How are FGM bull call 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-call strike plus net debit. For the FGM bull call spread priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.50%), the computed maximum profit is $221.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$79.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a FGM bull call spread?

The breakeven for the FGM bull call spread priced on this page is roughly $64.79 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 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 FGM market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 5.88%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current FGM implied volatility affect this bull call spread?

FGM ATM IV is at 20.50% with IV rank near 1.61%, 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.

FGM Bull Call Spread Strategy

FGM (First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.

The First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to mirror the total return, encompassing both capital appreciation and income, of the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Germany Index. Its primary goal is to deliver investment results that broadly align with this specific equity benchmark, before accounting for the fund's own operational costs and fees.

FGM (First Trust Germany AlphaDEX Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $98.8M, a beta of 1.16 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 54.5-71.12, average daily share volume of 6K, a public-listing history dating back to 2012. These structural characteristics shape how FGM etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.16 places FGM roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. FGM pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a bull call spread on FGM?

A bull call spread buys an at-the-money call and sells an out-of-the-money call at a higher strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.

FGM snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $63.61, ATM IV 20.50%, IV rank 1.61%, expected move 5.88%. The bull call spread on FGM below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 7-day expiry.

Why this bull call spread structure on FGM specifically: FGM IV at 20.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a FGM bull call spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.88% (roughly $3.74 on the underlying). The 7-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FGM expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FGM should anchor to the underlying notional of $63.61 per share and to the trader's directional view on FGM etf.

FGM bull call spread setup

The FGM bull call spread below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With FGM at $63.61 on that close, the first option leg uses a $64.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FGM chain at a 7-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 FGM shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$64.00	$0.98
Sell 1	Call	$67.00	$0.19

FGM bull call spread risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$79.00
Max Profit (per contract): $221.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$79.00
Breakeven(s): $64.79
Risk / Reward Ratio: 2.797

Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-call strike plus net debit.

FGM bull call spread payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bull call spread on FGM. 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	-$79.00
$14.07	-77.9%	-$79.00
$28.14	-55.8%	-$79.00
$42.20	-33.7%	-$79.00
$56.26	-11.5%	-$79.00
$70.33	+10.6%	+$221.00
$84.39	+32.7%	+$221.00
$98.45	+54.8%	+$221.00
$112.52	+76.9%	+$221.00
$126.58	+99.0%	+$221.00

When traders use bull call spread on FGM

Bull call spreads on FGM reduce the cost of a bullish FGM etf position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.

FGM thesis for this bull call spread

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FGM extends from approximately $59.87 on the downside to $67.35 on the upside. A FGM bull call spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bullish position; relative to an outright long call on FGM, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current FGM IV rank near 1.61% 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 FGM at 20.50%. As a Financial Services name, FGM options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FGM-specific events.

FGM bull call spread positions are structurally moderately 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. FGM positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FGM alongside the broader basket even when FGM-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bull call spread on FGM 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 FGM chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a bull call spread on FGM?: A bull call spread on FGM is the bull call spread strategy applied to FGM (etf). The strategy is structurally moderately bullish: A bull call spread buys an at-the-money call and sells an out-of-the-money call at a higher strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With FGM etf at $63.61 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FGM chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are FGM bull call 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-call strike plus net debit. For the FGM bull call spread priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.50%), the computed maximum profit is $221.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$79.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a FGM bull call spread?: The breakeven for the FGM bull call spread priced on this page is roughly $64.79 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 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 FGM market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 5.88%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a bull call spread on FGM?: Bull call spreads on FGM reduce the cost of a bullish FGM etf position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
How does current FGM implied volatility affect this bull call spread?: FGM ATM IV is at 20.50% with IV rank near 1.61%, 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.