FORR Cash-Secured Put Strategy
FORR (Forrester Research, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Consulting Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
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FORR (Forrester Research, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Consulting Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $122.1M, a beta of 0.99 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 4.88-11.57, average daily share volume of 124K, a public-listing history dating back to 1996, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FORR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.99 places FORR roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a cash-secured put on FORR?
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 FORR snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $6.58, ATM IV 72.70%, IV rank 12.06%, expected move 20.84%. The cash-secured put on FORR 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 cash-secured put structure on FORR specifically: FORR IV at 72.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling FORR cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 20.84% (roughly $1.37 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 FORR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FORR should anchor to the underlying notional of $6.58 per share and to the trader's directional view on FORR stock.
FORR cash-secured put setup
The FORR 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 FORR near $6.58, the first option leg uses a $6.25 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FORR 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 FORR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $6.25 | N/A |
FORR cash-secured 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 premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
FORR cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on FORR. 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 cash-secured put on FORR
Cash-secured puts on FORR earn premium while a trader waits to acquire FORR stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning FORR.
FORR thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FORR extends from approximately $5.21 on the downside to $7.95 on the upside. A FORR cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire FORR 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 FORR IV rank near 12.06% 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 FORR at 72.70%. As a Industrials name, FORR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FORR-specific events.
FORR 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. FORR positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FORR alongside the broader basket even when FORR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on FORR carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical FORR earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current FORR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on FORR?
- A cash-secured put on FORR is the cash-secured put strategy applied to FORR (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 FORR stock trading near $6.58, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FORR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FORR 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 FORR cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 72.70%), 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 FORR cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the FORR cash-secured 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 FORR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 20.84%; 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 FORR?
- Cash-secured puts on FORR earn premium while a trader waits to acquire FORR stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning FORR.
- How does current FORR implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- FORR ATM IV is at 72.70% with IV rank near 12.06%, 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.