VOC Energy Trust (VOC) Straddle

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

A long straddle on VOC 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 VOC Energy Trust 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 VOC straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.

VOC Energy Trust acquires and holds a term net profits interest of the net proceeds from production and sale of the interests in oil and natural gas properties in the states of Kansas and Texas. The company has an 80% term net profits interest of the net proceeds on the underlying properties. As of December 31, 2021, its underlying properties had interests in 452.5 net producing wells and 51,147.2 net acres. As of December 31, 2021, the company had proved reserves of approximately 2.9 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe) attributable to the portion of the Kansas underlying properties; and approximately 5.4 MMBoe attributable to the Texas underlying properties.

VOC Energy Trust was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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