How are SJB 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 SJB cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 409.10%), the computed maximum profit is $2.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,397.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

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

The breakeven for the SJB cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $13.98 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 SJB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 117.28%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

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

SJB ATM IV is at 409.10% with IV rank near 98.17%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.

SJB Cash-Secured Put Strategy

SJB (ProShares - Short High Yield), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on AMEX.

The ProShares Short High Yield fund (SJB) is designed to deliver daily investment returns that are the exact opposite of the Markit iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index's daily performance, before any deductions for management fees and other operational expenses.

SJB (ProShares - Short High Yield) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $80.9M, a beta of -0.66 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 15.11-15.76, average daily share volume of 331K, a public-listing history dating back to 2011. These structural characteristics shape how SJB etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of -0.66 indicates SJB has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. SJB 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 SJB?

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 SJB snapshot

As of June 29, 2026, spot at $15.14, ATM IV 409.10%, IV rank 98.17%, expected move 117.28%. The cash-secured put on SJB 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 53-day expiry.

Why this cash-secured put structure on SJB specifically: SJB IV at 409.10% is rich versus its 1-year range, which favors premium-selling structures like a SJB cash-secured put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 117.28% (roughly $17.76 on the underlying). The 53-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated SJB expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SJB should anchor to the underlying notional of $15.14 per share and to the trader's directional view on SJB etf.

SJB cash-secured put setup

The SJB 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 SJB near $15.14, the first option leg uses a $14.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SJB chain at a 53-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 SJB shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Put	$14.00	$0.02

SJB cash-secured put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$2.00
Max Profit (per contract): $2.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$1,397.00
Breakeven(s): $13.98
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.001

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

SJB cash-secured put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on SJB. 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	-99.9%	-$1,397.00
$3.36	-77.8%	-$1,062.36
$6.70	-55.7%	-$727.71
$10.05	-33.6%	-$393.07
$13.40	-11.5%	-$58.43
$16.74	+10.6%	+$2.00
$20.09	+32.7%	+$2.00
$23.44	+54.8%	+$2.00
$26.78	+76.9%	+$2.00
$30.13	+99.0%	+$2.00

When traders use cash-secured put on SJB

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

SJB thesis for this cash-secured put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SJB extends from approximately $-2.62 on the downside to $32.90 on the upside. A SJB cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire SJB 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 SJB IV rank near 98.17% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on SJB at 409.10%. As a Financial Services name, SJB options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SJB-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a cash-secured put on SJB?: A cash-secured put on SJB is the cash-secured put strategy applied to SJB (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 SJB etf trading near $15.14, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SJB chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are SJB 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 SJB cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 409.10%), the computed maximum profit is $2.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,397.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a SJB cash-secured put?: The breakeven for the SJB cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $13.98 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 SJB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 117.28%; 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 SJB?: Cash-secured puts on SJB earn premium while a trader waits to acquire SJB etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning SJB.
How does current SJB implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?: SJB ATM IV is at 409.10% with IV rank near 98.17%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.