FIS Cash-Secured Put Strategy
FIS (Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NYSE.
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. provides technology solutions for merchants, banks, and capital markets firms worldwide. It operates through Merchant Solutions, Banking Solutions, and Capital Market Solutions segments. The Merchant Solutions segment offers enterprise acquiring, software-led small- to medium-sized businesses acquiring, and global e-commerce solutions. The Banking Solutions segment provides core processing and ancillary applications; digital solutions, including Internet, mobile, and e-banking; fraud, risk management, and compliance solutions; electronic funds transfer and network services; card and retail payment solutions; wealth and retirement solutions; and item processing and output services. The Capital Market Solutions segment offers securities processing and finance, global trading, asset management and insurance, and corporate liquidity solutions. Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
FIS (Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $22.02B, a trailing P/E of 8.21, a beta of 0.83 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 41.64-82.74, average daily share volume of 7.3M, a public-listing history dating back to 2001, approximately 50K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FIS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.83 places FIS roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 8.21 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. FIS pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a cash-secured put on FIS?
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.
Current FIS snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $41.59, ATM IV 38.04%, IV rank 54.06%, expected move 10.91%. The cash-secured put on FIS 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 28-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on FIS specifically: FIS IV at 38.04% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so the credit collected on a FIS cash-secured put sits in line with its long-run distribution, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 10.91% (roughly $4.54 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FIS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FIS should anchor to the underlying notional of $41.59 per share and to the trader's directional view on FIS stock.
FIS cash-secured put setup
The FIS cash-secured 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 FIS near $41.59, the first option leg uses a $40.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FIS chain at a 28-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 FIS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $40.00 | $1.15 |
FIS cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$115.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $115.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$3,884.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $38.85
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.030
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
FIS cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on FIS. 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% | -$3,884.00 |
| $9.20 | -77.9% | -$2,964.53 |
| $18.40 | -55.8% | -$2,045.07 |
| $27.59 | -33.7% | -$1,125.60 |
| $36.79 | -11.5% | -$206.13 |
| $45.98 | +10.6% | +$115.00 |
| $55.18 | +32.7% | +$115.00 |
| $64.37 | +54.8% | +$115.00 |
| $73.57 | +76.9% | +$115.00 |
| $82.76 | +99.0% | +$115.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on FIS
Cash-secured puts on FIS earn premium while a trader waits to acquire FIS stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning FIS.
FIS thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FIS extends from approximately $37.05 on the downside to $46.13 on the upside. A FIS cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire FIS 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 FIS IV rank near 54.06% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the cash-secured put thesis on FIS should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, FIS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FIS-specific events.
FIS 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. FIS positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FIS alongside the broader basket even when FIS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on FIS carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical FIS earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current FIS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on FIS?
- A cash-secured put on FIS is the cash-secured put strategy applied to FIS (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 FIS stock trading near $41.59, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FIS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FIS 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 FIS cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 38.04%), the computed maximum profit is $115.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$3,884.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FIS cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the FIS cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $38.85 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 FIS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.91%; 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 FIS?
- Cash-secured puts on FIS earn premium while a trader waits to acquire FIS stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning FIS.
- How does current FIS implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- FIS ATM IV is at 38.04% with IV rank near 54.06%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.