Trading a VIRT straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Virtu Financial Inc without committing to a direction. Virtu Financial Inc'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 VIRT straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on VIRT 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 Virtu Financial Inc 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 VIRT straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Virtu Financial, Inc., a financial services company, provides data, analytics, and connectivity products to clients worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Market Making and Execution Services. Its product suite includes offerings in execution, liquidity sourcing, analytics and broker-neutral, and multi-dealer platforms in workflow technology. The company's solutions enable clients to trade on various venues across countries and in multiple asset classes, including global equities, ETFs, foreign exchange, futures, fixed income, cryptocurrencies, and other commodities. Its analytics platform provides a range of pre- and post-trade services, data products, and compliance tools for clients to invest, trade, and manage risk across markets.
Virtu Financial, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the VIRT straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every VIRT 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 VIRT straddle into a catalyst or short a VIRT straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
