How are FDRS cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?

Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the FDRS cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 13.10%), the computed maximum profit is $27.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$2,372.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a FDRS cash-secured put?

The breakeven for the FDRS cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $23.73 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 FDRS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 3.76%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current FDRS implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?

FDRS ATM IV is at 13.10% with IV rank near 0.15%, 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.

FDRS Cash-Secured Put Strategy

FDRS (Founder-Led ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.

The FDRS ETF invests in a portfolio comprising the top 50 U.S. companies that remain under the leadership of at least one of their founders. While these companies can have any market capitalization, their individual weighting within the portfolio is determined by their market value, with no single stock accounting for more than 10% of the total. The fund's underlying index is reviewed and adjusted quarterly, specifically on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. Classified as non-diversified, this fund may, at times, exhibit significant concentration in particular sectors or industries.

FDRS (Founder-Led ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $11.1M, a beta of 1.34 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 19.37-25.75, average daily share volume of 75K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how FDRS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.34 indicates FDRS has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.

What is a cash-secured put on FDRS?

A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike.

FDRS snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $25.05, ATM IV 13.10%, IV rank 0.15%, expected move 3.76%. The cash-secured put on FDRS 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 35-day expiry.

Why this cash-secured put structure on FDRS specifically: FDRS IV at 13.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling FDRS cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 3.76% (roughly $0.94 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FDRS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FDRS should anchor to the underlying notional of $25.05 per share and to the trader's directional view on FDRS stock.

FDRS cash-secured put setup

The FDRS cash-secured put 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 FDRS at $25.05 on that close, the first option leg uses a $24.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FDRS chain at a 35-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 FDRS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Put	$24.00	$0.27

FDRS cash-secured put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$27.00
Max Profit (per contract): $27.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$2,372.00
Breakeven(s): $23.73
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.011

Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.

FDRS cash-secured put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on FDRS. 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%	-$2,372.00
$5.55	-77.9%	-$1,818.24
$11.09	-55.7%	-$1,264.48
$16.62	-33.6%	-$710.72
$22.16	-11.5%	-$156.96
$27.70	+10.6%	+$27.00
$33.24	+32.7%	+$27.00
$38.77	+54.8%	+$27.00
$44.31	+76.9%	+$27.00
$49.85	+99.0%	+$27.00

When traders use cash-secured put on FDRS

Cash-secured puts on FDRS earn premium while a trader waits to acquire FDRS stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning FDRS.

FDRS thesis for this cash-secured put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FDRS extends from approximately $24.11 on the downside to $25.99 on the upside. A FDRS cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire FDRS at the strike price; the strategy is most attractive when the trader is comfortable holding the underlying at that level and IV is rich enough to compensate for the assignment risk. Current FDRS IV rank near 0.15% 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 FDRS at 13.10%. As a Financial Services name, FDRS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FDRS-specific events.

FDRS cash-secured put positions are structurally neutral to slightly bullish; 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. FDRS positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FDRS alongside the broader basket even when FDRS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on FDRS carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical FDRS earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current FDRS chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a cash-secured put on FDRS?: A cash-secured put on FDRS is the cash-secured put strategy applied to FDRS (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike. With FDRS stock at $25.05 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FDRS chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are FDRS cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?: Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the FDRS cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 13.10%), the computed maximum profit is $27.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$2,372.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a FDRS cash-secured put?: The breakeven for the FDRS cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $23.73 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 FDRS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 3.76%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a cash-secured put on FDRS?: Cash-secured puts on FDRS earn premium while a trader waits to acquire FDRS stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning FDRS.
How does current FDRS implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?: FDRS ATM IV is at 13.10% with IV rank near 0.15%, 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.