SBTU Long Put Strategy

SBTU (ETF Opportunities Trust - T-REX 2X Long SBET Daily Target ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.

SBTU is designed for making bullish bets on the stock price of SharpLink Gaming, Inc. through swap agreements. The objective is to obtain daily leveraged exposure equivalent to 200% of the fund's net assets. To maintain this exposure, daily rebalancing is performed to make adjustments in response to SBET's daily price movements. As a geared product, the fund is intended as a short-term tactical tool, rather than as a long-term investment vehicle. As a result, returns may deviate from the expected 2x if held for longer than a single day due to compounding. This strategy is high-risk and does not include a defensive position as part of its overall process.

SBTU (ETF Opportunities Trust - T-REX 2X Long SBET Daily Target ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $6.4M, a beta of 3.25 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.3-206.7, average daily share volume of 118K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how SBTU etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 3.25 indicates SBTU has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.

What is a long put on SBTU?

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.

SBTU snapshot

As of September 29, 2026, spot at $48.84, ATM IV 141.10%, IV rank 26.67%, expected move 40.45%. The long put on SBTU 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 17-day expiry.

Why this long put structure on SBTU specifically: SBTU IV at 141.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a SBTU long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 40.45% (roughly $19.76 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated SBTU expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SBTU should anchor to the underlying notional of $48.84 per share and to the trader's directional view on SBTU etf.

SBTU long put setup

The SBTU long put 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 SBTU at $48.84 on that close, the first option leg uses a $49.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SBTU chain at a 17-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 SBTU shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 1Put$49.00$5.45

SBTU long put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit
-$545.00
Max Profit (per contract)
$4,354.00
Max Loss (per contract)
-$545.00
Breakeven(s)
$43.55
Risk / Reward Ratio
7.989

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

SBTU long put payoff curve

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

SBTU long put profit and loss curve at expiration with breakevens and current spot markedSBTU long put payoff at expiration$0$1000$2000$3000$4000$20$40$60$80Underlying Price ($)P&L at Expiration ($)BE $43.55Spot $48.84
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 SpotP&L at Expiration
$0.01-100.0%+$4,354.00
$10.81-77.9%+$3,274.23
$21.61-55.8%+$2,194.46
$32.40-33.7%+$1,114.69
$43.20-11.5%+$34.92
$54.00+10.6%-$545.00
$64.80+32.7%-$545.00
$75.59+54.8%-$545.00
$86.39+76.9%-$545.00
$97.19+99.0%-$545.00

When traders use long put on SBTU

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

SBTU thesis for this long put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SBTU extends from approximately $29.08 on the downside to $68.60 on the upside. A SBTU long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long SBTU position with one put per 100 shares held. Current SBTU IV rank near 26.67% 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 SBTU at 141.10%. As a Financial Services name, SBTU options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SBTU-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a long put on SBTU?
A long put on SBTU is the long put strategy applied to SBTU (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 SBTU etf at $48.84 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SBTU chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are SBTU 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 SBTU long put priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 141.10%), the computed maximum profit is $4,354.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$545.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a SBTU long put?
The breakeven for the SBTU long put priced on this page is roughly $43.55 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 SBTU market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 40.45%; 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 SBTU?
Long puts on SBTU hedge an existing long SBTU etf position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying SBTU exposure being hedged.
How does current SBTU implied volatility affect this long put?
SBTU ATM IV is at 141.10% with IV rank near 26.67%, 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.

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