FLYT Bear Put Spread Strategy
FLYT (Direxion Flight to Safety Strategy ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its assets in the securities that comprise the index. The index measures the performance of a volatility-weighted basket of gold, U.S. listed large-capitalization utility stocks, and U.S. treasury bonds with remaining maturities of greater than 20 years. It is non-diversified.
FLYT (Direxion Flight to Safety Strategy ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $15.0M, a beta of 0.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 45.96-51.38, average daily share volume of 1K, a public-listing history dating back to 2020. These structural characteristics shape how FLYT etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.00 indicates FLYT 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 bear put spread on FLYT?
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.
Current FLYT snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $26.86, ATM IV 215.00%, expected move 61.64%. The bear put spread on FLYT 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 bear put spread structure on FLYT specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for FLYT is inferred from ATM IV at 215.00% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 61.64% (roughly $16.56 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 FLYT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FLYT should anchor to the underlying notional of $26.86 per share and to the trader's directional view on FLYT etf.
FLYT bear put spread setup
The FLYT 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 FLYT near $26.86, the first option leg uses a $27.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FLYT 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 FLYT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $27.00 | $6.95 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $26.00 | $6.45 |
FLYT bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$50.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $50.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$50.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $26.50
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.000
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.
FLYT bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on FLYT. 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% | +$50.00 |
| $5.95 | -77.9% | +$50.00 |
| $11.89 | -55.7% | +$50.00 |
| $17.82 | -33.6% | +$50.00 |
| $23.76 | -11.5% | +$50.00 |
| $29.70 | +10.6% | -$50.00 |
| $35.64 | +32.7% | -$50.00 |
| $41.57 | +54.8% | -$50.00 |
| $47.51 | +76.9% | -$50.00 |
| $53.45 | +99.0% | -$50.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on FLYT
Bear put spreads on FLYT reduce the cost of a bearish FLYT etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
FLYT thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FLYT extends from approximately $10.30 on the downside to $43.42 on the upside. A FLYT bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on FLYT, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. As a Financial Services name, FLYT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FLYT-specific events.
FLYT 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. FLYT positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FLYT alongside the broader basket even when FLYT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on FLYT 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 FLYT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on FLYT?
- A bear put spread on FLYT is the bear put spread strategy applied to FLYT (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 FLYT etf trading near $26.86, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FLYT chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FLYT 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 FLYT bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 215.00%), the computed maximum profit is $50.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$50.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FLYT bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the FLYT bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $26.50 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 FLYT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 61.64%; 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 FLYT?
- Bear put spreads on FLYT reduce the cost of a bearish FLYT 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 FLYT implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- Current FLYT ATM IV is 215.00%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.