IBEX Bear Put Spread Strategy
IBEX (IBEX Limited), in the Technology sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
IBEX Limited provides end-to-end technology-enabled customer lifecycle experience solutions in the United States and internationally. The company provides ibex Connect, a customer engagement solution that comprises customer service, technical support, revenue generation, and other value-added outsourced back-office services through the CX model, which integrates voice, email, chat, SMS, social media, and other communication applications; ibex Digital, a customer acquisition solution that includes digital marketing, e-commerce technology, and platform solutions; and ibex CX, a customer experience solution, which provides a suite of proprietary software tools to measure, monitor, and manage its clients' customer experience. As of October 1, 2021, the company operated 33 customer engagement and three customer acquisition delivery centers. It serves banking and financial services, delivery and logistics, health tech and wellness, high tech, retail and e-commerce, streaming and entertainment, travel and hospitality, and utility industries. The company was formerly known as IBEX Holdings Limited and changed its name to IBEX Limited in September 2019. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.
IBEX (IBEX Limited) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $407.6M, a trailing P/E of 8.68, a beta of 0.65 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 25.94-42.99, average daily share volume of 124K, a public-listing history dating back to 2020, approximately 33K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how IBEX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.65 indicates IBEX has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 8.68 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 bear put spread on IBEX?
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.
Current IBEX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $30.50, ATM IV 453.80%, IV rank 100.00%, expected move 130.10%. The bear put spread on IBEX 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 bear put spread structure on IBEX specifically: IBEX IV at 453.80% is rich versus its 1-year range, which makes a premium-buying IBEX bear put spread relatively expensive in absolute-cost terms, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 130.10% (roughly $39.68 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 IBEX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on IBEX should anchor to the underlying notional of $30.50 per share and to the trader's directional view on IBEX stock.
IBEX bear put spread setup
The IBEX 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 IBEX near $30.50, the first option leg uses a $30.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed IBEX 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 IBEX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $30.50 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $28.97 | N/A |
IBEX 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.
IBEX bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on IBEX. 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 IBEX
Bear put spreads on IBEX reduce the cost of a bearish IBEX stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
IBEX thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for IBEX extends from approximately $-9.18 on the downside to $70.18 on the upside. A IBEX bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on IBEX, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current IBEX IV rank near 100.00% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on IBEX at 453.80%. As a Technology name, IBEX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to IBEX-specific events.
IBEX 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. IBEX positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move IBEX alongside the broader basket even when IBEX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on IBEX 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 IBEX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on IBEX?
- A bear put spread on IBEX is the bear put spread strategy applied to IBEX (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 IBEX stock trading near $30.50, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed IBEX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are IBEX 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 IBEX bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 453.80%), 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 IBEX bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the IBEX bear put spread 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 IBEX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 130.10%; 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 IBEX?
- Bear put spreads on IBEX reduce the cost of a bearish IBEX 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 IBEX implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- IBEX ATM IV is at 453.80% with IV rank near 100.00%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.