VEM - Virtus Emerging Markets Dividend ETF
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation and income through a systematic, bottom-up approach to emerging markets dividend-paying equities, focusing on identifying undervalued investment opportunities while striving to mitigate downside risk.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $2.7M
- Beta
- 0.00
- 52-Week Range
- 23.06-27.79
- IPO Date
- Feb 4, 2026
- Exchange
- AMEX
VEM Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for VEM is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The VEM overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked VEM overview questions
- What is VEM?
- VEM is the ticker symbol for Virtus Emerging Markets Dividend ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation and income through a systematic, bottom-up approach to emerging markets dividend-paying equities, focusing on identifying undervalued investment opportunities while striving to mitigate downside risk. Listed on AMEX. VEM is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are VEM's key statistics?
- Virtus Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (VEM) carries a market capitalization of $2.7M, 52-week range of 23.06-27.79. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does VEM belong to?
- Virtus Emerging Markets Dividend ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare VEM's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the VEM data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for VEM, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.