RSST Long Call Strategy
RSST (Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
Tidal Trust II - Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by Tidal Investments LLC. The fund is co-managed by Newfound Research LLC, Resolve Asset Management Inc and Resolve Asset Management Sezc. The fund invests in public equity, fixed income, commodity, and currency markets of the United States. For its equity portion, it invests directly, through other funds and through derivatives in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund employs long/short strategy and uses derivatives such as futures to create its portfolio.
RSST (Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $510.7M, a beta of 1.13 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 25.86-36.08, average daily share volume of 122K, a public-listing history dating back to 2023, approximately 172 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how RSST etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.13 places RSST roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. RSST pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a long call on RSST?
A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration.
RSST snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $35.45, ATM IV 232.80%, expected move 66.74%. The long call on RSST below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 80-day expiry.
Why this long call structure on RSST specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for RSST is inferred from ATM IV at 232.80% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 66.74% (roughly $23.66 on the underlying). The 80-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated RSST expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on RSST should anchor to the underlying notional of $35.45 per share and to the trader's directional view on RSST etf.
RSST long call setup
The RSST long call below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With RSST at $35.45 on that close, 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 RSST chain at a 80-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 RSST shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $35.00 | $1.50 |
RSST long call risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$150.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$150.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $36.50
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- Unbounded
Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium.
RSST long call payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long call on RSST. 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% | -$150.00 |
| $7.85 | -77.9% | -$150.00 |
| $15.68 | -55.8% | -$150.00 |
| $23.52 | -33.6% | -$150.00 |
| $31.36 | -11.5% | -$150.00 |
| $39.20 | +10.6% | +$269.54 |
| $47.03 | +32.7% | +$1,053.25 |
| $54.87 | +54.8% | +$1,836.96 |
| $62.71 | +76.9% | +$2,620.67 |
| $70.54 | +99.0% | +$3,404.38 |
When traders use long call on RSST
Long calls on RSST express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of RSST catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
RSST thesis for this long call
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for RSST extends from approximately $11.79 on the downside to $59.11 on the upside. A RSST long call expresses a directional view that the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration, ideally with implied volatility holding or expanding to preserve extrinsic value through the hold period. As a Financial Services name, RSST options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to RSST-specific events.
RSST long call positions are structurally 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. RSST positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move RSST alongside the broader basket even when RSST-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long call on RSST 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 RSST chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long call on RSST?
- A long call on RSST is the long call strategy applied to RSST (etf). The strategy is structurally bullish: A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration. With RSST etf at $35.45 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed RSST chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are RSST long call max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium. For the RSST long call priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 232.80%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$150.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a RSST long call?
- The breakeven for the RSST long call priced on this page is roughly $36.50 at expiration, derived from the September 29, 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 RSST market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 66.74%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a long call on RSST?
- Long calls on RSST express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of RSST catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
- How does current RSST implied volatility affect this long call?
- Current RSST ATM IV is 232.80%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.