GUSH Strangle Strategy
GUSH (Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2X ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on AMEX.
The Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull and Bear 2X ETFs seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 200%, or 200% of the inverse (or opposite), of the performance of the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index. There is no guarantee the funds will achieve their stated investment objectives.
GUSH (Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2X ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $331.9M, a beta of 0.29 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 20.175-48.66, average daily share volume of 1.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015. These structural characteristics shape how GUSH etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.29 indicates GUSH has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. GUSH pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a strangle on GUSH?
A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money.
Current GUSH snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $39.45, ATM IV 64.50%, IV rank 43.43%, expected move 18.49%. The strangle on GUSH 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 strangle structure on GUSH specifically: GUSH IV at 64.50% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 18.49% (roughly $7.29 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 GUSH expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GUSH should anchor to the underlying notional of $39.45 per share and to the trader's directional view on GUSH etf.
GUSH strangle setup
The GUSH strangle below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With GUSH near $39.45, the first option leg uses a $41.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GUSH 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 GUSH shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $41.00 | $2.40 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $37.00 | $1.95 |
GUSH strangle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$435.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$435.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $32.65, $45.35
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- Unbounded
Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit.
GUSH strangle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on GUSH. 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% | +$3,264.00 |
| $8.73 | -77.9% | +$2,391.85 |
| $17.45 | -55.8% | +$1,519.70 |
| $26.17 | -33.7% | +$647.55 |
| $34.90 | -11.5% | -$224.60 |
| $43.62 | +10.6% | -$173.25 |
| $52.34 | +32.7% | +$698.90 |
| $61.06 | +54.8% | +$1,571.06 |
| $69.78 | +76.9% | +$2,443.21 |
| $78.50 | +99.0% | +$3,315.36 |
When traders use strangle on GUSH
Strangles on GUSH are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the GUSH chain.
GUSH thesis for this strangle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GUSH extends from approximately $32.16 on the downside to $46.74 on the upside. A GUSH long strangle is the OTM cousin of the straddle: lower up-front cost but the underlying has to travel further past either OTM strike before the position turns profitable at expiration. Current GUSH IV rank near 43.43% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the strangle thesis on GUSH should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, GUSH options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GUSH-specific events.
GUSH strangle positions are structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium, OTM); 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. GUSH positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GUSH alongside the broader basket even when GUSH-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current GUSH chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a strangle on GUSH?
- A strangle on GUSH is the strangle strategy applied to GUSH (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium, OTM): A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money. With GUSH etf trading near $39.45, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GUSH chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GUSH strangle max profit and max loss calculated?
- Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit. For the GUSH strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 64.50%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$435.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a GUSH strangle?
- The breakeven for the GUSH strangle priced on this page is roughly $32.65 and $45.35 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 GUSH market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 18.49%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a strangle on GUSH?
- Strangles on GUSH are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the GUSH chain.
- How does current GUSH implied volatility affect this strangle?
- GUSH ATM IV is at 64.50% with IV rank near 43.43%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.