CPT Bear Put Spread Strategy

CPT (Camden Property Trust), in the Real Estate sector, (REIT - Residential industry), listed on NYSE.

Camden Property Trust, an S&P 400 Company, is a real estate company primarily engaged in the ownership, management, development, redevelopment, acquisition, and construction of multifamily apartment communities. Camden owns interests in and operates 167 properties containing 56,850 apartment homes across the United States. Upon completion of 7 properties currently under development, the Company's portfolio will increase to 59,104 apartment homes in 174 properties. Camden has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For® by FORTUNE magazine for 13 consecutive years, most recently ranking #18. The Company also received a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award in 2020, ranking #25 for large U.S. companies.

CPT (Camden Property Trust) trades in the Real Estate sector, specifically REIT - Residential, with a market capitalization of approximately $10.59B, a trailing P/E of 28.46, a beta of 0.82 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 96.53-119.89, average daily share volume of 1.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 1993, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CPT stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.82 places CPT roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. CPT pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a bear put spread on CPT?

A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.

Current CPT snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $102.81, ATM IV 20.20%, IV rank 3.82%, expected move 5.79%. The bear put spread on CPT 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 bear put spread structure on CPT specifically: CPT IV at 20.20% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CPT bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.79% (roughly $5.95 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 CPT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CPT should anchor to the underlying notional of $102.81 per share and to the trader's directional view on CPT stock.

CPT bear put spread setup

The CPT bear put spread below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CPT near $102.81, the first option leg uses a $105.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CPT 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 CPT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

CPT bear put spread risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit

-$192.50

Max Profit (per contract)

$307.50

Max Loss (per contract)

-$192.50

Breakeven(s)

$103.08

Risk / Reward Ratio

1.597

Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit.

CPT bear put spread payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on CPT. 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 bear put spread on CPT

Bear put spreads on CPT reduce the cost of a bearish CPT stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.

CPT thesis for this bear put spread

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CPT extends from approximately $96.86 on the downside to $108.76 on the upside. A CPT bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on CPT, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current CPT IV rank near 3.82% 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 CPT at 20.20%. As a Real Estate name, CPT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CPT-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a bear put spread on CPT?

A bear put spread on CPT is the bear put spread strategy applied to CPT (stock). The strategy is structurally moderately bearish: A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With CPT stock trading near $102.81, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CPT chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.

How are CPT bear put spread max profit and max loss calculated?

Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit. For the CPT bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.20%), the computed maximum profit is $307.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$192.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a CPT bear put spread?

The breakeven for the CPT bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $103.08 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 CPT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.79%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

When should you consider a bear put spread on CPT?

Bear put spreads on CPT reduce the cost of a bearish CPT stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.

How does current CPT implied volatility affect this bear put spread?

CPT ATM IV is at 20.20% with IV rank near 3.82%, 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.

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