How are TOLZ 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 TOLZ cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 22.50%), the computed maximum profit is $45.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$5,654.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

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

The breakeven for the TOLZ cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $56.55 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 TOLZ market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.45%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

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

TOLZ ATM IV is at 22.50% with IV rank near 18.90%, 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.

TOLZ Cash-Secured Put Strategy

TOLZ (ProShares - DJ Brookfield Global Infrastructure ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Global industry), listed on AMEX.

The index consists of companies domiciled globally that qualify as "pure-play" infrastructure companies-companies whose primary business is the ownership and operation of infrastructure assets, activities that generally generate long-term stable cash flows. Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in component securities. It is non-diversified.

TOLZ (ProShares - DJ Brookfield Global Infrastructure ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Global, with a market capitalization of approximately $178.2M, a beta of 0.56 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 52.39-62.22, average daily share volume of 21K, a public-listing history dating back to 2014. These structural characteristics shape how TOLZ etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.56 indicates TOLZ has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. TOLZ 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 TOLZ?

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 TOLZ snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $60.28, ATM IV 22.50%, IV rank 18.90%, expected move 6.45%. The cash-secured put on TOLZ 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 cash-secured put structure on TOLZ specifically: TOLZ IV at 22.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling TOLZ cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.45% (roughly $3.89 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 TOLZ expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TOLZ should anchor to the underlying notional of $60.28 per share and to the trader's directional view on TOLZ etf.

TOLZ cash-secured put setup

The TOLZ 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 TOLZ near $60.28, the first option leg uses a $57.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TOLZ 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 TOLZ shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Put	$57.00	$0.45

TOLZ cash-secured put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$45.00
Max Profit (per contract): $45.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$5,654.00
Breakeven(s): $56.55
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.008

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

TOLZ cash-secured put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on TOLZ. 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%	-$5,654.00
$13.34	-77.9%	-$4,321.29
$26.66	-55.8%	-$2,988.57
$39.99	-33.7%	-$1,655.86
$53.32	-11.5%	-$323.15
$66.65	+10.6%	+$45.00
$79.97	+32.7%	+$45.00
$93.30	+54.8%	+$45.00
$106.63	+76.9%	+$45.00
$119.95	+99.0%	+$45.00

When traders use cash-secured put on TOLZ

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

TOLZ thesis for this cash-secured put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TOLZ extends from approximately $56.39 on the downside to $64.17 on the upside. A TOLZ cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire TOLZ 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 TOLZ IV rank near 18.90% 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 TOLZ at 22.50%. As a Financial Services name, TOLZ options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TOLZ-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a cash-secured put on TOLZ?: A cash-secured put on TOLZ is the cash-secured put strategy applied to TOLZ (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 TOLZ etf trading near $60.28, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TOLZ chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are TOLZ 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 TOLZ cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 22.50%), the computed maximum profit is $45.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$5,654.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a TOLZ cash-secured put?: The breakeven for the TOLZ cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $56.55 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 TOLZ market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.45%; 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 TOLZ?: Cash-secured puts on TOLZ earn premium while a trader waits to acquire TOLZ etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning TOLZ.
How does current TOLZ implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?: TOLZ ATM IV is at 22.50% with IV rank near 18.90%, 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.