FC Long Put Strategy
FC (Franklin Covey Co.), in the Industrials sector, (Consulting Services industry), listed on NYSE.
Franklin Covey Co. provides training and consulting services in the areas of execution, sales performance, productivity, customer loyalty, and educational improvement for organizations and individuals worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Direct Offices, International Licensees, and Education Practice. It also provides a suite of individual-effectiveness and leadership-development training and products. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
FC (Franklin Covey Co.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Consulting Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $239.9M, a beta of 0.78 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 11.16-24.7, average daily share volume of 187K, a public-listing history dating back to 1992, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.78 places FC roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a long put on FC?
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 FC snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $20.52, ATM IV 73.80%, IV rank 22.41%, expected move 21.16%. The long put on FC 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 long put structure on FC specifically: FC IV at 73.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a FC long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 21.16% (roughly $4.34 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 FC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FC should anchor to the underlying notional of $20.52 per share and to the trader's directional view on FC stock.
FC long put setup
The FC 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 FC near $20.52, the first option leg uses a $20.52 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FC 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 FC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $20.52 | N/A |
FC long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
FC long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on FC. 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 long put on FC
Long puts on FC hedge an existing long FC stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying FC exposure being hedged.
FC thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FC extends from approximately $16.18 on the downside to $24.86 on the upside. A FC long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long FC position with one put per 100 shares held. Current FC IV rank near 22.41% 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 FC at 73.80%. As a Industrials name, FC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FC-specific events.
FC 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. FC positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FC alongside the broader basket even when FC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on FC 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 FC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on FC?
- A long put on FC is the long put strategy applied to FC (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 FC stock trading near $20.52, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FC 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 FC long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 73.80%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FC long put?
- The breakeven for the FC long put priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 FC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 21.16%; 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 FC?
- Long puts on FC hedge an existing long FC stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying FC exposure being hedged.
- How does current FC implied volatility affect this long put?
- FC ATM IV is at 73.80% with IV rank near 22.41%, 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.