PVH Cash-Secured Put Strategy
PVH (PVH Corp.), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Apparel - Manufacturers industry), listed on NYSE.
PVH Corp. operates as an apparel company worldwide. The company operates through six segments: Tommy Hilfiger North America, Tommy Hilfiger International, Calvin Klein North America, Calvin Klein International, Heritage Brands Wholesale, and Heritage Brands Retail. It designs, markets, and retails men's, women's, and children's apparel and accessories, including branded dress shirts, neckwear, sportswear, jeans wear, performance apparel, intimate apparel, underwear, swimwear, swim-related products, handbags, accessories, footwear, outerwear, home furnishings, luggage products, sleepwear, loungewear, hats, scarves, gloves, socks, watches and jewelry, eyeglasses and non-ophthalmic sunglasses, fragrance, home bed and bath furnishings, small leather goods, and other products. The company offers its products under its own brands, such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Warner's, Olga, Geoffrey Beene, and True&Co., as well as various other owned, licensed, and private label brands. It also licenses its own brands over various products. The company distributes its products at wholesale in department, chain, and specialty stores, as well as through warehouse clubs, mass market, and off-price and independent retailers; and through company-operated full-price, outlet stores, and concession locations, as well as through digital commerce sites.
PVH (PVH Corp.) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Apparel - Manufacturers, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.68B, a trailing P/E of 150.11, a beta of 1.73 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 59.6-100.15, average daily share volume of 1.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 16K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PVH stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.73 indicates PVH has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 150.11 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. PVH 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 PVH?
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 PVH snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $80.07, ATM IV 57.10%, IV rank 49.70%, expected move 16.37%. The cash-secured put on PVH 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 126-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on PVH specifically: PVH IV at 57.10% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so the credit collected on a PVH cash-secured put sits in line with its long-run distribution, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.37% (roughly $13.11 on the underlying). The 126-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated PVH expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PVH should anchor to the underlying notional of $80.07 per share and to the trader's directional view on PVH stock.
PVH cash-secured put setup
The PVH 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 PVH near $80.07, the first option leg uses a $75.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PVH chain at a 126-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 PVH shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $75.00 | $6.40 |
PVH cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$640.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $640.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$6,859.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $68.60
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.093
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
PVH cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on PVH. 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% | -$6,859.00 |
| $17.71 | -77.9% | -$5,088.72 |
| $35.42 | -55.8% | -$3,318.44 |
| $53.12 | -33.7% | -$1,548.16 |
| $70.82 | -11.6% | +$222.13 |
| $88.52 | +10.6% | +$640.00 |
| $106.23 | +32.7% | +$640.00 |
| $123.93 | +54.8% | +$640.00 |
| $141.63 | +76.9% | +$640.00 |
| $159.34 | +99.0% | +$640.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on PVH
Cash-secured puts on PVH earn premium while a trader waits to acquire PVH stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning PVH.
PVH thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PVH extends from approximately $66.96 on the downside to $93.18 on the upside. A PVH cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire PVH 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 PVH IV rank near 49.70% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the cash-secured put thesis on PVH should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Consumer Cyclical name, PVH options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PVH-specific events.
PVH 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. PVH positions also carry Consumer Cyclical sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PVH alongside the broader basket even when PVH-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on PVH carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical PVH earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current PVH chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on PVH?
- A cash-secured put on PVH is the cash-secured put strategy applied to PVH (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 PVH stock trading near $80.07, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PVH chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PVH 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 PVH cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 57.10%), the computed maximum profit is $640.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$6,859.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a PVH cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the PVH cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $68.60 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 PVH market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.37%; 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 PVH?
- Cash-secured puts on PVH earn premium while a trader waits to acquire PVH stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning PVH.
- How does current PVH implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- PVH ATM IV is at 57.10% with IV rank near 49.70%, 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.