BOIL Cash-Secured Put Strategy
BOIL (ProShares - Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
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BOIL (ProShares - Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $328.9M, a beta of 4.26 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 12.07-63.68, average daily share volume of 11.9M, a public-listing history dating back to 2011. These structural characteristics shape how BOIL etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 4.26 indicates BOIL has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a cash-secured put on BOIL?
A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike.
Current BOIL snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $13.68, ATM IV 86.77%, IV rank 12.62%, expected move 24.88%. The cash-secured put on BOIL 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 28-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on BOIL specifically: BOIL IV at 86.77% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling BOIL cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 24.88% (roughly $3.40 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated BOIL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on BOIL should anchor to the underlying notional of $13.68 per share and to the trader's directional view on BOIL etf.
BOIL cash-secured put setup
The BOIL cash-secured put below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With BOIL near $13.68, the first option leg uses a $13.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed BOIL chain at a 28-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 BOIL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $13.00 | $0.97 |
BOIL cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$97.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $97.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$1,202.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $12.03
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.081
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
BOIL cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on BOIL. 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 | -99.9% | -$1,202.00 |
| $3.03 | -77.8% | -$899.64 |
| $6.06 | -55.7% | -$597.28 |
| $9.08 | -33.6% | -$294.91 |
| $12.10 | -11.5% | +$7.45 |
| $15.13 | +10.6% | +$97.00 |
| $18.15 | +32.7% | +$97.00 |
| $21.18 | +54.8% | +$97.00 |
| $24.20 | +76.9% | +$97.00 |
| $27.22 | +99.0% | +$97.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on BOIL
Cash-secured puts on BOIL earn premium while a trader waits to acquire BOIL etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning BOIL.
BOIL thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for BOIL extends from approximately $10.28 on the downside to $17.08 on the upside. A BOIL cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire BOIL at the strike price; the strategy is most attractive when the trader is comfortable holding the underlying at that level and IV is rich enough to compensate for the assignment risk. Current BOIL IV rank near 12.62% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on BOIL at 86.77%. As a Financial Services name, BOIL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to BOIL-specific events.
BOIL cash-secured put positions are structurally neutral to slightly bullish; 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. BOIL positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move BOIL alongside the broader basket even when BOIL-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on BOIL carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical BOIL earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current BOIL chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on BOIL?
- A cash-secured put on BOIL is the cash-secured put strategy applied to BOIL (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike. With BOIL etf trading near $13.68, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed BOIL chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are BOIL cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the BOIL cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 86.77%), the computed maximum profit is $97.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,202.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a BOIL cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the BOIL cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $12.03 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 BOIL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 24.88%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a cash-secured put on BOIL?
- Cash-secured puts on BOIL earn premium while a trader waits to acquire BOIL etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning BOIL.
- How does current BOIL implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- BOIL ATM IV is at 86.77% with IV rank near 12.62%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.