SEA Bear Put Spread Strategy
SEA (U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF seeks to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo Index.
SEA (U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $13.0M, a beta of 0.59 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 13.37-17.74, average daily share volume of 26K, a public-listing history dating back to 2022. These structural characteristics shape how SEA etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.59 indicates SEA has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. SEA pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a bear put spread on SEA?
A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.
Current SEA snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $17.16, ATM IV 43.70%, IV rank 11.76%, expected move 12.53%. The bear put spread on SEA 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 34-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on SEA specifically: SEA IV at 43.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a SEA bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 12.53% (roughly $2.15 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated SEA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SEA should anchor to the underlying notional of $17.16 per share and to the trader's directional view on SEA etf.
SEA bear put spread setup
The SEA bear put 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 SEA near $17.16, the first option leg uses a $17.16 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SEA chain at a 34-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 SEA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $17.16 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $16.30 | N/A |
SEA bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit.
SEA bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on SEA. 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.
When traders use bear put spread on SEA
Bear put spreads on SEA reduce the cost of a bearish SEA etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
SEA thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SEA extends from approximately $15.01 on the downside to $19.31 on the upside. A SEA bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on SEA, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current SEA IV rank near 11.76% 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 SEA at 43.70%. As a Financial Services name, SEA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SEA-specific events.
SEA bear put spread positions are structurally moderately 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. SEA positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move SEA alongside the broader basket even when SEA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on SEA 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 SEA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on SEA?
- A bear put spread on SEA is the bear put spread strategy applied to SEA (etf). The strategy is structurally moderately bearish: A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With SEA etf trading near $17.16, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SEA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are SEA bear put 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-put strike minus net debit. For the SEA bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 43.70%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a SEA bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the SEA bear put spread priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 SEA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 12.53%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a bear put spread on SEA?
- Bear put spreads on SEA reduce the cost of a bearish SEA etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
- How does current SEA implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- SEA ATM IV is at 43.70% with IV rank near 11.76%, 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.