HCKT Bear Put Spread Strategy
HCKT (The Hackett Group, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
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HCKT (The Hackett Group, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $281.1M, a trailing P/E of 16.62, a beta of 0.93 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 9.16-21.33, average daily share volume of 376K, a public-listing history dating back to 1998, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HCKT stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.93 places HCKT roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. HCKT pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a bear put spread on HCKT?
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.
HCKT snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $10.75, ATM IV 83.60%, IV rank 29.09%, expected move 23.97%. The bear put spread on HCKT below is built from the 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 HCKT specifically: HCKT IV at 83.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a HCKT bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 23.97% (roughly $2.58 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 HCKT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HCKT should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.75 per share and to the trader's directional view on HCKT stock.
HCKT bear put spread setup
The HCKT 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 HCKT at $10.75 on that close, the first option leg uses a $10.75 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HCKT 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 HCKT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $10.75 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $10.21 | N/A |
HCKT bear put spread 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 strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit.
HCKT bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on HCKT. 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 bear put spread on HCKT
Bear put spreads on HCKT reduce the cost of a bearish HCKT stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
HCKT thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HCKT extends from approximately $8.17 on the downside to $13.33 on the upside. A HCKT bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on HCKT, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current HCKT IV rank near 29.09% 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 HCKT at 83.60%. As a Technology name, HCKT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HCKT-specific events.
HCKT 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. HCKT positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HCKT alongside the broader basket even when HCKT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on HCKT 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 HCKT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on HCKT?
- A bear put spread on HCKT is the bear put spread strategy applied to HCKT (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 HCKT stock at $10.75 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HCKT chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HCKT 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 HCKT bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 83.60%), 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 HCKT bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the HCKT bear put spread priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the 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 HCKT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 23.97%; 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 HCKT?
- Bear put spreads on HCKT reduce the cost of a bearish HCKT 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 HCKT implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- HCKT ATM IV is at 83.60% with IV rank near 29.09%, 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.