LADR Cash-Secured Put Strategy
LADR (Ladder Capital Corp), in the Real Estate sector, (REIT - Mortgage industry), listed on NYSE.
Ladder Capital Corp engages in three core business activities. Its Lending division originates first mortgage loans, comprising "conduit" loans backed by stable, revenue-generating commercial real estate, and "balance sheet" loans for commercial properties undergoing significant change, such as lease-up, sale preparation, or rehabilitation. This segment also deploys capital into various structured real estate debt instruments, including note purchase financings, subordinated debt, and mezzanine financing. The Securities division focuses its investments on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), U.S. Agency Securities, corporate bonds, and equity holdings. Through its Real Estate division, the company acquires and maintains a diverse portfolio of commercial and residential properties, which spans office buildings, student housing, hotels, industrial sites, retail centers, and condominium units.
LADR (Ladder Capital Corp) trades in the Real Estate sector, specifically REIT - Mortgage, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.25B, a trailing P/E of 23.54, a beta of 1.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 9.38-11.92, average daily share volume of 1.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 2014, approximately 60 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how LADR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.00 places LADR roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. LADR pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a cash-secured put on LADR?
A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike.
LADR snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $10.00, ATM IV 41.40%, IV rank 6.78%, expected move 11.87%. The cash-secured put on LADR 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 cash-secured put structure on LADR specifically: LADR IV at 41.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling LADR cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.87% (roughly $1.19 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 LADR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LADR should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.00 per share and to the trader's directional view on LADR stock.
LADR cash-secured put setup
The LADR cash-secured 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 LADR at $10.00 on that close, the first option leg uses a $9.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LADR 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 LADR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $9.50 | N/A |
LADR cash-secured 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 premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
LADR cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on LADR. 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 cash-secured put on LADR
Cash-secured puts on LADR earn premium while a trader waits to acquire LADR stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning LADR.
LADR thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LADR extends from approximately $8.81 on the downside to $11.19 on the upside. A LADR cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire LADR at the strike price; the strategy is most attractive when the trader is comfortable holding the underlying at that level and IV is rich enough to compensate for the assignment risk. Current LADR IV rank near 6.78% 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 LADR at 41.40%. As a Real Estate name, LADR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LADR-specific events.
LADR cash-secured put positions are structurally neutral to slightly bullish; 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. LADR positions also carry Real Estate sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move LADR alongside the broader basket even when LADR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on LADR carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical LADR earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current LADR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on LADR?
- A cash-secured put on LADR is the cash-secured put strategy applied to LADR (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike. With LADR stock at $10.00 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LADR chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are LADR cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the LADR cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 41.40%), 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 LADR cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the LADR cash-secured put 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 LADR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 11.87%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a cash-secured put on LADR?
- Cash-secured puts on LADR earn premium while a trader waits to acquire LADR stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning LADR.
- How does current LADR implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- LADR ATM IV is at 41.40% with IV rank near 6.78%, 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.