LTH Covered Call Strategy
LTH (Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Leisure industry), listed on NYSE.
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. provides health, fitness, and wellness experiences to a community of individual members in the United States and Canada. It primarily engages in designing, building, and operating sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation, and spa centers in a resort-like environment, principally in suburban and urban locations of metropolitan areas. The company also offers fitness floors with equipment, locker rooms, group fitness studios, indoor and outdoor pools, bistros, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, basketball courts, LifeSpa, LifeCafe, and childcare and Kids Academy learning spaces. Its Life Time Digital provides live streaming fitness classes, remote goal-based personal training, nutrition and weight loss support, curated award-winning health, and fitness and wellness content, as well as access to Apple Fitness+ that offers members content and wellness data monitoring. The company is also involved in media activities, conducting athletic events, and provision of related services. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 151 centers in 29 states and one Canadian Province, 63 of which were owned, including ground leases and 88 of which were leased.
LTH (Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Leisure, with a market capitalization of approximately $7.52B, a trailing P/E of 19.44, a beta of 1.50 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 24.14-34.075, average daily share volume of 3.3M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 43K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how LTH stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.50 indicates LTH 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 covered call on LTH?
A covered call pairs long stock with a short out-of-the-money call, collecting premium and capping upside above the short strike in exchange for income.
Current LTH snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $33.73, ATM IV 30.00%, IV rank 13.53%, expected move 8.60%. The covered call on LTH 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 covered call structure on LTH specifically: LTH IV at 30.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling LTH covered call collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 8.60% (roughly $2.90 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 LTH expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LTH should anchor to the underlying notional of $33.73 per share and to the trader's directional view on LTH stock.
LTH covered call setup
The LTH covered call below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With LTH near $33.73, the first option leg uses a $35.42 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LTH 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 LTH shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $33.73 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $35.42 | N/A |
LTH covered call 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 short-strike minus cost basis plus premium times 100; max loss is cost basis minus premium (at zero). Breakeven is cost basis minus premium.
LTH covered call payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the covered call on LTH. 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 covered call on LTH
Covered calls on LTH are an income strategy run on existing LTH stock positions; traders typically sell calls at 25-35 delta with 30-45 days to expiration to balance premium against upside cap.
LTH thesis for this covered call
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LTH extends from approximately $30.83 on the downside to $36.63 on the upside. A LTH covered call collects premium on an existing long LTH position, trading off upside above the short call strike for immediate income; the short strike selection should reflect the trader's view on whether LTH will breach that level within the expiration window. Current LTH IV rank near 13.53% 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 LTH at 30.00%. As a Consumer Cyclical name, LTH options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LTH-specific events.
LTH covered call 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. LTH positions also carry Consumer Cyclical sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move LTH alongside the broader basket even when LTH-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a covered call on LTH carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical LTH earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current LTH chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a covered call on LTH?
- A covered call on LTH is the covered call strategy applied to LTH (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A covered call pairs long stock with a short out-of-the-money call, collecting premium and capping upside above the short strike in exchange for income. With LTH stock trading near $33.73, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LTH chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are LTH covered call max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals short-strike minus cost basis plus premium times 100; max loss is cost basis minus premium (at zero). Breakeven is cost basis minus premium. For the LTH covered call priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 30.00%), 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 LTH covered call?
- The breakeven for the LTH covered call 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 LTH market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 8.60%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a covered call on LTH?
- Covered calls on LTH are an income strategy run on existing LTH stock positions; traders typically sell calls at 25-35 delta with 30-45 days to expiration to balance premium against upside cap.
- How does current LTH implied volatility affect this covered call?
- LTH ATM IV is at 30.00% with IV rank near 13.53%, 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.