GTM Long Put Strategy
GTM (ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NASDAQ.
ZoomInfo Technologies Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides go-to-market intelligence and engagement platform for sales, marketing, operations, and recruiting professionals in the United States and internationally. The company's cloud-based platform provides workflow tools and information on organizations and professionals to help users identify target customers and decision makers, obtain continually updated predictive lead and company scoring, monitor buying signals and other attributes of target companies, craft messages, engage through automated sales tools, and track progress through the deal cycle. Its paid products include ZoomInfo Copilot, ZoomInfo Sales, ZoomInfo Marketing, ZoomInfo Operations, and ZoomInfo Talent, as well as ZoomInfo Lite. The company serves enterprises, mid-market companies, and down to small businesses that operate in various industry, including software, business services, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, media and internet, transportation, education, hospitality, and real estate. ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.
GTM (ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.21B, a trailing P/E of 10.08, a beta of 1.04 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 3.85-12.51, average daily share volume of 10.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2020, approximately 4K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how GTM stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.04 places GTM roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 10.08 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price.
What is a long put on GTM?
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 GTM snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $3.84, ATM IV 48.51%, IV rank 26.53%, expected move 13.91%. The long put on GTM 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 14-day expiry.
Why this long put structure on GTM specifically: GTM IV at 48.51% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a GTM long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 13.91% (roughly $0.53 on the underlying). The 14-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated GTM expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GTM should anchor to the underlying notional of $3.84 per share and to the trader's directional view on GTM stock.
GTM long put setup
The GTM 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 GTM near $3.84, the first option leg uses a $4.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GTM chain at a 14-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 GTM shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $4.00 | $0.28 |
GTM long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$27.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $371.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$27.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $3.73
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 13.509
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
GTM long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on GTM. 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 | -99.7% | +$371.50 |
| $0.86 | -77.7% | +$286.71 |
| $1.71 | -55.6% | +$201.91 |
| $2.55 | -33.5% | +$117.12 |
| $3.40 | -11.4% | +$32.32 |
| $4.25 | +10.7% | -$27.50 |
| $5.10 | +32.8% | -$27.50 |
| $5.95 | +54.8% | -$27.50 |
| $6.79 | +76.9% | -$27.50 |
| $7.64 | +99.0% | -$27.50 |
When traders use long put on GTM
Long puts on GTM hedge an existing long GTM stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying GTM exposure being hedged.
GTM thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GTM extends from approximately $3.31 on the downside to $4.37 on the upside. A GTM long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long GTM position with one put per 100 shares held. Current GTM IV rank near 26.53% 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 GTM at 48.51%. As a Technology name, GTM options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GTM-specific events.
GTM 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. GTM positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GTM alongside the broader basket even when GTM-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on GTM 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 GTM chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on GTM?
- A long put on GTM is the long put strategy applied to GTM (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 GTM stock trading near $3.84, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GTM chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GTM 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 GTM long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 48.51%), the computed maximum profit is $371.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$27.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a GTM long put?
- The breakeven for the GTM long put priced on this page is roughly $3.73 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 GTM market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 13.91%; 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 GTM?
- Long puts on GTM hedge an existing long GTM stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying GTM exposure being hedged.
- How does current GTM implied volatility affect this long put?
- GTM ATM IV is at 48.51% with IV rank near 26.53%, 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.