NBIS Long 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 long put on NBIS?
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 NBIS snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $220.43, ATM IV 108.73%, IV rank 88.33%, expected move 31.17%. The long 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 long put structure on NBIS specifically: NBIS IV at 108.73% is rich versus its 1-year range, which makes a premium-buying NBIS long put relatively expensive in absolute-cost terms, 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 long put setup
The NBIS 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 NBIS near $220.43, the first option leg uses a $220.00 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $220.00 | $25.95 |
NBIS long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$2,595.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $19,404.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$2,595.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $194.05
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 7.477
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
NBIS long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long 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% | +$19,404.00 |
| $48.75 | -77.9% | +$14,530.28 |
| $97.48 | -55.8% | +$9,656.56 |
| $146.22 | -33.7% | +$4,782.84 |
| $194.96 | -11.6% | -$90.87 |
| $243.70 | +10.6% | -$2,595.00 |
| $292.43 | +32.7% | -$2,595.00 |
| $341.17 | +54.8% | -$2,595.00 |
| $389.91 | +76.9% | -$2,595.00 |
| $438.64 | +99.0% | -$2,595.00 |
When traders use long put on NBIS
Long puts on NBIS hedge an existing long NBIS stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying NBIS exposure being hedged.
NBIS thesis for this long 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 long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long NBIS position with one put per 100 shares held. 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 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. 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. Long-premium structures like a long put on NBIS 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 NBIS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on NBIS?
- A long put on NBIS is the long put strategy applied to NBIS (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 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 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 NBIS long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 108.73%), the computed maximum profit is $19,404.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$2,595.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a NBIS long put?
- The breakeven for the NBIS long put priced on this page is roughly $194.05 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 long put on NBIS?
- Long puts on NBIS hedge an existing long NBIS stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying NBIS exposure being hedged.
- How does current NBIS implied volatility affect this long 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.