PHIN Cash-Secured Put Strategy
PHIN (PHINIA Inc.), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Auto - Parts industry), listed on NYSE.
PHINIA Inc. develops and manufactures gasoline and diesel fuel injection components and systems. The company also sells products and services to independent aftermarket customers and original equipment service customers with new and remanufactured products. Its product portfolio includes a range of solutions covering the fuel injection, electronics and engine management, starters and alternators, maintenance, test equipment, and vehicle diagnostics categories. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
PHIN (PHINIA Inc.) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Auto - Parts, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.93B, a trailing P/E of 21.70, a beta of 1.10 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 41.28-81.11, average daily share volume of 401K, a public-listing history dating back to 2023, approximately 13K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PHIN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.10 places PHIN roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. PHIN pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a cash-secured put on PHIN?
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 PHIN snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $76.81, ATM IV 30.70%, IV rank 33.49%, expected move 8.80%. The cash-secured put on PHIN 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 cash-secured put structure on PHIN specifically: PHIN IV at 30.70% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so the credit collected on a PHIN cash-secured put sits in line with its long-run distribution, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 8.80% (roughly $6.76 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 PHIN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PHIN should anchor to the underlying notional of $76.81 per share and to the trader's directional view on PHIN stock.
PHIN cash-secured put setup
The PHIN 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 PHIN near $76.81, the first option leg uses a $72.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PHIN 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 PHIN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $72.50 | $1.25 |
PHIN cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$125.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $125.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$7,124.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $71.25
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.018
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
PHIN cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on PHIN. 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% | -$7,124.00 |
| $16.99 | -77.9% | -$5,425.80 |
| $33.97 | -55.8% | -$3,727.60 |
| $50.96 | -33.7% | -$2,029.40 |
| $67.94 | -11.6% | -$331.20 |
| $84.92 | +10.6% | +$125.00 |
| $101.90 | +32.7% | +$125.00 |
| $118.88 | +54.8% | +$125.00 |
| $135.87 | +76.9% | +$125.00 |
| $152.85 | +99.0% | +$125.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on PHIN
Cash-secured puts on PHIN earn premium while a trader waits to acquire PHIN stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning PHIN.
PHIN thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PHIN extends from approximately $70.05 on the downside to $83.57 on the upside. A PHIN cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire PHIN 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 PHIN IV rank near 33.49% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the cash-secured put thesis on PHIN should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Consumer Cyclical name, PHIN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PHIN-specific events.
PHIN 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. PHIN positions also carry Consumer Cyclical sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PHIN alongside the broader basket even when PHIN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on PHIN carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical PHIN earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current PHIN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on PHIN?
- A cash-secured put on PHIN is the cash-secured put strategy applied to PHIN (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 PHIN stock trading near $76.81, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PHIN chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PHIN 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 PHIN cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 30.70%), the computed maximum profit is $125.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$7,124.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a PHIN cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the PHIN cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $71.25 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 PHIN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 8.80%; 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 PHIN?
- Cash-secured puts on PHIN earn premium while a trader waits to acquire PHIN stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning PHIN.
- How does current PHIN implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- PHIN ATM IV is at 30.70% with IV rank near 33.49%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.