Trading a VIGI straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF without committing to a direction. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation 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 VIGI straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on VIGI 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 Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation 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 VIGI straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Seeks to track the performance of the S&P Global Ex-U.S. Dividend Growers Index.Employs a passively managed, full-replication strategy.The fund remains fully invested.Large-cap equity, emphasizing stocks from developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States, with a record of growing dividends year over year.Low expenses minimize net tracking error.With respect to 75% of its total assets, the fund may not: (1) purchase more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer or (2) purchase securities of any issuer if, as a result, more than 5% of the fund’s total assets would be invested in that issuer’s securities; except as may be necessary to approximate the composition of its target index.
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Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the VIGI straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every VIGI 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 VIGI straddle into a catalyst or short a VIGI straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
