HIVE Long Put Strategy

HIVE (HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd.), in the Financial Services sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.

HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd., a technology company, engages in the building and operating data centers powered by green energy in Bermuda. The Company operates the mining and sale of digital currencies and performance computing hosting. It also provides infrastructure solutions, such as computational capacity to distributed networks in the blockchain industry. The company was formerly known as HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. in July 2023. HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

HIVE (HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd.) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $699.0M, a beta of 3.44 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.6-7.84, average daily share volume of 12.6M, a public-listing history dating back to 2011, approximately 20 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HIVE stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 3.44 indicates HIVE has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.

What is a long put on HIVE?

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 HIVE snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.71, ATM IV 102.83%, IV rank 27.60%, expected move 29.48%. The long put on HIVE 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 28-day expiry.

Why this long put structure on HIVE specifically: HIVE IV at 102.83% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a HIVE long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 29.48% (roughly $0.80 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated HIVE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HIVE should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.71 per share and to the trader's directional view on HIVE stock.

HIVE long put setup

The HIVE 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 HIVE near $2.71, the first option leg uses a $2.71 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HIVE chain at a 28-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 HIVE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 1Put$2.71N/A

HIVE long 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 the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.

HIVE long put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on HIVE. 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 long put on HIVE

Long puts on HIVE hedge an existing long HIVE stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying HIVE exposure being hedged.

HIVE thesis for this long put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HIVE extends from approximately $1.91 on the downside to $3.51 on the upside. A HIVE long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long HIVE position with one put per 100 shares held. Current HIVE IV rank near 27.60% 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 HIVE at 102.83%. As a Financial Services name, HIVE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HIVE-specific events.

HIVE 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. HIVE positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HIVE alongside the broader basket even when HIVE-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on HIVE 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 HIVE chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a long put on HIVE?
A long put on HIVE is the long put strategy applied to HIVE (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 HIVE stock trading near $2.71, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HIVE chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are HIVE 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 HIVE long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 102.83%), 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 HIVE long put?
The breakeven for the HIVE long 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 HIVE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 29.48%; 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 HIVE?
Long puts on HIVE hedge an existing long HIVE stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying HIVE exposure being hedged.
How does current HIVE implied volatility affect this long put?
HIVE ATM IV is at 102.83% with IV rank near 27.60%, 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.

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