DRMY Bear Put Spread Strategy
DRMY (XFUNDS MEMORY INCOME ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
An actively managed fund that targets companies across the memory semiconductor ecosystem, including HBM, DRAM, NAND and NOR flash, SSDs, and HDDs. The ETF seeks to combine exposure to businesses supporting artificial intelligence and high‑performance computing with an options-based income strategy to generate premium income and provide weekly cash distributions.
DRMY (XFUNDS MEMORY INCOME ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.6M, a beta of 0.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 38.16-52.92, average daily share volume of 10K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how DRMY stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.00 indicates DRMY has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. DRMY 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 DRMY?
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.
DRMY snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $50.78, ATM IV 56.20%, expected move 16.11%. The bear put spread on DRMY below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 17-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on DRMY specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for DRMY is inferred from ATM IV at 56.20% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.11% (roughly $8.18 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated DRMY expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on DRMY should anchor to the underlying notional of $50.78 per share and to the trader's directional view on DRMY stock.
DRMY bear put spread setup
The DRMY bear put spread below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With DRMY at $50.78 on that close, the first option leg uses a $51.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed DRMY chain at a 17-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 DRMY shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $51.00 | $3.35 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $48.00 | $1.65 |
DRMY bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$170.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $130.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$170.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $49.30
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.765
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.
DRMY bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on DRMY. 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% | +$130.00 |
| $11.24 | -77.9% | +$130.00 |
| $22.46 | -55.8% | +$130.00 |
| $33.69 | -33.7% | +$130.00 |
| $44.92 | -11.5% | +$130.00 |
| $56.14 | +10.6% | -$170.00 |
| $67.37 | +32.7% | -$170.00 |
| $78.60 | +54.8% | -$170.00 |
| $89.82 | +76.9% | -$170.00 |
| $101.05 | +99.0% | -$170.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on DRMY
Bear put spreads on DRMY reduce the cost of a bearish DRMY stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
DRMY thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for DRMY extends from approximately $42.60 on the downside to $58.96 on the upside. A DRMY bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on DRMY, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. As a Financial Services name, DRMY options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to DRMY-specific events.
DRMY 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. DRMY positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move DRMY alongside the broader basket even when DRMY-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on DRMY 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 DRMY chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on DRMY?
- A bear put spread on DRMY is the bear put spread strategy applied to DRMY (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 DRMY stock at $50.78 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed DRMY chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are DRMY 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 DRMY bear put spread priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 56.20%), the computed maximum profit is $130.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$170.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a DRMY bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the DRMY bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $49.30 at expiration, derived from the September 29, 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 DRMY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 16.11%; 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 DRMY?
- Bear put spreads on DRMY reduce the cost of a bearish DRMY 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 DRMY implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- Current DRMY ATM IV is 56.20%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.