How are SOUN bull call spread max profit and max loss calculated?

Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-call strike plus net debit. For the SOUN bull call spread priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 67.07%), the computed maximum profit is $33.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$17.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a SOUN bull call spread?

The breakeven for the SOUN bull call spread priced on this page is roughly $7.67 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 SOUN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 19.23%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current SOUN implied volatility affect this bull call spread?

SOUN ATM IV is at 67.07% with IV rank near 5.68%, 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.

SOUN Bull Call Spread Strategy

SOUN (SoundHound AI, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NASDAQ.

SoundHound AI, Inc. (SOUN) creates and provides its own artificial intelligence platform, exclusively focused on voice technology. This technology empowers companies across a wide range of industries to offer sophisticated and engaging conversational experiences to their clientele. Its primary offering, the Houndify platform, furnishes a comprehensive toolkit designed to assist brands in developing tailored voice assistants. These capabilities encompass automatic speech recognition (ASR), natural language understanding (NLU), custom wake words, domain-specific applications, text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis, and embedded voice solutions for integration into various products. The company's operations are centered at its headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

SOUN (SoundHound AI, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.22B, a beta of 2.83 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 5.65-22.17, average daily share volume of 30.5M, a public-listing history dating back to 2022, approximately 954 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how SOUN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 2.83 indicates SOUN has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.

What is a bull call spread on SOUN?

A bull call spread buys an at-the-money call and sells an out-of-the-money call at a higher strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.

SOUN snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $7.44, ATM IV 67.07%, IV rank 5.68%, expected move 19.23%. The bull call spread on SOUN 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 28-day expiry.

Why this bull call spread structure on SOUN specifically: SOUN IV at 67.07% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a SOUN bull call spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 19.23% (roughly $1.43 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 SOUN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SOUN should anchor to the underlying notional of $7.44 per share and to the trader's directional view on SOUN stock.

SOUN bull call spread setup

The SOUN bull call spread 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 SOUN at $7.44 on that close, the first option leg uses a $7.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SOUN 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 SOUN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$7.50	$0.50
Sell 1	Call	$8.00	$0.33

SOUN bull call spread risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$17.00
Max Profit (per contract): $33.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$17.00
Breakeven(s): $7.67
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.941

Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-call strike plus net debit.

SOUN bull call spread payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bull call spread on SOUN. 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-99.9%	-$17.00
$1.65	-77.8%	-$17.00
$3.30	-55.7%	-$17.00
$4.94	-33.6%	-$17.00
$6.59	-11.5%	-$17.00
$8.23	+10.6%	+$33.00
$9.87	+32.7%	+$33.00
$11.52	+54.8%	+$33.00
$13.16	+76.9%	+$33.00
$14.81	+99.0%	+$33.00

When traders use bull call spread on SOUN

Bull call spreads on SOUN reduce the cost of a bullish SOUN stock position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.

SOUN thesis for this bull call spread

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SOUN extends from approximately $6.01 on the downside to $8.87 on the upside. A SOUN bull call spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bullish position; relative to an outright long call on SOUN, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current SOUN IV rank near 5.68% 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 SOUN at 67.07%. As a Technology name, SOUN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SOUN-specific events.

SOUN bull call spread positions are structurally moderately 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. SOUN positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move SOUN alongside the broader basket even when SOUN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bull call spread on SOUN 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 SOUN chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a bull call spread on SOUN?: A bull call spread on SOUN is the bull call spread strategy applied to SOUN (stock). The strategy is structurally moderately bullish: A bull call spread buys an at-the-money call and sells an out-of-the-money call at a higher strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With SOUN stock at $7.44 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SOUN chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are SOUN bull call spread max profit and max loss calculated?: Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-call strike plus net debit. For the SOUN bull call spread priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 67.07%), the computed maximum profit is $33.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$17.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a SOUN bull call spread?: The breakeven for the SOUN bull call spread priced on this page is roughly $7.67 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 SOUN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 19.23%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a bull call spread on SOUN?: Bull call spreads on SOUN reduce the cost of a bullish SOUN stock position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
How does current SOUN implied volatility affect this bull call spread?: SOUN ATM IV is at 67.07% with IV rank near 5.68%, 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.