HOOX Bear Put Spread Strategy
HOOX (Daily Target 2X Long HOOD ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
The Defiance Daily Target 2X Long HOOD ETF (the “Fund”) seeks daily leveraged investment results of two times (200%) the daily percentage change in the share price of Robinhood Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOOD). Because the Fund seeks daily leveraged investment results, it is very different from most other exchange-traded funds and there is no guarantee that the Fund will meet its stated objective. The Fund should not be expected to provide 2 times the cumulative return of HOOD for periods greater than a single trading day.
HOOX (Daily Target 2X Long HOOD ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $11.3M, a beta of 6.25 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 16.44-154.38, average daily share volume of 139K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how HOOX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 6.25 indicates HOOX has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. HOOX 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 HOOX?
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 HOOX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $22.20, ATM IV 119.40%, expected move 34.23%. The bear put spread on HOOX 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 HOOX specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for HOOX is inferred from ATM IV at 119.40% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 34.23% (roughly $7.60 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 HOOX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HOOX should anchor to the underlying notional of $22.20 per share and to the trader's directional view on HOOX etf.
HOOX bear put spread setup
The HOOX 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 HOOX near $22.20, the first option leg uses a $22.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HOOX 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 HOOX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $22.00 | $3.13 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $21.00 | $2.58 |
HOOX bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$55.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $45.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$55.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $21.45
- 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.
HOOX bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on HOOX. 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% | +$45.00 |
| $4.92 | -77.8% | +$45.00 |
| $9.82 | -55.7% | +$45.00 |
| $14.73 | -33.6% | +$45.00 |
| $19.64 | -11.5% | +$45.00 |
| $24.55 | +10.6% | -$55.00 |
| $29.45 | +32.7% | -$55.00 |
| $34.36 | +54.8% | -$55.00 |
| $39.27 | +76.9% | -$55.00 |
| $44.18 | +99.0% | -$55.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on HOOX
Bear put spreads on HOOX reduce the cost of a bearish HOOX etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
HOOX thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HOOX extends from approximately $14.60 on the downside to $29.80 on the upside. A HOOX bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on HOOX, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. As a Financial Services name, HOOX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HOOX-specific events.
HOOX 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. HOOX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HOOX alongside the broader basket even when HOOX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on HOOX 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 HOOX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on HOOX?
- A bear put spread on HOOX is the bear put spread strategy applied to HOOX (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 HOOX etf trading near $22.20, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HOOX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HOOX 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 HOOX bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 119.40%), the computed maximum profit is $45.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$55.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a HOOX bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the HOOX bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $21.45 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 HOOX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 34.23%; 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 HOOX?
- Bear put spreads on HOOX reduce the cost of a bearish HOOX 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 HOOX implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- Current HOOX ATM IV is 119.40%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.