OFIX Long Put Strategy
OFIX (Orthofix Medical Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Devices industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Orthofix Medical Inc., founded in 1980 and headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, operates as a global medical technology company focusing on devices and biologics. Its reach extends across the United States, several European nations including Italy, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, as well as Brazil and other international markets. The company's operations are divided into two main segments: Global Spine and Global Orthopedics. Within the Global Spine division, Orthofix is responsible for the development, production, and distribution of bone growth stimulators. These devices are designed to facilitate bone fusion and serve as a therapeutic intervention for fractures located outside the spine and in the limbs. This segment also creates and commercializes a range of motion preservation and fixation implant products utilized in spinal surgical procedures.
OFIX (Orthofix Medical Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Devices, with a market capitalization of approximately $420.4M, a beta of 0.67 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 8.85-16.99, average daily share volume of 390K, a public-listing history dating back to 1992, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how OFIX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.67 indicates OFIX has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.
What is a long put on OFIX?
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.
OFIX snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $10.41, ATM IV 31.70%, IV rank 2.27%, expected move 9.09%. The long put on OFIX below is built from the end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this long put structure on OFIX specifically: OFIX IV at 31.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a OFIX long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.09% (roughly $0.95 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated OFIX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on OFIX should anchor to the underlying notional of $10.41 per share and to the trader's directional view on OFIX stock.
OFIX long put setup
The OFIX 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 OFIX at $10.41 on that close, the first option leg uses a $10.41 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed OFIX chain at a 35-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 OFIX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $10.41 | N/A |
OFIX 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.
OFIX long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on OFIX. 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 OFIX
Long puts on OFIX hedge an existing long OFIX stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying OFIX exposure being hedged.
OFIX thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for OFIX extends from approximately $9.46 on the downside to $11.36 on the upside. A OFIX long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long OFIX position with one put per 100 shares held. Current OFIX IV rank near 2.27% 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 OFIX at 31.70%. As a Healthcare name, OFIX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to OFIX-specific events.
OFIX 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. OFIX positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move OFIX alongside the broader basket even when OFIX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on OFIX 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 OFIX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on OFIX?
- A long put on OFIX is the long put strategy applied to OFIX (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 OFIX stock at $10.41 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed OFIX chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are OFIX 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 OFIX long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 31.70%), 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 OFIX long put?
- The breakeven for the OFIX long put priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The OFIX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 9.09%; 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 OFIX?
- Long puts on OFIX hedge an existing long OFIX stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying OFIX exposure being hedged.
- How does current OFIX implied volatility affect this long put?
- OFIX ATM IV is at 31.70% with IV rank near 2.27%, 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.