How are URA 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 URA cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 43.70%), the computed maximum profit is $117.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$4,181.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

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

The breakeven for the URA cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $41.83 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 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 URA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 12.53%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

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

URA ATM IV is at 43.70% with IV rank near 27.62%, 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.

URA Cash-Secured Put Strategy

URA (Global X - Uranium ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.

The Global X Uranium ETF, identified by the symbol URA, aims to replicate the overall performance of the Solactive Global Uranium & Nuclear Components Total Return Index. This objective includes tracking both the price appreciation and income generated by the index's constituents, measured before any of the ETF's operational fees and expenses are deducted.

URA (Global X - Uranium ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.51B, a beta of 1.41 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 35.64-62.28, average daily share volume of 3.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2010. These structural characteristics shape how URA etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.41 indicates URA has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. URA 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 URA?

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.

URA snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $45.05, ATM IV 43.70%, IV rank 27.62%, expected move 12.53%. The cash-secured put on URA below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 28-day expiry.

Why this cash-secured put structure on URA specifically: URA IV at 43.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling URA cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 12.53% (roughly $5.64 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated URA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on URA should anchor to the underlying notional of $45.05 per share and to the trader's directional view on URA etf.

URA cash-secured put setup

The URA cash-secured put below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With URA at $45.05 on that close, the first option leg uses a $43.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed URA chain at a 28-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 URA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Put	$43.00	$1.18

URA cash-secured put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$117.50
Max Profit (per contract): $117.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$4,181.50
Breakeven(s): $41.83
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.028

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

URA cash-secured put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on URA. 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	-100.0%	-$4,181.50
$9.97	-77.9%	-$3,185.53
$19.93	-55.8%	-$2,189.56
$29.89	-33.7%	-$1,193.59
$39.85	-11.5%	-$197.62
$49.81	+10.6%	+$117.50
$59.77	+32.7%	+$117.50
$69.73	+54.8%	+$117.50
$79.69	+76.9%	+$117.50
$89.65	+99.0%	+$117.50

When traders use cash-secured put on URA

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

URA thesis for this cash-secured put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for URA extends from approximately $39.41 on the downside to $50.69 on the upside. A URA cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire URA 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 URA IV rank near 27.62% 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 URA at 43.70%. As a Financial Services name, URA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to URA-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a cash-secured put on URA?: A cash-secured put on URA is the cash-secured put strategy applied to URA (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 URA etf at $45.05 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed URA chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are URA 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 URA cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 43.70%), the computed maximum profit is $117.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$4,181.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a URA cash-secured put?: The breakeven for the URA cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $41.83 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 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 URA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot 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 cash-secured put on URA?: Cash-secured puts on URA earn premium while a trader waits to acquire URA etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning URA.
How does current URA implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?: URA ATM IV is at 43.70% with IV rank near 27.62%, 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.