CPXR Long Put Strategy
CPXR (USCF Daily Target 2X Copper Index ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing principally in cash settled copper futures contracts (“Copper Futures Contracts”), and in cash, cash-like instruments or high-quality securities that serve as collateral to the Copper Futures Contracts (“Collateral Investments”). The fund is non-diversified.
CPXR (USCF Daily Target 2X Copper Index ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $767,343, a beta of 0.47 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 16.9-34.91, average daily share volume of 39K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how CPXR etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.47 indicates CPXR has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. CPXR pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a long put on CPXR?
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 CPXR snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $30.20, ATM IV 62.40%, IV rank 3.31%, expected move 17.89%. The long put on CPXR 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 long put structure on CPXR specifically: CPXR IV at 62.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CPXR long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.89% (roughly $5.40 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 CPXR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CPXR should anchor to the underlying notional of $30.20 per share and to the trader's directional view on CPXR etf.
CPXR long put setup
The CPXR 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 CPXR near $30.20, the first option leg uses a $30.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CPXR 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 CPXR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $30.00 | $3.68 |
CPXR long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$367.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $2,631.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$367.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $26.33
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 7.161
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
CPXR long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on CPXR. 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% | +$2,631.50 |
| $6.69 | -77.9% | +$1,963.87 |
| $13.36 | -55.8% | +$1,296.24 |
| $20.04 | -33.6% | +$628.62 |
| $26.72 | -11.5% | -$39.01 |
| $33.39 | +10.6% | -$367.50 |
| $40.07 | +32.7% | -$367.50 |
| $46.74 | +54.8% | -$367.50 |
| $53.42 | +76.9% | -$367.50 |
| $60.10 | +99.0% | -$367.50 |
When traders use long put on CPXR
Long puts on CPXR hedge an existing long CPXR etf position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying CPXR exposure being hedged.
CPXR thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CPXR extends from approximately $24.80 on the downside to $35.60 on the upside. A CPXR long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long CPXR position with one put per 100 shares held. Current CPXR IV rank near 3.31% 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 CPXR at 62.40%. As a Financial Services name, CPXR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CPXR-specific events.
CPXR 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. CPXR positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CPXR alongside the broader basket even when CPXR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on CPXR 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 CPXR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on CPXR?
- A long put on CPXR is the long put strategy applied to CPXR (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 CPXR etf trading near $30.20, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CPXR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CPXR 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 CPXR long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 62.40%), the computed maximum profit is $2,631.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$367.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CPXR long put?
- The breakeven for the CPXR long put priced on this page is roughly $26.33 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 CPXR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 17.89%; 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 CPXR?
- Long puts on CPXR hedge an existing long CPXR etf position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying CPXR exposure being hedged.
- How does current CPXR implied volatility affect this long put?
- CPXR ATM IV is at 62.40% with IV rank near 3.31%, 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.