CORN Long Put Strategy
CORN (Teucrium Corn Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The Teucrium Corn Fund (CORN) provides investors an easy way to gain exposure to the price of corn futures in a brokerage account.
CORN (Teucrium Corn Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $50.4M, a beta of 0.34 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 16.61-19.13, average daily share volume of 947K, a public-listing history dating back to 2010. These structural characteristics shape how CORN etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.34 indicates CORN 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 CORN?
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.
Current CORN snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $18.14, ATM IV 23.40%, IV rank 8.48%, expected move 6.71%. The long put on CORN 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 long put structure on CORN specifically: CORN IV at 23.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CORN long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.71% (roughly $1.22 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 CORN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CORN should anchor to the underlying notional of $18.14 per share and to the trader's directional view on CORN etf.
CORN long put setup
The CORN long 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 CORN near $18.14, the first option leg uses a $18.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CORN 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 CORN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $18.00 | $0.40 |
CORN long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$40.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $1,759.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$40.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $17.60
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 43.975
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
CORN long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on CORN. 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% | +$1,759.00 |
| $4.02 | -77.8% | +$1,358.03 |
| $8.03 | -55.7% | +$957.05 |
| $12.04 | -33.6% | +$556.08 |
| $16.05 | -11.5% | +$155.10 |
| $20.06 | +10.6% | -$40.00 |
| $24.07 | +32.7% | -$40.00 |
| $28.08 | +54.8% | -$40.00 |
| $32.09 | +76.9% | -$40.00 |
| $36.10 | +99.0% | -$40.00 |
When traders use long put on CORN
Long puts on CORN hedge an existing long CORN etf position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying CORN exposure being hedged.
CORN thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CORN extends from approximately $16.92 on the downside to $19.36 on the upside. A CORN long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long CORN position with one put per 100 shares held. Current CORN IV rank near 8.48% 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 CORN at 23.40%. As a Financial Services name, CORN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CORN-specific events.
CORN 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. CORN positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CORN alongside the broader basket even when CORN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on CORN 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 CORN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on CORN?
- A long put on CORN is the long put strategy applied to CORN (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 CORN etf trading near $18.14, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CORN chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CORN 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 CORN long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 23.40%), the computed maximum profit is $1,759.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$40.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CORN long put?
- The breakeven for the CORN long put priced on this page is roughly $17.60 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 CORN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.71%; 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 CORN?
- Long puts on CORN hedge an existing long CORN etf position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying CORN exposure being hedged.
- How does current CORN implied volatility affect this long put?
- CORN ATM IV is at 23.40% with IV rank near 8.48%, 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.