How are AMAU 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 AMAU cash-secured put priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 109.00%), the computed maximum profit is $330.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,169.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

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

The breakeven for the AMAU cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $11.70 at expiration, derived from the September 29, 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 AMAU market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 31.25%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

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

Current AMAU ATM IV is 109.00%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.

AMAU Cash-Secured Put Strategy

AMAU (Themes ETF Trust - Leverage Shares 2X Long AMAT Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.

AMAU is designedfor makingbullishbets on the stock price ofApplied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT), through swap agreements. Theobjectiveis to obtain daily leveraged exposure equivalent to 200% of the fund's net assets. Tomaintainthis exposure, daily rebalancing is performed tomake adjustmentsin response toAMAT's daily price movements. As a geared product, the fund is intended as a short-term tactical tool, ratherthan asa long-term investment vehicle. As a result, returns may deviate from the expected 2x if held for longer than a single day due to compounding. This strategy is high-risk and does not include a defensive position as part of its overall process.

AMAU (Themes ETF Trust - Leverage Shares 2X Long AMAT Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $22.2M, a beta of -30.15 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 10.11-37.41, average daily share volume of 282K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how AMAU stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of -30.15 indicates AMAU has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.

What is a cash-secured put on AMAU?

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.

AMAU snapshot

As of September 29, 2026, spot at $15.27, ATM IV 109.00%, expected move 31.25%. The cash-secured put on AMAU below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 80-day expiry.

Why this cash-secured put structure on AMAU specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for AMAU is inferred from ATM IV at 109.00% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 31.25% (roughly $4.77 on the underlying). The 80-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated AMAU expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AMAU should anchor to the underlying notional of $15.27 per share and to the trader's directional view on AMAU stock.

AMAU cash-secured put setup

The AMAU cash-secured put below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With AMAU at $15.27 on that close, the first option leg uses a $15.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AMAU chain at a 80-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 AMAU shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Put	$15.00	$3.30

AMAU cash-secured put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$330.00
Max Profit (per contract): $330.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$1,169.00
Breakeven(s): $11.70
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.282

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

AMAU cash-secured put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on AMAU. 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	-99.9%	-$1,169.00
$3.39	-77.8%	-$831.48
$6.76	-55.7%	-$493.96
$10.14	-33.6%	-$156.45
$13.51	-11.5%	+$181.07
$16.89	+10.6%	+$330.00
$20.26	+32.7%	+$330.00
$23.64	+54.8%	+$330.00
$27.01	+76.9%	+$330.00
$30.39	+99.0%	+$330.00

When traders use cash-secured put on AMAU

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

AMAU thesis for this cash-secured put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AMAU extends from approximately $10.50 on the downside to $20.04 on the upside. A AMAU cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire AMAU 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. As a Financial Services name, AMAU options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AMAU-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a cash-secured put on AMAU?: A cash-secured put on AMAU is the cash-secured put strategy applied to AMAU (stock). 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 AMAU stock at $15.27 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AMAU chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are AMAU 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 AMAU cash-secured put priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 109.00%), the computed maximum profit is $330.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,169.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a AMAU cash-secured put?: The breakeven for the AMAU cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $11.70 at expiration, derived from the September 29, 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 AMAU market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 31.25%; 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 AMAU?: Cash-secured puts on AMAU earn premium while a trader waits to acquire AMAU stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning AMAU.
How does current AMAU implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?: Current AMAU ATM IV is 109.00%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.