How are URNM 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 URNM cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 42.80%), the computed maximum profit is $162.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$5,036.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

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

The breakeven for the URNM cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $50.38 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 URNM market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 12.27%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

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

URNM ATM IV is at 42.80% with IV rank near 19.57%, 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.

URNM Cash-Secured Put Strategy

URNM (Sprott Uranium Miners ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.

The Sprott Uranium Miners ETF (URNM) primarily invests a minimum of 80% of its total assets in companies included in its benchmark index. This index is specifically designed to track businesses that dedicate a substantial portion—at least 50%—of their assets to either: (1) the direct activities of uranium mining, exploration, development, and production, or (2) related non-mining ventures such as holding physical uranium, owning uranium royalties, or providing other support services to the uranium industry. It's important to note that this fund is not diversified, concentrating its investments within this specific sector.

URNM (Sprott Uranium Miners ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.28B, a beta of 0.92 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 43.56-84.95, average daily share volume of 625K, a public-listing history dating back to 2019. These structural characteristics shape how URNM etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.92 places URNM roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. URNM 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 URNM?

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.

URNM snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $54.67, ATM IV 42.80%, IV rank 19.57%, expected move 12.27%. The cash-secured put on URNM 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 35-day expiry.

Why this cash-secured put structure on URNM specifically: URNM IV at 42.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling URNM cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 12.27% (roughly $6.71 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated URNM expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on URNM should anchor to the underlying notional of $54.67 per share and to the trader's directional view on URNM etf.

URNM cash-secured put setup

The URNM 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 URNM at $54.67 on that close, the first option leg uses a $52.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed URNM chain at a 35-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 URNM shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Put	$52.00	$1.63

URNM cash-secured put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$162.50
Max Profit (per contract): $162.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$5,036.50
Breakeven(s): $50.38
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.032

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

URNM cash-secured put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on URNM. 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%	-$5,036.50
$12.10	-77.9%	-$3,827.83
$24.18	-55.8%	-$2,619.15
$36.27	-33.7%	-$1,410.48
$48.36	-11.5%	-$201.81
$60.44	+10.6%	+$162.50
$72.53	+32.7%	+$162.50
$84.62	+54.8%	+$162.50
$96.70	+76.9%	+$162.50
$108.79	+99.0%	+$162.50

When traders use cash-secured put on URNM

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

URNM thesis for this cash-secured put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for URNM extends from approximately $47.96 on the downside to $61.38 on the upside. A URNM cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire URNM 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 URNM IV rank near 19.57% 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 URNM at 42.80%. As a Financial Services name, URNM options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to URNM-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a cash-secured put on URNM?: A cash-secured put on URNM is the cash-secured put strategy applied to URNM (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 URNM etf at $54.67 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed URNM chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are URNM 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 URNM cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 42.80%), the computed maximum profit is $162.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$5,036.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a URNM cash-secured put?: The breakeven for the URNM cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $50.38 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 URNM market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 12.27%; 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 URNM?: Cash-secured puts on URNM earn premium while a trader waits to acquire URNM etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning URNM.
How does current URNM implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?: URNM ATM IV is at 42.80% with IV rank near 19.57%, 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.