iron ore, iron ore pellets, nickel, and copper in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through Iron Solutions and Energy Transition Materials segments. The Iron Solutions segment produces and extracts iron ore and pellets, and other ferrous products; and provides related logistic services. The Energy Transition Materials segment produces and extracts nickel; and its by-products, such as gold, silver, cobalt, precious metals, and others, as well as copper used in the construction sector to produce pipes and electrical wires.

The company was formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and changed its name to Vale S.A. in May 2009. Vale S.A. was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

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