AMTM Cash-Secured Put Strategy
AMTM (Amentum Holdings, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Aerospace & Defense industry), listed on NYSE.
Amentum Holdings, Inc. provides mission-critical, technology-driven services in government and commercial markets. It operates through two operating segments: Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence. The Critical Mission Solutions segment provides test, training, and operations services for missile defense systems, IT and engineering services to defense clients and the space sector, technological solutions, including installations, decommissioning, and environmental remediation to energy clients, and other highly technical consulting solutions. The Cyber & Intelligence segment provides advanced cyber training and data analytics for government professionals, advanced communication systems and aerial mapping technologies to national security clients, and other technical services for United States defense and intelligence clients. The company was founded on November 26, 2019 and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA.
AMTM (Amentum Holdings, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Aerospace & Defense, with a market capitalization of approximately $5.65B, a trailing P/E of 38.17, a beta of 0.44 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 19.11-38.11, average daily share volume of 1.9M, a public-listing history dating back to 2024, approximately 53K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AMTM stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.44 indicates AMTM has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 38.17 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.
What is a cash-secured put on AMTM?
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.
Current AMTM snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $22.97, ATM IV 46.90%, IV rank 11.23%, expected move 13.45%. The cash-secured put on AMTM 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 34-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on AMTM specifically: AMTM IV at 46.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling AMTM cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 13.45% (roughly $3.09 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated AMTM expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AMTM should anchor to the underlying notional of $22.97 per share and to the trader's directional view on AMTM stock.
AMTM cash-secured put setup
The AMTM cash-secured put below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With AMTM near $22.97, the first option leg uses a $21.82 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AMTM chain at a 34-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 AMTM shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $21.82 | N/A |
AMTM cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
AMTM cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on AMTM. 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.
When traders use cash-secured put on AMTM
Cash-secured puts on AMTM earn premium while a trader waits to acquire AMTM stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning AMTM.
AMTM thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AMTM extends from approximately $19.88 on the downside to $26.06 on the upside. A AMTM cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire AMTM 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 AMTM IV rank near 11.23% 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 AMTM at 46.90%. As a Industrials name, AMTM options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AMTM-specific events.
AMTM 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. AMTM positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AMTM alongside the broader basket even when AMTM-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on AMTM carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical AMTM earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current AMTM chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on AMTM?
- A cash-secured put on AMTM is the cash-secured put strategy applied to AMTM (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 AMTM stock trading near $22.97, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AMTM chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are AMTM 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 AMTM cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 46.90%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a AMTM cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the AMTM cash-secured put priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 AMTM market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 13.45%; 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 AMTM?
- Cash-secured puts on AMTM earn premium while a trader waits to acquire AMTM stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning AMTM.
- How does current AMTM implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- AMTM ATM IV is at 46.90% with IV rank near 11.23%, 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.