STEX Bear Put Spread Strategy

STEX (Streamex Corp.), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.

BioSig Technologies, Inc. recently rebranded as Streamex Corp., effective September 12, 2025, following its merger with Streamex Exchange Corporation. The company shifted focus from healthcare technology to real-world asset tokenization, especially integrating the gold and commodities market into blockchain technology. Streamex provides institutional-grade infrastructure for tokenizing assets powered by a gold-denominated treasury.

STEX (Streamex Corp.) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $35.0M, a beta of 1.58 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.7-14.11, average daily share volume of 1.8M, a public-listing history dating back to 2025, approximately 5 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how STEX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.58 indicates STEX 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 bear put spread on STEX?

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 STEX snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $0.94, ATM IV 192.10%, IV rank 36.52%, expected move 55.07%. The bear put spread on STEX 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 STEX specifically: STEX IV at 192.10% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 55.07% (roughly $0.52 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 STEX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on STEX should anchor to the underlying notional of $0.94 per share and to the trader's directional view on STEX stock.

STEX bear put spread setup

The STEX 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 STEX near $0.94, the first option leg uses a $0.94 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed STEX 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 STEX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 1Put$0.94N/A
Sell 1Put$0.89N/A

STEX 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.

STEX bear put spread payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on STEX. 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 STEX

Bear put spreads on STEX reduce the cost of a bearish STEX stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.

STEX thesis for this bear put spread

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for STEX extends from approximately $0.42 on the downside to $1.46 on the upside. A STEX bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on STEX, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current STEX IV rank near 36.52% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the bear put spread thesis on STEX should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, STEX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to STEX-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a bear put spread on STEX?
A bear put spread on STEX is the bear put spread strategy applied to STEX (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 STEX stock trading near $0.94, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed STEX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are STEX 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 STEX bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 192.10%), 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 STEX bear put spread?
The breakeven for the STEX 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 STEX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 55.07%; 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 STEX?
Bear put spreads on STEX reduce the cost of a bearish STEX 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 STEX implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
STEX ATM IV is at 192.10% with IV rank near 36.52%, 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.

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