Trading a VOX straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Vanguard Communication Services ETF without committing to a direction. Vanguard Communication Services 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 VOX straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on VOX 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 Communication Services 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 VOX straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the communication services sector. Passively managed, using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies that provide telephone, data-transmission, cellular, wireless communication services and offer related content and information through various media.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the VOX straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every VOX 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 VOX straddle into a catalyst or short a VOX straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
