STBA Bear Put Spread Strategy
STBA (S&T Bancorp, Inc.), in the Financial Services sector, (Banks - Regional industry), listed on NASDAQ.
S&T Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for S&T Bank that provides retail and commercial banking products and services. The company operates through six segments: Commercial Real Estate, Commercial and Industrial, Business Banking, Commercial Construction, Consumer Real Estate, and Other Consumer. The company accepts time and demand deposits; and offers commercial and consumer loans, cash management services, and brokerage and trust services, as well as acts as guardian and custodian of employee benefits. It also manages private investment accounts for individuals and institutions. In addition, the company distributes life insurance and long-term disability income insurance products, as well as offers title insurance agency services to commercial customers; and acts as a reinsurer of credit life, accident, and health insurance policies. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 73 banking branches and 5 loan production offices located in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania, Northeast Ohio, Central Ohio, and Upstate New York.
STBA (S&T Bancorp, Inc.) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Banks - Regional, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.57B, a trailing P/E of 12.00, a beta of 0.85 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 34.01-45.17, average daily share volume of 267K, a public-listing history dating back to 1992, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how STBA stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.85 places STBA roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. STBA pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a bear put spread on STBA?
A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.
Current STBA snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $43.44, ATM IV 51.90%, IV rank 22.40%, expected move 14.88%. The bear put spread on STBA 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 bear put spread structure on STBA specifically: STBA IV at 51.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a STBA bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 14.88% (roughly $6.46 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 STBA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on STBA should anchor to the underlying notional of $43.44 per share and to the trader's directional view on STBA stock.
STBA bear put spread setup
The STBA bear put spread below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With STBA near $43.44, the first option leg uses a $43.44 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed STBA 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 STBA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $43.44 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $41.27 | N/A |
STBA bear put spread 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 equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit.
STBA bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on STBA. 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 bear put spread on STBA
Bear put spreads on STBA reduce the cost of a bearish STBA stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
STBA thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for STBA extends from approximately $36.98 on the downside to $49.90 on the upside. A STBA bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on STBA, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current STBA IV rank near 22.40% 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 STBA at 51.90%. As a Financial Services name, STBA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to STBA-specific events.
STBA bear put spread positions are structurally moderately bearish; 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. STBA positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move STBA alongside the broader basket even when STBA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on STBA 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 STBA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on STBA?
- A bear put spread on STBA is the bear put spread strategy applied to STBA (stock). The strategy is structurally moderately bearish: A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With STBA stock trading near $43.44, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed STBA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are STBA bear put 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-put strike minus net debit. For the STBA bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 51.90%), 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 STBA bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the STBA bear put spread 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 STBA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 14.88%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a bear put spread on STBA?
- Bear put spreads on STBA reduce the cost of a bearish STBA stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
- How does current STBA implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- STBA ATM IV is at 51.90% with IV rank near 22.40%, 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.