SII Cash-Secured Put Strategy
SII (Sprott Inc.), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NYSE.
Sprott Inc. functions as a publicly listed holding company primarily engaged in asset management. Through its various subsidiary entities, it delivers a comprehensive spectrum of financial provisions to its client base, encompassing asset oversight, investment portfolio administration, wealth advisory, fund supervision, and both administrative and consultative assistance. Its offerings include a range of investment vehicles such as mutual funds, hedge funds, offshore funds, and individually managed accounts. Additionally, the firm conducts broker-dealer activities. Sprott Inc. was founded on February 13, 2008, and its headquarters are located in Toronto, Canada.
SII (Sprott Inc.) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.04B, a trailing P/E of 28.75, a beta of 1.35 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 61.94-169.63, average daily share volume of 192K, a public-listing history dating back to 2010, approximately 131 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how SII stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.35 indicates SII has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. SII 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 SII?
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.
SII snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $116.94, ATM IV 40.70%, IV rank 25.76%, expected move 11.67%. The cash-secured put on SII below is built from the August 14, 2026 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 cash-secured put structure on SII specifically: SII IV at 40.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling SII cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.67% (roughly $13.64 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 SII expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SII should anchor to the underlying notional of $116.94 per share and to the trader's directional view on SII stock.
SII cash-secured put setup
The SII cash-secured put below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With SII at $116.94 on that close, the first option leg uses a $110.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SII 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 SII shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $110.00 | $3.08 |
SII cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$307.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $307.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$10,691.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $106.93
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.029
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
SII cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on SII. 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% | -$10,691.50 |
| $25.86 | -77.9% | -$8,106.00 |
| $51.72 | -55.8% | -$5,520.51 |
| $77.57 | -33.7% | -$2,935.01 |
| $103.43 | -11.6% | -$349.51 |
| $129.28 | +10.6% | +$307.50 |
| $155.14 | +32.7% | +$307.50 |
| $180.99 | +54.8% | +$307.50 |
| $206.85 | +76.9% | +$307.50 |
| $232.70 | +99.0% | +$307.50 |
When traders use cash-secured put on SII
Cash-secured puts on SII earn premium while a trader waits to acquire SII stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning SII.
SII thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SII extends from approximately $103.30 on the downside to $130.58 on the upside. A SII cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire SII 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 SII IV rank near 25.76% 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 SII at 40.70%. As a Financial Services name, SII options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SII-specific events.
SII 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. SII positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move SII alongside the broader basket even when SII-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on SII carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical SII earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current SII chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on SII?
- A cash-secured put on SII is the cash-secured put strategy applied to SII (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 SII stock at $116.94 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SII chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are SII 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 SII cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 40.70%), the computed maximum profit is $307.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$10,691.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a SII cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the SII cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $106.93 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 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 SII market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 11.67%; 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 SII?
- Cash-secured puts on SII earn premium while a trader waits to acquire SII stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning SII.
- How does current SII implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- SII ATM IV is at 40.70% with IV rank near 25.76%, 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.