TEMT Long Call Strategy
TEMT (Investment Managers Series Trust II - Tradr 2X Long TEM Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
TEMT is a leveraged ETF seeking to provide twice the daily performance of Tempus Al Inc., a healthcare AI firm. The fund's objective is strictly for daily returns and is not designed for long-term investment. To meet its leverage goal, the fund primarily engages in swap agreements, options, and direct holdings of Tempus Al (TEM) stock, actively rebalancing each trading day. Its performance is highly tied to TEM's daily price movements and may experience increased volatility compared to traditional funds. Due to its use of derivatives and leverage, the fund should be monitored regularly, as it is intended for short-term trading rather than long-term investing. The fund's concentration reflects TEM's focus on healthcare technology, and its results can vary considerably depending on underlying stock and sector movements.
TEMT (Investment Managers Series Trust II - Tradr 2X Long TEM Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $58.6M, a beta of 5.22 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 11.52-152.22, average daily share volume of 281K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how TEMT etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 5.22 indicates TEMT has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. TEMT pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a long call on TEMT?
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.
TEMT snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $39.53, ATM IV 148.20%, IV rank 39.87%, expected move 42.49%. The long call on TEMT 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 call structure on TEMT specifically: TEMT IV at 148.20% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 42.49% (roughly $16.80 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 TEMT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TEMT should anchor to the underlying notional of $39.53 per share and to the trader's directional view on TEMT etf.
TEMT long call setup
The TEMT 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 TEMT at $39.53 on that close, the first option leg uses a $40.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TEMT 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 TEMT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $40.00 | $4.95 |
TEMT long call risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$495.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$495.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $44.95
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- Unbounded
Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium.
TEMT long call payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long call on TEMT. 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% | -$495.00 |
| $8.75 | -77.9% | -$495.00 |
| $17.49 | -55.8% | -$495.00 |
| $26.23 | -33.7% | -$495.00 |
| $34.97 | -11.5% | -$495.00 |
| $43.71 | +10.6% | -$124.40 |
| $52.45 | +32.7% | +$749.52 |
| $61.18 | +54.8% | +$1,623.44 |
| $69.92 | +76.9% | +$2,497.36 |
| $78.66 | +99.0% | +$3,371.28 |
When traders use long call on TEMT
Long calls on TEMT express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of TEMT catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
TEMT thesis for this long call
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TEMT extends from approximately $22.73 on the downside to $56.33 on the upside. A TEMT 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. Current TEMT IV rank near 39.87% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the long call thesis on TEMT should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, TEMT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TEMT-specific events.
TEMT 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. TEMT positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TEMT alongside the broader basket even when TEMT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long call on TEMT 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 TEMT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long call on TEMT?
- A long call on TEMT is the long call strategy applied to TEMT (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 TEMT etf at $39.53 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TEMT chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TEMT 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 TEMT long call priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 148.20%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$495.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a TEMT long call?
- The breakeven for the TEMT long call priced on this page is roughly $44.95 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 TEMT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 42.49%; 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 TEMT?
- Long calls on TEMT express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of TEMT catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
- How does current TEMT implied volatility affect this long call?
- TEMT ATM IV is at 148.20% with IV rank near 39.87%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.