FFLV Bear Put Spread Strategy
FFLV (Fidelity Fundamental Large Cap), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
The fund will normally invest at least 80% of the fund’s assets in equity securities of companies with large market capitalizations (which, for purposes of this fund, are those companies with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell 1000® Index or the S&P 500® Index). The fund is non-diversified.
FFLV (Fidelity Fundamental Large Cap) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $18.2M, a beta of 0.66 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 22.64-29.32, average daily share volume of 4K, a public-listing history dating back to 2024. These structural characteristics shape how FFLV etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.66 indicates FFLV has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. FFLV pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a bear put spread on FFLV?
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.
FFLV snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $27.73, ATM IV 36.10%, IV rank 17.72%, expected move 10.35%. The bear put spread on FFLV below is built from the end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 17-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on FFLV specifically: FFLV IV at 36.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a FFLV bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 10.35% (roughly $2.87 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FFLV expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FFLV should anchor to the underlying notional of $27.73 per share and to the trader's directional view on FFLV etf.
FFLV bear put spread setup
The FFLV 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 FFLV at $27.73 on that close, the first option leg uses a $27.73 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FFLV chain at a 17-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 FFLV shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $27.73 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $26.34 | N/A |
FFLV bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
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.
FFLV bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on FFLV. 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.
When traders use bear put spread on FFLV
Bear put spreads on FFLV reduce the cost of a bearish FFLV etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
FFLV thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FFLV extends from approximately $24.86 on the downside to $30.60 on the upside. A FFLV bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on FFLV, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current FFLV IV rank near 17.72% 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 FFLV at 36.10%. As a Financial Services name, FFLV options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FFLV-specific events.
FFLV 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. FFLV positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FFLV alongside the broader basket even when FFLV-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on FFLV 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 FFLV chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on FFLV?
- A bear put spread on FFLV is the bear put spread strategy applied to FFLV (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 FFLV etf at $27.73 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FFLV chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FFLV 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 FFLV bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 36.10%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FFLV bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the FFLV bear put spread priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the 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 FFLV market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 10.35%; 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 FFLV?
- Bear put spreads on FFLV reduce the cost of a bearish FFLV 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 FFLV implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- FFLV ATM IV is at 36.10% with IV rank near 17.72%, 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.