CLIX Cash-Secured Put Strategy
CLIX (ProShares - Long Online/Short Stores ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should track the performance of the index. The index consists of long positions in the online retailers included in the ProShares Online Retail Index and short positions in the "bricks and mortar" retailers included in the Solactive-ProShares Bricks and Mortar Retail Store Index. The fund is non-diversified.
CLIX (ProShares - Long Online/Short Stores ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $7.3M, a beta of 0.98 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 48.27-62.855, average daily share volume of 1K, a public-listing history dating back to 2017. These structural characteristics shape how CLIX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.98 places CLIX roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. CLIX pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a cash-secured put on CLIX?
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 CLIX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $58.20, ATM IV 22.70%, IV rank 21.01%, expected move 6.51%. The cash-secured put on CLIX 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 cash-secured put structure on CLIX specifically: CLIX IV at 22.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling CLIX cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.51% (roughly $3.79 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 CLIX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CLIX should anchor to the underlying notional of $58.20 per share and to the trader's directional view on CLIX etf.
CLIX cash-secured put setup
The CLIX 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 CLIX near $58.20, the first option leg uses a $55.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CLIX 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 CLIX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $55.00 | $0.77 |
CLIX cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$77.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $77.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$5,422.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $54.23
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.014
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
CLIX cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on CLIX. 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% | -$5,422.00 |
| $12.88 | -77.9% | -$4,135.28 |
| $25.74 | -55.8% | -$2,848.55 |
| $38.61 | -33.7% | -$1,561.83 |
| $51.48 | -11.5% | -$275.11 |
| $64.35 | +10.6% | +$77.00 |
| $77.21 | +32.7% | +$77.00 |
| $90.08 | +54.8% | +$77.00 |
| $102.95 | +76.9% | +$77.00 |
| $115.82 | +99.0% | +$77.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on CLIX
Cash-secured puts on CLIX earn premium while a trader waits to acquire CLIX etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning CLIX.
CLIX thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CLIX extends from approximately $54.41 on the downside to $61.99 on the upside. A CLIX cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire CLIX 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 CLIX IV rank near 21.01% 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 CLIX at 22.70%. As a Financial Services name, CLIX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CLIX-specific events.
CLIX 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. CLIX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CLIX alongside the broader basket even when CLIX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on CLIX carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical CLIX earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current CLIX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on CLIX?
- A cash-secured put on CLIX is the cash-secured put strategy applied to CLIX (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 CLIX etf trading near $58.20, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CLIX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CLIX 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 CLIX cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 22.70%), the computed maximum profit is $77.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$5,422.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CLIX cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the CLIX cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $54.23 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 CLIX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.51%; 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 CLIX?
- Cash-secured puts on CLIX earn premium while a trader waits to acquire CLIX etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning CLIX.
- How does current CLIX implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- CLIX ATM IV is at 22.70% with IV rank near 21.01%, 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.