MD Long Put Strategy
MD (Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Care Facilities industry), listed on NYSE.
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. delivers specialized medical services for newborns, expectant mothers, and pediatric patients across the United States and Puerto Rico. The company offers crucial neonatal care to critically ill or prematurely born infants within hospital units, staffed by expert neonatal subspecialists and advanced practice clinicians. For pregnant individuals and their developing babies, Pediatrix provides comprehensive maternal-fetal medicine services in both clinical and inpatient settings, involving specialists such as maternal-fetal medicine physicians, obstetricians, and genetic counselors. Furthermore, the group delivers pediatric cardiology services, addressing both congenital and acquired heart conditions in patients ranging from the fetal stage through adulthood, under the care of dedicated pediatric cardiologists. Beyond these core areas, Pediatrix extends its expertise to various other pediatric subspecialties, including those requiring intensivists, surgeons, and ophthalmologists, and supplies vital support to hospital departments like emergency rooms and labor and delivery units. Established in 1979 in Sunrise, Florida, and formerly known as MEDNAX, Inc. until its renaming in July 2022, the company managed a network of approximately 2,700 physicians as of February 2022.
MD (Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Care Facilities, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.03B, a trailing P/E of 11.77, a beta of 0.70 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 11.84-24.99, average daily share volume of 798K, a public-listing history dating back to 1995, approximately 4K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how MD stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.70 indicates MD has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 11.77 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price.
What is a long put on MD?
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 MD snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $25.16, ATM IV 56.70%, IV rank 27.23%, expected move 16.26%. The long put on MD 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 MD specifically: MD IV at 56.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a MD long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.26% (roughly $4.09 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 MD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on MD should anchor to the underlying notional of $25.16 per share and to the trader's directional view on MD stock.
MD long put setup
The MD 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 MD near $25.16, the first option leg uses a $25.16 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed MD 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 MD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $25.16 | N/A |
MD 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.
MD long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on MD. 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 MD
Long puts on MD hedge an existing long MD stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying MD exposure being hedged.
MD thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for MD extends from approximately $21.07 on the downside to $29.25 on the upside. A MD long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long MD position with one put per 100 shares held. Current MD IV rank near 27.23% 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 MD at 56.70%. As a Healthcare name, MD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to MD-specific events.
MD 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. MD positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move MD alongside the broader basket even when MD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on MD 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 MD chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on MD?
- A long put on MD is the long put strategy applied to MD (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 MD stock trading near $25.16, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed MD chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are MD 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 MD long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 56.70%), 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 MD long put?
- The breakeven for the MD 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 MD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.26%; 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 MD?
- Long puts on MD hedge an existing long MD stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying MD exposure being hedged.
- How does current MD implied volatility affect this long put?
- MD ATM IV is at 56.70% with IV rank near 27.23%, 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.