How are FLR 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 FLR bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 45.70%), the computed maximum profit is $142.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$107.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a FLR bear put spread?

The breakeven for the FLR bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $43.93 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 FLR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 13.10%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current FLR implied volatility affect this bear put spread?

FLR ATM IV is at 45.70% with IV rank near 12.53%, 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.

FLR Bear Put Spread Strategy

FLR (Fluor Corporation), in the Industrials sector, (Engineering & Construction industry), listed on NYSE.

Fluor Corporation provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC); fabrication and modularization; operation and maintenance; asset integrity; and project management services worldwide. It operates through four segments: Energy Solutions, Urban Solutions, Mission Solutions, and Other. The Energy Solutions provides solutions to the energy transition markets, including asset decarbonization, carbon capture, renewable fuels, waste-to-energy, green chemicals, hydrogen, nuclear power, and other low-carbon energy sources. It also provides consulting services, including feasibility studies, process assessments, and project finance structuring; and a range of services for small modular reactor technologies, as well as operation support services for nuclear power facilities and managing waste. This segment serves the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. The Urban Solutions segment offers EPC and project management services to the infrastructure, advanced technologies, life sciences, and mining and metals industries.

FLR (Fluor Corporation) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Engineering & Construction, with a market capitalization of approximately $6.29B, a trailing P/E of 21.77, a beta of 1.33 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 37.34-57.5, average daily share volume of 2.8M, a public-listing history dating back to 2000, approximately 27K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FLR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.33 indicates FLR 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 bear put spread on FLR?

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.

Current FLR snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $44.65, ATM IV 45.70%, IV rank 12.53%, expected move 13.10%. The bear put spread on FLR 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 bear put spread structure on FLR specifically: FLR IV at 45.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a FLR bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 13.10% (roughly $5.85 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 FLR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FLR should anchor to the underlying notional of $44.65 per share and to the trader's directional view on FLR stock.

FLR bear put spread setup

The FLR bear put spread below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With FLR near $44.65, the first option leg uses a $45.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FLR 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 FLR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Put	$45.00	$2.63
Sell 1	Put	$42.50	$1.55

FLR bear put spread risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$107.50
Max Profit (per contract): $142.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$107.50
Breakeven(s): $43.93
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.326

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.

FLR bear put spread payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on FLR. 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%	+$142.50
$9.88	-77.9%	+$142.50
$19.75	-55.8%	+$142.50
$29.62	-33.7%	+$142.50
$39.50	-11.5%	+$142.50
$49.37	+10.6%	-$107.50
$59.24	+32.7%	-$107.50
$69.11	+54.8%	-$107.50
$78.98	+76.9%	-$107.50
$88.85	+99.0%	-$107.50

When traders use bear put spread on FLR

Bear put spreads on FLR reduce the cost of a bearish FLR stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.

FLR thesis for this bear put spread

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FLR extends from approximately $38.80 on the downside to $50.50 on the upside. A FLR bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on FLR, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current FLR IV rank near 12.53% 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 FLR at 45.70%. As a Industrials name, FLR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FLR-specific events.

FLR 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. FLR positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FLR alongside the broader basket even when FLR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on FLR 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 FLR chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a bear put spread on FLR?: A bear put spread on FLR is the bear put spread strategy applied to FLR (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 FLR stock trading near $44.65, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FLR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are FLR 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 FLR bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 45.70%), the computed maximum profit is $142.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$107.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a FLR bear put spread?: The breakeven for the FLR bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $43.93 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 FLR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 13.10%; 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 FLR?: Bear put spreads on FLR reduce the cost of a bearish FLR 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 FLR implied volatility affect this bear put spread?: FLR ATM IV is at 45.70% with IV rank near 12.53%, 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.