LADR Long Put Strategy

LADR (Ladder Capital Corp), in the Financial Services sector, (Financial - Mortgages 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 Financial Services sector, specifically Financial - Mortgages, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.33B, a trailing P/E of 23.66, a beta of 0.99 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 9.61-11.92, average daily share volume of 941K, a public-listing history dating back to 2014, approximately 54 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 0.99 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 long put on LADR?

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 LADR snapshot

As of June 26, 2026, spot at $10.30, ATM IV 20.50%, IV rank 1.05%, expected move 5.88%. The long put on LADR 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 21-day expiry.

Why this long put structure on LADR specifically: LADR IV at 20.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a LADR long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.88% (roughly $0.61 on the underlying). The 21-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 $10.30 per share and to the trader's directional view on LADR stock.

LADR long put setup

The LADR 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 LADR near $10.30, the first option leg uses a $10.30 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 21-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).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 1Put$10.30N/A

LADR 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.

LADR long put payoff curve

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

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

LADR thesis for this long put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LADR extends from approximately $9.69 on the downside to $10.91 on the upside. A LADR long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long LADR position with one put per 100 shares held. Current LADR IV rank near 1.05% 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 20.50%. As a Financial Services 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 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. LADR positions also carry Financial Services 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. Long-premium structures like a long put on LADR 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 LADR chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a long put on LADR?
A long put on LADR is the long put strategy applied to LADR (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 LADR stock trading near $10.30, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LADR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are LADR 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 LADR long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.50%), 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 long put?
The breakeven for the LADR 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 LADR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.88%; 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 LADR?
Long puts on LADR hedge an existing long LADR stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying LADR exposure being hedged.
How does current LADR implied volatility affect this long put?
LADR ATM IV is at 20.50% with IV rank near 1.05%, 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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