UGA Bear Put Spread Strategy
UGA (United States Gasoline Fund, LP), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
United States Gasoline Fund, LP is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by United States Commodity Funds LLC. The fund invests in the commodity markets of the United States. It invests through derivatives in gasoline, other types of gasoline, crude oil, diesel-heating oil, natural gas and other petroleum-based fuels. The fund employs market neutral strategy and uses derivatives such as futures to create its portfolio. The fund seeks to track the daily changes in percentage terms of the spot price of gasoline traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange. United States Gasoline Fund, LP was formed on February 26, 2008 and is domiciled in the United States.
UGA (United States Gasoline Fund, LP) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $121.0M, a beta of 1.89 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 60.06-125.47, average daily share volume of 68K, a public-listing history dating back to 2008. These structural characteristics shape how UGA etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.89 indicates UGA 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 bear put spread on UGA?
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 UGA snapshot
As of June 29, 2026, spot at $102.35, ATM IV 33.30%, IV rank 16.11%, expected move 9.55%. The bear put spread on UGA 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 18-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on UGA specifically: UGA IV at 33.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a UGA bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.55% (roughly $9.77 on the underlying). The 18-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated UGA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on UGA should anchor to the underlying notional of $102.35 per share and to the trader's directional view on UGA etf.
UGA bear put spread setup
The UGA 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 UGA near $102.35, the first option leg uses a $100.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed UGA chain at a 18-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 UGA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $100.00 | $1.90 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $95.00 | $0.70 |
UGA bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$120.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $380.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$120.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $98.80
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 3.167
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.
UGA bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on UGA. 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% | +$380.00 |
| $22.64 | -77.9% | +$380.00 |
| $45.27 | -55.8% | +$380.00 |
| $67.90 | -33.7% | +$380.00 |
| $90.53 | -11.6% | +$380.00 |
| $113.16 | +10.6% | -$120.00 |
| $135.78 | +32.7% | -$120.00 |
| $158.41 | +54.8% | -$120.00 |
| $181.04 | +76.9% | -$120.00 |
| $203.67 | +99.0% | -$120.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on UGA
Bear put spreads on UGA reduce the cost of a bearish UGA etf position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
UGA thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for UGA extends from approximately $92.58 on the downside to $112.12 on the upside. A UGA bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on UGA, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current UGA IV rank near 16.11% 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 UGA at 33.30%. As a Financial Services name, UGA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to UGA-specific events.
UGA 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. UGA positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move UGA alongside the broader basket even when UGA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on UGA 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 UGA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on UGA?
- A bear put spread on UGA is the bear put spread strategy applied to UGA (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 UGA etf trading near $102.35, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed UGA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are UGA 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 UGA bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 33.30%), the computed maximum profit is $380.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$120.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a UGA bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the UGA bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $98.80 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 UGA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 9.55%; 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 UGA?
- Bear put spreads on UGA reduce the cost of a bearish UGA 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 UGA implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- UGA ATM IV is at 33.30% with IV rank near 16.11%, 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.