Trading a VXUS straddle lets you take a pure volatility position on Vanguard Total International Stock ETF without committing to a direction. Vanguard Total International Stock 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 VXUS straddle pricing in real time and find the moments when expected moves are mispriced.
A long straddle on VXUS 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 Total International Stock 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 VXUS 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 FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index, which measures the investment return of stocks issued by companies located outside the United States.Broad exposure across developed and emerging non-U.S. equity marketsFollows a passively managed, index replication approach.
Earnings, product cycles, macro prints — any time volatility itself is the trade, the VXUS straddle is the cleanest expression of that view. Our scanner prices every VXUS 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 VXUS straddle into a catalyst or short a VXUS straddle to harvest decay, the options straddle setups that matter are all in one place.
