CPTL Bear Put Spread Strategy
CPTL (Global X Conscious Companies ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
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CPTL (Global X Conscious Companies ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $120.2M, a beta of 1.01 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 40.412-49.684, average daily share volume of 4K, a public-listing history dating back to 2016. These structural characteristics shape how CPTL stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.01 places CPTL roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. CPTL 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 CPTL?
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.
CPTL snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $49.55, ATM IV 16.90%, expected move 4.85%. The bear put spread on CPTL below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 98-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on CPTL specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for CPTL is inferred from ATM IV at 16.90% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 4.85% (roughly $2.40 on the underlying). The 98-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CPTL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CPTL should anchor to the underlying notional of $49.55 per share and to the trader's directional view on CPTL stock.
CPTL bear put spread setup
The CPTL bear put spread below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CPTL at $49.55 on that close, the first option leg uses a $50.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CPTL chain at a 98-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 CPTL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $50.00 | $1.48 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $47.00 | $0.46 |
CPTL bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$102.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $198.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$102.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $48.98
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.941
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.
CPTL bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on CPTL. 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% | +$198.00 |
| $10.96 | -77.9% | +$198.00 |
| $21.92 | -55.8% | +$198.00 |
| $32.87 | -33.7% | +$198.00 |
| $43.83 | -11.5% | +$198.00 |
| $54.78 | +10.6% | -$102.00 |
| $65.74 | +32.7% | -$102.00 |
| $76.69 | +54.8% | -$102.00 |
| $87.65 | +76.9% | -$102.00 |
| $98.60 | +99.0% | -$102.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on CPTL
Bear put spreads on CPTL reduce the cost of a bearish CPTL stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
CPTL thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CPTL extends from approximately $47.15 on the downside to $51.95 on the upside. A CPTL bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on CPTL, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. As a Financial Services name, CPTL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CPTL-specific events.
CPTL 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. CPTL positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CPTL alongside the broader basket even when CPTL-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on CPTL 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 CPTL chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on CPTL?
- A bear put spread on CPTL is the bear put spread strategy applied to CPTL (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 CPTL stock at $49.55 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CPTL chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CPTL 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 CPTL bear put spread priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 16.90%), the computed maximum profit is $198.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$102.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CPTL bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the CPTL bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $48.98 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The CPTL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 4.85%; 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 CPTL?
- Bear put spreads on CPTL reduce the cost of a bearish CPTL 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 CPTL implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- Current CPTL ATM IV is 16.90%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.