SRCE Long Call Strategy

SRCE (1st Source Corporation), in the Financial Services sector, (Banks - Regional industry), listed on NASDAQ.

As the parent company of 1st Source Bank, 1st Source Corporation delivers a comprehensive suite of financial solutions, encompassing commercial and retail banking, wealth management, and insurance offerings, to both individual and corporate customers. For individual clients, the bank provides essential services such as checking, savings, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts, complemented by digital conveniences like online and mobile banking. Various lending options are available, including personal loans, home mortgages, and home equity lines of credit, along with financial planning, literacy programs, consultative support, and debit and credit card facilities. Businesses benefit from a range of financial products, including commercial, small business, agricultural, and real estate loans, which support diverse corporate needs from acquiring properties and equipment to financing accounts receivables and renewable energy projects. Additionally, the corporation provides commercial leasing, sophisticated treasury management, and retirement planning solutions. Through its wealth advisory segment, the company delivers trust, investment, agency, and custodial services, encompassing the administration of estates and personal trusts, along with the professional management of investment portfolios for individuals, employee benefit plans, and charitable organizations.

SRCE (1st Source Corporation) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Banks - Regional, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.97B, a trailing P/E of 12.38, a beta of 0.58 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 56.89-86.64, average daily share volume of 139K, a public-listing history dating back to 1983, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how SRCE stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.58 indicates SRCE has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. SRCE pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a long call on SRCE?

A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration.

Current SRCE snapshot

As of June 30, 2026, spot at $81.67, ATM IV 36.90%, IV rank 6.06%, expected move 10.58%. The long call on SRCE 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 17-day expiry.

Why this long call structure on SRCE specifically: SRCE IV at 36.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a SRCE long call, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 10.58% (roughly $8.64 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated SRCE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SRCE should anchor to the underlying notional of $81.67 per share and to the trader's directional view on SRCE stock.

SRCE long call setup

The SRCE long call below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With SRCE near $81.67, the first option leg uses a $81.67 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SRCE chain at a 17-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 SRCE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 1Call$81.67N/A

SRCE long call 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 is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium.

SRCE long call payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long call on SRCE. 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 call on SRCE

Long calls on SRCE express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of SRCE catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.

SRCE thesis for this long call

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SRCE extends from approximately $73.03 on the downside to $90.31 on the upside. A SRCE long call expresses a directional view that the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration, ideally with implied volatility holding or expanding to preserve extrinsic value through the hold period. Current SRCE IV rank near 6.06% 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 SRCE at 36.90%. As a Financial Services name, SRCE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SRCE-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a long call on SRCE?
A long call on SRCE is the long call strategy applied to SRCE (stock). The strategy is structurally bullish: A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration. With SRCE stock trading near $81.67, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SRCE chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are SRCE long call max profit and max loss calculated?
Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium. For the SRCE long call priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 36.90%), 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 SRCE long call?
The breakeven for the SRCE long call priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 SRCE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.58%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a long call on SRCE?
Long calls on SRCE express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of SRCE catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
How does current SRCE implied volatility affect this long call?
SRCE ATM IV is at 36.90% with IV rank near 6.06%, 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.

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