CATG Long Put Strategy
CATG (Leverage Shares 2x Long CAT Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on CBOE.
The Leverage Shares 2x Long CAT Daily ETF is an exchange traded fund designed to provide 200% (2x) the daily performance of Caterpillar Inc. stock, minus fees and expenses. This product allows sophisticated investors and active traders to gain magnified exposure to a single stock through a regulated, liquid leveraged ETF structure. The fund rebalances daily, and due to compounding, its performance for periods longer than a single day will likely differ from 2x the underlying stock's performance.
CATG (Leverage Shares 2x Long CAT Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $29.3M, a beta of -2.25 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 4.55-19.15, average daily share volume of 82K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026, approximately 1 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CATG etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -2.25 indicates CATG has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.
What is a long put on CATG?
A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration.
CATG snapshot
As of November 13, 2026, spot at $5.23, ATM IV 100.60%, expected move 28.84%. The long put on CATG below is built from the November 13, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this long put structure on CATG specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for CATG is inferred from ATM IV at 100.60% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 28.84% (roughly $1.51 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CATG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CATG should anchor to the underlying notional of $5.23 per share and to the trader's directional view on CATG etf.
CATG long put setup
The CATG long put below is built from the November 13, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CATG at $5.23 on that close, the first option leg uses a $5.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CATG chain at a 35-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 CATG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $5.00 | $0.51 |
CATG long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$51.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $448.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$51.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $4.49
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 8.784
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
CATG long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on CATG. 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 | -99.8% | +$448.00 |
| $1.17 | -77.7% | +$332.47 |
| $2.32 | -55.6% | +$216.94 |
| $3.48 | -33.5% | +$101.42 |
| $4.63 | -11.5% | -$14.11 |
| $5.79 | +10.6% | -$51.00 |
| $6.94 | +32.7% | -$51.00 |
| $8.10 | +54.8% | -$51.00 |
| $9.25 | +76.9% | -$51.00 |
| $10.41 | +99.0% | -$51.00 |
When traders use long put on CATG
Long puts on CATG hedge an existing long CATG etf position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying CATG exposure being hedged.
CATG thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CATG extends from approximately $3.72 on the downside to $6.74 on the upside. A CATG long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long CATG position with one put per 100 shares held. As a Financial Services name, CATG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CATG-specific events.
CATG long put positions are structurally 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. CATG positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CATG alongside the broader basket even when CATG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on CATG 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 CATG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on CATG?
- A long put on CATG is the long put strategy applied to CATG (etf). The strategy is structurally bearish: A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration. With CATG etf at $5.23 on the November 13, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CATG chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CATG long put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the CATG long put priced from the November 13, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 100.60%), the computed maximum profit is $448.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$51.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CATG long put?
- The breakeven for the CATG long put priced on this page is roughly $4.49 at expiration, derived from the November 13, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The CATG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 28.84%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a long put on CATG?
- Long puts on CATG hedge an existing long CATG etf position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying CATG exposure being hedged.
- How does current CATG implied volatility affect this long put?
- Current CATG ATM IV is 100.60%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.