ASMH Bear Put Spread Strategy
ASMH (ASML Holding NV ADRhedged), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The Series, under normal circumstances, invests at least 95% of its net assets in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) of the ASML Holding NV. It invests in the ADRs of the company and a currency swap designed to hedge against fluctuations in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Euro. The fund is non-diversified.
ASMH (ASML Holding NV ADRhedged) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.1M, a beta of 1.17 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 46.74-106.91, average daily share volume of 2K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how ASMH etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.17 places ASMH roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. ASMH pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a bear put spread on ASMH?
A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.
Current ASMH snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $102.34, ATM IV 48.50%, expected move 13.90%. The bear put spread on ASMH below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 34-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on ASMH specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for ASMH is inferred from ATM IV at 48.50% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 13.90% (roughly $14.23 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated ASMH expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ASMH should anchor to the underlying notional of $102.34 per share and to the trader's directional view on ASMH etf.
ASMH bear put spread setup
The ASMH bear put spread below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With ASMH near $102.34, the first option leg uses a $102.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed ASMH chain at a 34-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 ASMH shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $102.00 | $5.50 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $97.00 | $3.40 |
ASMH bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$210.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $290.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$210.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $99.90
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.381
Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit.
ASMH bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on ASMH. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | +$290.00 |
| $22.64 | -77.9% | +$290.00 |
| $45.26 | -55.8% | +$290.00 |
| $67.89 | -33.7% | +$290.00 |
| $90.52 | -11.6% | +$290.00 |
| $113.14 | +10.6% | -$210.00 |
| $135.77 | +32.7% | -$210.00 |
| $158.40 | +54.8% | -$210.00 |
| $181.02 | +76.9% | -$210.00 |
| $203.65 | +99.0% | -$210.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on ASMH
Bear put spreads on ASMH reduce the cost of a bearish ASMH etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
ASMH thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ASMH extends from approximately $88.11 on the downside to $116.57 on the upside. A ASMH bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on ASMH, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. As a Financial Services name, ASMH options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ASMH-specific events.
ASMH bear put spread positions are structurally moderately bearish; the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. ASMH positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move ASMH alongside the broader basket even when ASMH-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on ASMH are particularly exposed to IV-crush risk through scheduled events (earnings, FDA decisions, central-bank meetings) where IV typically contracts post-event regardless of the directional outcome. Always rebuild the position from current ASMH chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on ASMH?
- A bear put spread on ASMH is the bear put spread strategy applied to ASMH (etf). The strategy is structurally moderately bearish: A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With ASMH etf trading near $102.34, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ASMH chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are ASMH bear put spread max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit. For the ASMH bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 48.50%), the computed maximum profit is $290.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$210.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a ASMH bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the ASMH bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $99.90 at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current ASMH market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 13.90%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a bear put spread on ASMH?
- Bear put spreads on ASMH reduce the cost of a bearish ASMH etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
- How does current ASMH implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- Current ASMH ATM IV is 48.50%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.