BULG Bear Put Spread Strategy
BULG (Leverage Shares 2x Long BULL Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
The Leverage Shares 2x Long BULL Daily ETF (BULG) is a 2x Daily Leveraged (Bull) ETF designed for active traders seeking to magnify short-term results. The BULG ETF aims to achieve two times (200%) the daily performance of BULL stock, minus fees and expenses.
BULG (Leverage Shares 2x Long BULL Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $598,959, a beta of 8.79 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 18.36-369.46, average daily share volume of 26K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how BULG etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 8.79 indicates BULG 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 bear put spread on BULG?
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 BULG snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $41.80, ATM IV 143.30%, IV rank 26.06%, expected move 41.08%. The bear put spread on BULG 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 63-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on BULG specifically: BULG IV at 143.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a BULG bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 41.08% (roughly $17.17 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated BULG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on BULG should anchor to the underlying notional of $41.80 per share and to the trader's directional view on BULG etf.
BULG bear put spread setup
The BULG 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 BULG near $41.80, the first option leg uses a $42.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed BULG chain at a 63-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 BULG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $42.00 | $9.25 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $40.00 | $8.15 |
BULG bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$110.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $90.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$110.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $40.90
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.818
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.
BULG bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on BULG. 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% | +$90.00 |
| $9.25 | -77.9% | +$90.00 |
| $18.49 | -55.8% | +$90.00 |
| $27.73 | -33.7% | +$90.00 |
| $36.97 | -11.5% | +$90.00 |
| $46.22 | +10.6% | -$110.00 |
| $55.46 | +32.7% | -$110.00 |
| $64.70 | +54.8% | -$110.00 |
| $73.94 | +76.9% | -$110.00 |
| $83.18 | +99.0% | -$110.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on BULG
Bear put spreads on BULG reduce the cost of a bearish BULG etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
BULG thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for BULG extends from approximately $24.63 on the downside to $58.97 on the upside. A BULG bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on BULG, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current BULG IV rank near 26.06% 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 BULG at 143.30%. As a Financial Services name, BULG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to BULG-specific events.
BULG 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. BULG positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move BULG alongside the broader basket even when BULG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on BULG 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 BULG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on BULG?
- A bear put spread on BULG is the bear put spread strategy applied to BULG (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 BULG etf trading near $41.80, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed BULG chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are BULG 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 BULG bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 143.30%), the computed maximum profit is $90.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$110.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a BULG bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the BULG bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $40.90 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 BULG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 41.08%; 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 BULG?
- Bear put spreads on BULG reduce the cost of a bearish BULG 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 BULG implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- BULG ATM IV is at 143.30% with IV rank near 26.06%, 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.