Trading a VTR straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Ventas Inc without committing to a direction. Ventas 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 VTR straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on VTR 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 Ventas 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 VTR straddle price to historical realized moves helps you judge whether the market is overpaying or underpaying for volatility.
Ventas, an S&P 500 company, operates at the intersection of two powerful and dynamic industries: healthcare and real estate. As one of the world's foremost Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), we use the power of capital to unlock the value of real estate, partnering with leading care providers, developers, research and medical institutions, innovators and healthcare organizations whose success is buoyed by the demographic tailwind of an aging population. For more than twenty years, Ventas has followed a successful strategy that endures: combining a high-quality diversified portfolio of properties and capital sources to manage through cycles, working with industry leading partners, and a collaborative and experienced team focused on producing consistent growing cash flows and superior returns on a strong balance sheet, ultimately rewarding Ventas shareholders.
As of September 30, 2020, Ventas owned or managed through unconsolidated joint ventures approximately 1,200 properties.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the VTR straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every VTR 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 VTR straddle into a catalyst or short a VTR straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
