ACN Bear Put Spread Strategy
ACN (Accenture plc), in the Technology sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NYSE.
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ACN (Accenture plc) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $98.25B, a trailing P/E of 12.82, a beta of 1.07 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 155.82-324, average daily share volume of 6.8M, a public-listing history dating back to 2001, approximately 801K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how ACN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.07 places ACN roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. ACN pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a bear put spread on ACN?
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 ACN snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $168.55, ATM IV 48.04%, IV rank 79.10%, expected move 13.77%. The bear put spread on ACN 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 28-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on ACN specifically: ACN IV at 48.04% is rich versus its 1-year range, which makes a premium-buying ACN bear put spread relatively expensive in absolute-cost terms, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 13.77% (roughly $23.21 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 ACN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on ACN should anchor to the underlying notional of $168.55 per share and to the trader's directional view on ACN stock.
ACN bear put spread setup
The ACN 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 ACN near $168.55, the first option leg uses a $170.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed ACN 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 ACN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $170.00 | $8.65 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $160.00 | $4.40 |
ACN bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$425.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $575.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$425.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $165.75
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.353
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.
ACN bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on ACN. 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% | +$575.00 |
| $37.28 | -77.9% | +$575.00 |
| $74.54 | -55.8% | +$575.00 |
| $111.81 | -33.7% | +$575.00 |
| $149.07 | -11.6% | +$575.00 |
| $186.34 | +10.6% | -$425.00 |
| $223.61 | +32.7% | -$425.00 |
| $260.87 | +54.8% | -$425.00 |
| $298.14 | +76.9% | -$425.00 |
| $335.41 | +99.0% | -$425.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on ACN
Bear put spreads on ACN reduce the cost of a bearish ACN stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
ACN thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for ACN extends from approximately $145.34 on the downside to $191.76 on the upside. A ACN bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on ACN, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current ACN IV rank near 79.10% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on ACN at 48.04%. As a Technology name, ACN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to ACN-specific events.
ACN 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. ACN positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move ACN alongside the broader basket even when ACN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on ACN 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 ACN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on ACN?
- A bear put spread on ACN is the bear put spread strategy applied to ACN (stock). 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 ACN stock trading near $168.55, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed ACN chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are ACN 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 ACN bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 48.04%), the computed maximum profit is $575.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$425.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a ACN bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the ACN bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $165.75 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 ACN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 13.77%; 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 ACN?
- Bear put spreads on ACN reduce the cost of a bearish ACN stock 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 ACN implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- ACN ATM IV is at 48.04% with IV rank near 79.10%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.