How are REGL long put max profit and max loss calculated?

Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the REGL long put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 18.30%), the computed maximum profit is $9,374.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$225.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a REGL long put?

The breakeven for the REGL long put priced on this page is roughly $93.75 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The REGL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 5.25%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current REGL implied volatility affect this long put?

REGL ATM IV is at 18.30% with IV rank near 25.61%, 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.

REGL Long Put Strategy

REGL (ProShares - S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Income industry), listed on CBOE.

Under ordinary market conditions, this fund is structured to commit a significant majority—at least 80% of its overall investments—to the specific stocks that make up its reference index. This underlying index is composed of a minimum of 40 individual companies, each assigned an identical weighting within the portfolio. Furthermore, to promote diversification, no single industry sector is permitted to constitute more than 30% of the index's total value.

REGL (ProShares - S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Income, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.77B, a beta of 0.65 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 80.52-95.97, average daily share volume of 63K, a public-listing history dating back to 2015. These structural characteristics shape how REGL etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.65 indicates REGL has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. REGL pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a long put on REGL?

A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration.

REGL snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $95.77, ATM IV 18.30%, IV rank 25.61%, expected move 5.25%. The long put on REGL below is built from the August 14, 2026 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 long put structure on REGL specifically: REGL IV at 18.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a REGL long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.25% (roughly $5.02 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 REGL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on REGL should anchor to the underlying notional of $95.77 per share and to the trader's directional view on REGL etf.

REGL long put setup

The REGL long put below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With REGL at $95.77 on that close, the first option leg uses a $96.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed REGL 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 REGL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Put	$96.00	$2.25

REGL long put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$225.00
Max Profit (per contract): $9,374.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$225.00
Breakeven(s): $93.75
Risk / Reward Ratio: 41.662

Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.

REGL long put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on REGL. 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	+$9,374.00
$21.18	-77.9%	+$7,256.58
$42.36	-55.8%	+$5,139.17
$63.53	-33.7%	+$3,021.75
$84.71	-11.6%	+$904.33
$105.88	+10.6%	-$225.00
$127.06	+32.7%	-$225.00
$148.23	+54.8%	-$225.00
$169.40	+76.9%	-$225.00
$190.58	+99.0%	-$225.00

When traders use long put on REGL

Long puts on REGL hedge an existing long REGL etf position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying REGL exposure being hedged.

REGL thesis for this long put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for REGL extends from approximately $90.75 on the downside to $100.79 on the upside. A REGL long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long REGL position with one put per 100 shares held. Current REGL IV rank near 25.61% 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 REGL at 18.30%. As a Financial Services name, REGL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to REGL-specific events.

REGL long put positions are structurally 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. REGL positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move REGL alongside the broader basket even when REGL-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on REGL 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 REGL chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a long put on REGL?: A long put on REGL is the long put strategy applied to REGL (etf). The strategy is structurally bearish: A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration. With REGL etf at $95.77 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed REGL chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are REGL long put max profit and max loss calculated?: Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the REGL long put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 18.30%), the computed maximum profit is $9,374.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$225.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a REGL long put?: The breakeven for the REGL long put priced on this page is roughly $93.75 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The REGL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 5.25%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a long put on REGL?: Long puts on REGL hedge an existing long REGL etf position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying REGL exposure being hedged.
How does current REGL implied volatility affect this long put?: REGL ATM IV is at 18.30% with IV rank near 25.61%, 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.