GOOX Bear Put Spread Strategy
GOOX (T-REX 2X Long Alphabet Daily Target ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on CBOE.
Under typical conditions, this exchange-traded fund allocates at least 80% of its net assets, potentially augmented by borrowed capital, to various financial instruments. These instruments are strategically chosen to deliver, on a daily basis, a leveraged return equivalent to 200% of the price movement of Alphabet (GOOG) stock. It is important to note that this fund is not diversified.
GOOX (T-REX 2X Long Alphabet Daily Target ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $48.3M, a beta of 3.10 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 16.85-107.61, average daily share volume of 92K, a public-listing history dating back to 2024. These structural characteristics shape how GOOX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 3.10 indicates GOOX has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. GOOX 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 GOOX?
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.
GOOX snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $72.88, ATM IV 54.90%, IV rank 5.89%, expected move 15.74%. The bear put spread on GOOX 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 35-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on GOOX specifically: GOOX IV at 54.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a GOOX bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.74% (roughly $11.47 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated GOOX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GOOX should anchor to the underlying notional of $72.88 per share and to the trader's directional view on GOOX etf.
GOOX bear put spread setup
The GOOX bear put 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 GOOX at $72.88 on that close, the first option leg uses a $73.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GOOX chain at a 35-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 GOOX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $73.00 | $4.95 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $70.00 | $3.30 |
GOOX bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$165.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $135.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$165.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $71.35
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.818
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.
GOOX bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on GOOX. 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% | +$135.00 |
| $16.12 | -77.9% | +$135.00 |
| $32.24 | -55.8% | +$135.00 |
| $48.35 | -33.7% | +$135.00 |
| $64.46 | -11.6% | +$135.00 |
| $80.58 | +10.6% | -$165.00 |
| $96.69 | +32.7% | -$165.00 |
| $112.80 | +54.8% | -$165.00 |
| $128.91 | +76.9% | -$165.00 |
| $145.03 | +99.0% | -$165.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on GOOX
Bear put spreads on GOOX reduce the cost of a bearish GOOX etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
GOOX thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GOOX extends from approximately $61.41 on the downside to $84.35 on the upside. A GOOX bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on GOOX, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current GOOX IV rank near 5.89% 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 GOOX at 54.90%. As a Financial Services name, GOOX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GOOX-specific events.
GOOX 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. GOOX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GOOX alongside the broader basket even when GOOX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on GOOX 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 GOOX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on GOOX?
- A bear put spread on GOOX is the bear put spread strategy applied to GOOX (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 GOOX etf at $72.88 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GOOX chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GOOX 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 GOOX bear put spread priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.90%), the computed maximum profit is $135.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$165.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a GOOX bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the GOOX bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $71.35 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 GOOX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 15.74%; 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 GOOX?
- Bear put spreads on GOOX reduce the cost of a bearish GOOX 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 GOOX implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- GOOX ATM IV is at 54.90% with IV rank near 5.89%, 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.