How are WEED 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 WEED cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.80%), the computed maximum profit is $107.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,791.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

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

The breakeven for the WEED cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $17.93 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 WEED market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 15.71%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

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

WEED ATM IV is at 54.80% with IV rank near 7.06%, 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.

WEED Cash-Secured Put Strategy

WEED (Roundhill Investments - Cannabis ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.

Roundhill's perspective is that the ongoing trend of cannabis legalization across U.S. states and various international governments will create significant growth opportunities within the cannabis industry. The Roundhill Cannabis ETF (ticker: WEED) is designed to provide focused investment access specifically to the most prominent American cannabis enterprises.

WEED (Roundhill Investments - Cannabis ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $9.9M, a beta of 1.05 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 12.712-31.047, average daily share volume of 22K, a public-listing history dating back to 2022. These structural characteristics shape how WEED etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.05 places WEED roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.

What is a cash-secured put on WEED?

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.

WEED snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $20.27, ATM IV 54.80%, IV rank 7.06%, expected move 15.71%. The cash-secured put on WEED 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 WEED specifically: WEED IV at 54.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling WEED cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.71% (roughly $3.18 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 WEED expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on WEED should anchor to the underlying notional of $20.27 per share and to the trader's directional view on WEED etf.

WEED cash-secured put setup

The WEED 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 WEED at $20.27 on that close, the first option leg uses a $19.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed WEED 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 WEED shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Put	$19.00	$1.08

WEED cash-secured put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$107.50
Max Profit (per contract): $107.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$1,791.50
Breakeven(s): $17.93
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.060

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

WEED cash-secured put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on WEED. 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%	-$1,791.50
$4.49	-77.8%	-$1,343.43
$8.97	-55.7%	-$895.36
$13.45	-33.6%	-$447.29
$17.93	-11.5%	+$0.78
$22.41	+10.6%	+$107.50
$26.89	+32.7%	+$107.50
$31.37	+54.8%	+$107.50
$35.86	+76.9%	+$107.50
$40.34	+99.0%	+$107.50

When traders use cash-secured put on WEED

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

WEED thesis for this cash-secured put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WEED extends from approximately $17.09 on the downside to $23.45 on the upside. A WEED cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire WEED 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 WEED IV rank near 7.06% 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 WEED at 54.80%. As a Financial Services name, WEED options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to WEED-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a cash-secured put on WEED?: A cash-secured put on WEED is the cash-secured put strategy applied to WEED (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 WEED etf at $20.27 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed WEED chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are WEED 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 WEED cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.80%), the computed maximum profit is $107.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,791.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a WEED cash-secured put?: The breakeven for the WEED cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $17.93 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 WEED market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 15.71%; 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 WEED?: Cash-secured puts on WEED earn premium while a trader waits to acquire WEED etf at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning WEED.
How does current WEED implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?: WEED ATM IV is at 54.80% with IV rank near 7.06%, 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.