NBIS Cash-Secured Put Strategy
NBIS (Nebius Group N.V.), in the Communication Services sector, (Internet Content & Information industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Nebius Group N.V., operates as a technology company that engages in building full-stack infrastructure to service the global AI industry. Its businesses include Nebius, an AI-centric cloud platform built for intensive AI workloads. Nebius builds full-stack infrastructure for AI, including large-scale GPU clusters, cloud platforms, and tools and services for developers. The company's businesses also comprise Toloka AI, a data partner for various stages of generative AI development; TripleTen, an edtech player re-skilling people for careers in tech; and Avride, which develops autonomous driving technology for self-driving cars and delivery robots. The company was formerly known as Yandex N.V. and changed its name to Nebius Group N.V. in August 2024. Nebius Group N.V. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with R&D hubs across Europe, North America and Israel.
NBIS (Nebius Group N.V.) trades in the Communication Services sector, specifically Internet Content & Information, with a market capitalization of approximately $49.74B, a trailing P/E of 491.93, a beta of 1.24 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 34.72-217.34, average daily share volume of 16.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 2024, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NBIS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.24 places NBIS roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 491.93 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.
What is a cash-secured put on NBIS?
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 NBIS snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $220.43, ATM IV 108.73%, IV rank 88.33%, expected move 31.17%. The cash-secured put on NBIS 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 28-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on NBIS specifically: NBIS IV at 108.73% is rich versus its 1-year range, which favors premium-selling structures like a NBIS cash-secured put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 31.17% (roughly $68.72 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated NBIS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NBIS should anchor to the underlying notional of $220.43 per share and to the trader's directional view on NBIS stock.
NBIS cash-secured put setup
The NBIS 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 NBIS near $220.43, the first option leg uses a $210.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NBIS chain at a 28-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 NBIS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $210.00 | $20.70 |
NBIS cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$2,070.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $2,070.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$18,929.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $189.30
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.109
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
NBIS cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on NBIS. 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.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | -$18,929.00 |
| $48.75 | -77.9% | -$14,055.28 |
| $97.48 | -55.8% | -$9,181.56 |
| $146.22 | -33.7% | -$4,307.84 |
| $194.96 | -11.6% | +$565.87 |
| $243.70 | +10.6% | +$2,070.00 |
| $292.43 | +32.7% | +$2,070.00 |
| $341.17 | +54.8% | +$2,070.00 |
| $389.91 | +76.9% | +$2,070.00 |
| $438.64 | +99.0% | +$2,070.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on NBIS
Cash-secured puts on NBIS earn premium while a trader waits to acquire NBIS stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning NBIS.
NBIS thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NBIS extends from approximately $151.71 on the downside to $289.15 on the upside. A NBIS cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire NBIS 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 NBIS IV rank near 88.33% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on NBIS at 108.73%. As a Communication Services name, NBIS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NBIS-specific events.
NBIS 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. NBIS positions also carry Communication Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NBIS alongside the broader basket even when NBIS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on NBIS carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical NBIS earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current NBIS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on NBIS?
- A cash-secured put on NBIS is the cash-secured put strategy applied to NBIS (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 NBIS stock trading near $220.43, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NBIS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NBIS 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 NBIS cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 108.73%), the computed maximum profit is $2,070.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$18,929.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a NBIS cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the NBIS cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $189.30 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 NBIS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 31.17%; 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 NBIS?
- Cash-secured puts on NBIS earn premium while a trader waits to acquire NBIS stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning NBIS.
- How does current NBIS implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- NBIS ATM IV is at 108.73% with IV rank near 88.33%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.