How are PINK cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?

Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the PINK cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 29.90%), the computed maximum profit is $82.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$3,417.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a PINK cash-secured put?

The breakeven for the PINK cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $34.18 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 PINK market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 8.57%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current PINK implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?

PINK ATM IV is at 29.90% with IV rank near 25.35%, 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.

PINK Cash-Secured Put Strategy

PINK (Simplify Health Care ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.

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PINK (Simplify Health Care ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $141.7M, a beta of 0.80 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 27.56-38.68, average daily share volume of 121K, a public-listing history dating back to 2021. These structural characteristics shape how PINK etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.80 places PINK roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. PINK pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a cash-secured put on PINK?

A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike.

Current PINK snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $36.59, ATM IV 29.90%, IV rank 25.35%, expected move 8.57%. The cash-secured put on PINK 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 cash-secured put structure on PINK specifically: PINK IV at 29.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling PINK cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 8.57% (roughly $3.14 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 PINK expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PINK should anchor to the underlying notional of $36.59 per share and to the trader's directional view on PINK etf.

PINK cash-secured put setup

The PINK cash-secured put below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With PINK near $36.59, the first option leg uses a $35.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PINK 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 PINK shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Put	$35.00	$0.82

PINK cash-secured put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$82.00
Max Profit (per contract): $82.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$3,417.00
Breakeven(s): $34.18
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.024

Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.

PINK cash-secured put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on PINK. 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%	-$3,417.00
$8.10	-77.9%	-$2,608.09
$16.19	-55.8%	-$1,799.17
$24.28	-33.7%	-$990.26
$32.37	-11.5%	-$181.34
$40.46	+10.6%	+$82.00
$48.54	+32.7%	+$82.00
$56.63	+54.8%	+$82.00
$64.72	+76.9%	+$82.00
$72.81	+99.0%	+$82.00

When traders use cash-secured put on PINK

Cash-secured puts on PINK earn premium while a trader waits to acquire PINK etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning PINK.

PINK thesis for this cash-secured put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PINK extends from approximately $33.45 on the downside to $39.73 on the upside. A PINK cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire PINK at the strike price; the strategy is most attractive when the trader is comfortable holding the underlying at that level and IV is rich enough to compensate for the assignment risk. Current PINK IV rank near 25.35% 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 PINK at 29.90%. As a Financial Services name, PINK options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PINK-specific events.

PINK cash-secured put positions are structurally neutral to slightly 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. PINK positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PINK alongside the broader basket even when PINK-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on PINK carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical PINK earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current PINK chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a cash-secured put on PINK?: A cash-secured put on PINK is the cash-secured put strategy applied to PINK (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike. With PINK etf trading near $36.59, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PINK chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are PINK cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?: Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the PINK cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 29.90%), the computed maximum profit is $82.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$3,417.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a PINK cash-secured put?: The breakeven for the PINK cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $34.18 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 PINK market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 8.57%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a cash-secured put on PINK?: Cash-secured puts on PINK earn premium while a trader waits to acquire PINK etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning PINK.
How does current PINK implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?: PINK ATM IV is at 29.90% with IV rank near 25.35%, 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.