How are CPB 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 CPB long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 33.12%), the computed maximum profit is $2,109.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$90.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a CPB long put?

The breakeven for the CPB long put priced on this page is roughly $21.10 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 CPB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 9.50%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current CPB implied volatility affect this long put?

CPB ATM IV is at 33.12% with IV rank near 54.31%, 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.

CPB Long Put Strategy

CPB (Campbell Soup Company), in the Consumer Defensive sector, (Packaged Foods industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Campbell Soup Company (CPB) is a leading international producer and marketer of a wide variety of food and beverage products. The enterprise conducts its business through two main operational divisions: Meals & Beverages and Snacks. The Meals & Beverages segment serves both retail and food service industries throughout the United States and Canada. Its extensive product range includes classic Campbell's condensed and ready-to-enjoy soups; Swanson brand broths and stocks; Pacific Foods' line of broths, soups, and non-dairy beverages; Prego pasta sauces; Pace brand Mexican sauces; Campbell's gravies, pasta dishes, beans, and dinner sauces; Swanson canned poultry; Plum organic baby food and snacks; V8 juices and drinks; and Campbell's tomato juice. The Snacks division primarily targets the retail sector, with a significant presence in Latin America. This segment offers a diverse array of treats, such as Pepperidge Farm's selection of cookies, crackers, fresh bakery items, and frozen goods, including Milano cookies and Goldfish crackers.

CPB (Campbell Soup Company) trades in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically Packaged Foods, with a market capitalization of approximately $6.78B, a trailing P/E of 11.14, a beta of 0.01 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 19.56-34.17, average daily share volume of 9.5M, a public-listing history dating back to 1954, approximately 14K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CPB stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.01 indicates CPB 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 11.14 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. CPB pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a long put on CPB?

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 CPB snapshot

As of June 30, 2026, spot at $22.22, ATM IV 33.12%, IV rank 54.31%, expected move 9.50%. The long put on CPB 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 31-day expiry.

Why this long put structure on CPB specifically: CPB IV at 33.12% 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 9.50% (roughly $2.11 on the underlying). The 31-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CPB expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CPB should anchor to the underlying notional of $22.22 per share and to the trader's directional view on CPB stock.

CPB long put setup

The CPB 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 CPB near $22.22, the first option leg uses a $22.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CPB chain at a 31-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 CPB shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Put	$22.00	$0.90

CPB long put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$90.00
Max Profit (per contract): $2,109.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$90.00
Breakeven(s): $21.10
Risk / Reward Ratio: 23.433

Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.

CPB long put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on CPB. 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	-100.0%	+$2,109.00
$4.92	-77.8%	+$1,617.81
$9.83	-55.7%	+$1,126.63
$14.75	-33.6%	+$635.44
$19.66	-11.5%	+$144.26
$24.57	+10.6%	-$90.00
$29.48	+32.7%	-$90.00
$34.39	+54.8%	-$90.00
$39.30	+76.9%	-$90.00
$44.22	+99.0%	-$90.00

When traders use long put on CPB

Long puts on CPB hedge an existing long CPB stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying CPB exposure being hedged.

CPB thesis for this long put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CPB extends from approximately $20.11 on the downside to $24.33 on the upside. A CPB long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long CPB position with one put per 100 shares held. Current CPB IV rank near 54.31% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the long put thesis on CPB should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Consumer Defensive name, CPB options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CPB-specific events.

CPB 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. CPB positions also carry Consumer Defensive sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CPB alongside the broader basket even when CPB-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on CPB 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 CPB chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a long put on CPB?: A long put on CPB is the long put strategy applied to CPB (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 CPB stock trading near $22.22, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CPB chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are CPB 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 CPB long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 33.12%), the computed maximum profit is $2,109.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$90.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a CPB long put?: The breakeven for the CPB long put priced on this page is roughly $21.10 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 CPB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 9.50%; 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 CPB?: Long puts on CPB hedge an existing long CPB stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying CPB exposure being hedged.
How does current CPB implied volatility affect this long put?: CPB ATM IV is at 33.12% with IV rank near 54.31%, 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.