FSV Long Put Strategy
FSV (FirstService Corporation), in the Real Estate sector, (Real Estate - Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
FirstService Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides residential property management and other essential property services to residential and commercial customers in the United States and Canada. The company operates in two segments, FirstService Residential and FirstService Brands. The FirstService Residential segment offers property management services for private residential communities, such as condominiums, co-operatives, homeowner associations, master-planned communities, active adult and lifestyle communities, and various other residential developments. This segment also provides a range of ancillary services, including on-site staffing for building engineering and maintenance, full-service swimming pool and amenity management, and security and concierge/front desk; and financial services comprising cash management, other banking transaction-related, and specialized property insurance brokerage. In addition, this segment offers energy management solutions and advisory services, and resale processing services. The FirstService Brands segment operates and provides essential property services to residential and commercial customers, through five franchise networks; and company-owned locations, including 20 California Closets, 12 Paul Davis Restoration, and 1 CertaPro Painters locations.
FSV (FirstService Corporation) trades in the Real Estate sector, specifically Real Estate - Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $5.94B, a trailing P/E of 36.37, a beta of 0.91 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 124.37-209.66, average daily share volume of 198K, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 30K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FSV stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.91 places FSV roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 36.37 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple. FSV pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a long put on FSV?
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 FSV snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $129.75, ATM IV 27.70%, IV rank 3.58%, expected move 7.94%. The long put on FSV 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 FSV specifically: FSV IV at 27.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a FSV long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.94% (roughly $10.30 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 FSV expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FSV should anchor to the underlying notional of $129.75 per share and to the trader's directional view on FSV stock.
FSV long put setup
The FSV 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 FSV near $129.75, the first option leg uses a $130.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FSV 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 FSV shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $130.00 | $4.25 |
FSV long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$425.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $12,574.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$425.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $125.75
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 29.586
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
FSV long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on FSV. 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% | +$12,574.00 |
| $28.70 | -77.9% | +$9,705.27 |
| $57.38 | -55.8% | +$6,836.53 |
| $86.07 | -33.7% | +$3,967.80 |
| $114.76 | -11.6% | +$1,099.07 |
| $143.45 | +10.6% | -$425.00 |
| $172.13 | +32.7% | -$425.00 |
| $200.82 | +54.8% | -$425.00 |
| $229.51 | +76.9% | -$425.00 |
| $258.20 | +99.0% | -$425.00 |
When traders use long put on FSV
Long puts on FSV hedge an existing long FSV stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying FSV exposure being hedged.
FSV thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FSV extends from approximately $119.45 on the downside to $140.05 on the upside. A FSV long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long FSV position with one put per 100 shares held. Current FSV IV rank near 3.58% 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 FSV at 27.70%. As a Real Estate name, FSV options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FSV-specific events.
FSV 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. FSV positions also carry Real Estate sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FSV alongside the broader basket even when FSV-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on FSV 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 FSV chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on FSV?
- A long put on FSV is the long put strategy applied to FSV (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 FSV stock trading near $129.75, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FSV chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FSV 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 FSV long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 27.70%), the computed maximum profit is $12,574.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$425.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FSV long put?
- The breakeven for the FSV long put priced on this page is roughly $125.75 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 FSV market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.94%; 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 FSV?
- Long puts on FSV hedge an existing long FSV stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying FSV exposure being hedged.
- How does current FSV implied volatility affect this long put?
- FSV ATM IV is at 27.70% with IV rank near 3.58%, 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.