LAW Cash-Secured Put Strategy
LAW (CS Disco, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NYSE.
CS Disco, Inc. is a legal technology innovator that leverages cloud-native infrastructure and artificial intelligence to deliver advanced solutions. These solutions support electronic discovery, legal document analysis, and comprehensive case management for a broad client base, including corporations, law firms, legal service providers, and governmental entities. Among its key offerings is DISCO Ediscovery, which streamlines the entire e-discovery lifecycle. This platform significantly reduces the manual effort typically involved in gathering, processing, enhancing, searching, examining, interpreting, and presenting critical enterprise data relevant to legal proceedings. Additionally, DISCO Review employs artificial intelligence to consistently provide efficient and accurate document analysis. The suite further includes DISCO Case Builder, a collaborative tool that empowers legal professionals to construct robust cases by centralizing the search, organization, and review of witness depositions, evidence, and other pertinent legal information.
LAW (CS Disco, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $236.0M, a beta of 1.91 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 2.45-9.11, average daily share volume of 348K, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 561 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how LAW stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.91 indicates LAW 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 cash-secured put on LAW?
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.
Current LAW snapshot
As of June 26, 2026, spot at $3.59, ATM IV 23.00%, IV rank 5.22%, expected move 6.59%. The cash-secured put on LAW 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 cash-secured put structure on LAW specifically: LAW IV at 23.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling LAW cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.59% (roughly $0.24 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 LAW expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LAW should anchor to the underlying notional of $3.59 per share and to the trader's directional view on LAW stock.
LAW cash-secured put setup
The LAW 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 LAW near $3.59, the first option leg uses a $3.41 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LAW 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 LAW shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $3.41 | N/A |
LAW 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.
LAW cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on LAW. 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 LAW
Cash-secured puts on LAW earn premium while a trader waits to acquire LAW stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning LAW.
LAW thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LAW extends from approximately $3.35 on the downside to $3.83 on the upside. A LAW cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire LAW 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 LAW IV rank near 5.22% 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 LAW at 23.00%. As a Technology name, LAW options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LAW-specific events.
LAW 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. LAW positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move LAW alongside the broader basket even when LAW-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on LAW carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical LAW earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current LAW chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on LAW?
- A cash-secured put on LAW is the cash-secured put strategy applied to LAW (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 LAW stock trading near $3.59, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LAW chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are LAW 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 LAW cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 23.00%), 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 LAW cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the LAW cash-secured 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 LAW market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.59%; 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 LAW?
- Cash-secured puts on LAW earn premium while a trader waits to acquire LAW stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning LAW.
- How does current LAW implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- LAW ATM IV is at 23.00% with IV rank near 5.22%, 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.