KURE Bull Call Spread Strategy
KURE (KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments in its underlying index or in instruments that have economic characteristics similar to those in the underlying index. The underlying index is a free float adjusted market capitalization weighted index, subject to the 10/40 Constraint, which is designed to measure the equity market performance of Chinese companies in the healthcare sector. The fund is non-diversified.
KURE (KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $82.7M, a beta of 0.50 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 15.202-21.875, average daily share volume of 21K, a public-listing history dating back to 2018. These structural characteristics shape how KURE etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.50 indicates KURE has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. KURE pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a bull call spread on KURE?
A bull call spread buys an at-the-money call and sells an out-of-the-money call at a higher strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.
Current KURE snapshot
As of May 13, 2026, spot at $17.46, ATM IV 40.90%, IV rank 8.54%, expected move 11.73%. The bull call spread on KURE 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 63-day expiry.
Why this bull call spread structure on KURE specifically: KURE IV at 40.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a KURE bull call spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.73% (roughly $2.05 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated KURE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on KURE should anchor to the underlying notional of $17.46 per share and to the trader's directional view on KURE etf.
KURE bull call spread setup
The KURE bull call 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 KURE near $17.46, the first option leg uses a $17.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed KURE chain at a 63-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 KURE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $17.00 | $1.15 |
| Sell 1 | Call | $18.00 | $0.78 |
KURE bull call spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$37.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $63.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$37.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $17.37
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.703
Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-call strike plus net debit.
KURE bull call spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bull call spread on KURE. 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 | -99.9% | -$37.00 |
| $3.87 | -77.8% | -$37.00 |
| $7.73 | -55.7% | -$37.00 |
| $11.59 | -33.6% | -$37.00 |
| $15.45 | -11.5% | -$37.00 |
| $19.31 | +10.6% | +$63.00 |
| $23.17 | +32.7% | +$63.00 |
| $27.03 | +54.8% | +$63.00 |
| $30.89 | +76.9% | +$63.00 |
| $34.74 | +99.0% | +$63.00 |
When traders use bull call spread on KURE
Bull call spreads on KURE reduce the cost of a bullish KURE etf position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
KURE thesis for this bull call spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for KURE extends from approximately $15.41 on the downside to $19.51 on the upside. A KURE bull call spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bullish position; relative to an outright long call on KURE, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current KURE IV rank near 8.54% 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 KURE at 40.90%. As a Financial Services name, KURE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to KURE-specific events.
KURE bull call spread positions are structurally moderately bullish; 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. KURE positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move KURE alongside the broader basket even when KURE-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bull call spread on KURE 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 KURE chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bull call spread on KURE?
- A bull call spread on KURE is the bull call spread strategy applied to KURE (etf). The strategy is structurally moderately bullish: A bull call spread buys an at-the-money call and sells an out-of-the-money call at a higher strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With KURE etf trading near $17.46, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed KURE chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are KURE bull call 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-call strike plus net debit. For the KURE bull call spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 40.90%), the computed maximum profit is $63.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$37.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a KURE bull call spread?
- The breakeven for the KURE bull call spread priced on this page is roughly $17.37 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 KURE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.73%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a bull call spread on KURE?
- Bull call spreads on KURE reduce the cost of a bullish KURE etf position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
- How does current KURE implied volatility affect this bull call spread?
- KURE ATM IV is at 40.90% with IV rank near 8.54%, 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.