GWRE Bear Put Spread Strategy
GWRE (Guidewire Software, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NYSE.
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GWRE (Guidewire Software, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $14.41B, a trailing P/E of 91.64, a beta of 0.92 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 102.3-272.6, average daily share volume of 1.6M, a public-listing history dating back to 2012, approximately 4K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how GWRE stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.92 places GWRE roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 91.64 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.
What is a bear put spread on GWRE?
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.
GWRE snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $175.89, ATM IV 64.00%, IV rank 46.87%, expected move 18.35%. The bear put spread on GWRE below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on GWRE specifically: GWRE IV at 64.00% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 18.35% (roughly $32.27 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated GWRE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GWRE should anchor to the underlying notional of $175.89 per share and to the trader's directional view on GWRE stock.
GWRE bear put spread setup
The GWRE bear put spread below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With GWRE at $175.89 on that close, the first option leg uses a $175.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GWRE chain at a 35-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 GWRE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $175.00 | $12.90 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $165.00 | $8.60 |
GWRE bear put spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$430.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $570.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$430.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $170.70
- 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.
GWRE bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on GWRE. 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% | +$570.00 |
| $38.90 | -77.9% | +$570.00 |
| $77.79 | -55.8% | +$570.00 |
| $116.68 | -33.7% | +$570.00 |
| $155.57 | -11.6% | +$570.00 |
| $194.46 | +10.6% | -$430.00 |
| $233.34 | +32.7% | -$430.00 |
| $272.23 | +54.8% | -$430.00 |
| $311.12 | +76.9% | -$430.00 |
| $350.01 | +99.0% | -$430.00 |
When traders use bear put spread on GWRE
Bear put spreads on GWRE reduce the cost of a bearish GWRE stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
GWRE thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GWRE extends from approximately $143.62 on the downside to $208.16 on the upside. A GWRE bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on GWRE, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current GWRE IV rank near 46.87% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the bear put spread thesis on GWRE should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, GWRE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GWRE-specific events.
GWRE 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. GWRE positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GWRE alongside the broader basket even when GWRE-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on GWRE 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 GWRE chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on GWRE?
- A bear put spread on GWRE is the bear put spread strategy applied to GWRE (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 GWRE stock at $175.89 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GWRE chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GWRE 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 GWRE bear put spread priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 64.00%), the computed maximum profit is $570.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$430.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a GWRE bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the GWRE bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $170.70 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The GWRE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 18.35%; 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 GWRE?
- Bear put spreads on GWRE reduce the cost of a bearish GWRE 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 GWRE implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- GWRE ATM IV is at 64.00% with IV rank near 46.87%, 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.