GURU Bear Put Spread Strategy
GURU (Global X - Guru Index ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Global industry), listed on AMEX.
The Global X Guru Index ETF (GURU) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Guru Index.
GURU (Global X - Guru Index ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Global, with a market capitalization of approximately $57.9M, a beta of 1.07 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 50.31-67.73, average daily share volume of 2K, a public-listing history dating back to 2012. These structural characteristics shape how GURU etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.07 places GURU roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. GURU 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 GURU?
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 GURU snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $64.65, ATM IV 16.50%, IV rank 2.25%, expected move 4.73%. The bear put spread on GURU 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 GURU specifically: GURU IV at 16.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a GURU bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 4.73% (roughly $3.06 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 GURU expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GURU should anchor to the underlying notional of $64.65 per share and to the trader's directional view on GURU etf.
GURU bear put spread setup
The GURU 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 GURU near $64.65, the first option leg uses a $64.65 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GURU 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 GURU shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $64.65 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $61.42 | N/A |
GURU 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.
GURU bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on GURU. 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 GURU
Bear put spreads on GURU reduce the cost of a bearish GURU etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
GURU thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GURU extends from approximately $61.59 on the downside to $67.71 on the upside. A GURU bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on GURU, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current GURU IV rank near 2.25% 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 GURU at 16.50%. As a Financial Services name, GURU options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GURU-specific events.
GURU 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. GURU positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GURU alongside the broader basket even when GURU-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on GURU 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 GURU chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on GURU?
- A bear put spread on GURU is the bear put spread strategy applied to GURU (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 GURU etf trading near $64.65, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GURU chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GURU 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 GURU bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 16.50%), 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 GURU bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the GURU bear put spread priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 GURU market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 4.73%; 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 GURU?
- Bear put spreads on GURU reduce the cost of a bearish GURU 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 GURU implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- GURU ATM IV is at 16.50% with IV rank near 2.25%, 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.