AMTX Long Put Strategy
AMTX (Aemetis, Inc.), in the Energy sector, (Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Aemetis, Inc. operates as a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company in North America and India. It operates through three segments: California Ethanol, Dairy Renewable Natural Gas, and India Biodiesel. The company focuses on the acquisition, development, and commercialization of negative carbon intensity products and technologies that replace traditional petroleum-based products. It sells biodiesel primarily to government oil marketing companies, transport companies, resellers, distributors, and private refiners through its own sales force and independent sales agents, as well as to brokers who resell the product to end-users. The company also produces and sells ethanol; and wet distillers grains, distillers corn oil, and condensed distillers solubles to dairies and feedlots as animal feed. In addition, it produces dairy biogas; produces and sells high-grade alcohol and various feed products, as well as hand sanitizers; and researches and develops conversion technologies using waste feedstocks to produce biofuels and biochemicals.
AMTX (Aemetis, Inc.) trades in the Energy sector, specifically Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, with a market capitalization of approximately $155.5M, a beta of 1.46 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.3-3.8, average daily share volume of 1.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2006, approximately 223 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AMTX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.46 indicates AMTX has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a long put on AMTX?
A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration.
Current AMTX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.30, ATM IV 106.80%, IV rank 27.81%, expected move 30.62%. The long put on AMTX 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 long put structure on AMTX specifically: AMTX IV at 106.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a AMTX long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 30.62% (roughly $0.70 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 AMTX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AMTX should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.30 per share and to the trader's directional view on AMTX stock.
AMTX long put setup
The AMTX long 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 AMTX near $2.30, the first option leg uses a $2.30 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AMTX 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 AMTX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $2.30 | N/A |
AMTX long 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 the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
AMTX long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on AMTX. 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 long put on AMTX
Long puts on AMTX hedge an existing long AMTX stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying AMTX exposure being hedged.
AMTX thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AMTX extends from approximately $1.60 on the downside to $3.00 on the upside. A AMTX long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long AMTX position with one put per 100 shares held. Current AMTX IV rank near 27.81% 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 AMTX at 106.80%. As a Energy name, AMTX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AMTX-specific events.
AMTX long put positions are structurally 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. AMTX positions also carry Energy sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AMTX alongside the broader basket even when AMTX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on AMTX 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 AMTX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on AMTX?
- A long put on AMTX is the long put strategy applied to AMTX (stock). The strategy is structurally bearish: A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration. With AMTX stock trading near $2.30, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AMTX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are AMTX long put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the AMTX long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 106.80%), 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 AMTX long put?
- The breakeven for the AMTX long 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 AMTX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 30.62%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a long put on AMTX?
- Long puts on AMTX hedge an existing long AMTX stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying AMTX exposure being hedged.
- How does current AMTX implied volatility affect this long put?
- AMTX ATM IV is at 106.80% with IV rank near 27.81%, 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.