AXS Long Put Strategy
AXS (AXIS Capital Holdings Limited), in the Financial Services sector, (Insurance - Diversified industry), listed on NYSE.
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. engages in the provision of various insurance and reinsurance products and services. It operates through the Insurance and Reinsurance segments. The Insurance segment offers property, marine, terrorism, aviation, political risk, professional lines, liability, accident, and health insurance products. The Reinsurance segment offers non-life treaty reinsurance to insurance companies. The company was founded on December 9, 2002, and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.
AXS (AXIS Capital Holdings Limited) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Insurance - Diversified, with a market capitalization of approximately $8.02B, a trailing P/E of 7.53, a beta of 0.52 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 88.07-110.34, average daily share volume of 628K, a public-listing history dating back to 2003, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AXS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.52 indicates AXS 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 7.53 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. AXS pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a long put on AXS?
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 AXS snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $108.22, ATM IV 340.80%, IV rank 67.42%, expected move 97.70%. The long put on AXS 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 52-day expiry.
Why this long put structure on AXS specifically: AXS IV at 340.80% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 97.70% (roughly $105.74 on the underlying). The 52-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated AXS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AXS should anchor to the underlying notional of $108.22 per share and to the trader's directional view on AXS stock.
AXS long put setup
The AXS 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 AXS near $108.22, the first option leg uses a $110.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AXS chain at a 52-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 AXS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $110.00 | $4.35 |
AXS long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$435.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $10,564.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$435.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $105.65
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 24.285
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
AXS long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on AXS. 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% | +$10,564.00 |
| $23.94 | -77.9% | +$8,171.31 |
| $47.86 | -55.8% | +$5,778.61 |
| $71.79 | -33.7% | +$3,385.92 |
| $95.72 | -11.6% | +$993.23 |
| $119.64 | +10.6% | -$435.00 |
| $143.57 | +32.7% | -$435.00 |
| $167.50 | +54.8% | -$435.00 |
| $191.43 | +76.9% | -$435.00 |
| $215.35 | +99.0% | -$435.00 |
When traders use long put on AXS
Long puts on AXS hedge an existing long AXS stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying AXS exposure being hedged.
AXS thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AXS extends from approximately $2.48 on the downside to $213.96 on the upside. A AXS long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long AXS position with one put per 100 shares held. Current AXS IV rank near 67.42% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the long put thesis on AXS should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, AXS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AXS-specific events.
AXS 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. AXS positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AXS alongside the broader basket even when AXS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on AXS 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 AXS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on AXS?
- A long put on AXS is the long put strategy applied to AXS (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 AXS stock trading near $108.22, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AXS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are AXS 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 AXS long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 340.80%), the computed maximum profit is $10,564.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$435.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a AXS long put?
- The breakeven for the AXS long put priced on this page is roughly $105.65 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 AXS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 97.70%; 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 AXS?
- Long puts on AXS hedge an existing long AXS stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying AXS exposure being hedged.
- How does current AXS implied volatility affect this long put?
- AXS ATM IV is at 340.80% with IV rank near 67.42%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.