KURA Long Put Strategy
KURA (Kura Oncology, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Biotechnology industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Kura Oncology, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops medicines for the treatment of cancer. The company’s first commercial product, KOMZIFTI (ziftomenib), a potent, selective, reversible and oral small molecule menin inhibitor; Darlifarnib, a Phase 1 first-in-human FIT-001 trial which includes multiple cohorts to evaluate darlifarnib in combination with other targeted therapies in large solid tumor indications; and KO-7246, a next-generation menin inhibitor, for use in diabetes and cardiometabolic disorders and additional next-generation menin inhibitors for use in combination with other therapies in solid tumors. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California.
KURA (Kura Oncology, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Biotechnology, with a market capitalization of approximately $967.6M, a beta of 0.36 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 5.45-12.49, average daily share volume of 1.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 260 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how KURA stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.36 indicates KURA has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.
What is a long put on KURA?
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 KURA snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $10.99, ATM IV 68.20%, IV rank 8.67%, expected move 19.55%. The long put on KURA 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 17-day expiry.
Why this long put structure on KURA specifically: KURA IV at 68.20% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a KURA long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 19.55% (roughly $2.15 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated KURA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on KURA should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.99 per share and to the trader's directional view on KURA stock.
KURA long put setup
The KURA 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 KURA near $10.99, the first option leg uses a $11.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed KURA chain at a 17-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 KURA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $11.00 | $0.62 |
KURA long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$62.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $1,037.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$62.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $10.38
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 16.726
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
KURA long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on KURA. 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 | -99.9% | +$1,037.00 |
| $2.44 | -77.8% | +$794.12 |
| $4.87 | -55.7% | +$551.23 |
| $7.30 | -33.6% | +$308.35 |
| $9.73 | -11.5% | +$65.46 |
| $12.15 | +10.6% | -$62.00 |
| $14.58 | +32.7% | -$62.00 |
| $17.01 | +54.8% | -$62.00 |
| $19.44 | +76.9% | -$62.00 |
| $21.87 | +99.0% | -$62.00 |
When traders use long put on KURA
Long puts on KURA hedge an existing long KURA stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying KURA exposure being hedged.
KURA thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for KURA extends from approximately $8.84 on the downside to $13.14 on the upside. A KURA long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long KURA position with one put per 100 shares held. Current KURA IV rank near 8.67% 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 KURA at 68.20%. As a Healthcare name, KURA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to KURA-specific events.
KURA 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. KURA positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move KURA alongside the broader basket even when KURA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on KURA 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 KURA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on KURA?
- A long put on KURA is the long put strategy applied to KURA (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 KURA stock trading near $10.99, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed KURA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are KURA 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 KURA long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 68.20%), the computed maximum profit is $1,037.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$62.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a KURA long put?
- The breakeven for the KURA long put priced on this page is roughly $10.38 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 KURA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 19.55%; 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 KURA?
- Long puts on KURA hedge an existing long KURA stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying KURA exposure being hedged.
- How does current KURA implied volatility affect this long put?
- KURA ATM IV is at 68.20% with IV rank near 8.67%, 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.