SUNS Bull Call Spread Strategy

SUNS (Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc.), in the Real Estate sector, (REIT - Residential industry), listed on NASDAQ.

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SUNS (Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc.) trades in the Real Estate sector, specifically REIT - Residential, with a market capitalization of approximately $99.4M, a trailing P/E of 7.71, a beta of 0.89 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 7.3359-11.78, average daily share volume of 100K, a public-listing history dating back to 2011. These structural characteristics shape how SUNS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.89 places SUNS roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 7.71 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. SUNS pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a bull call spread on SUNS?

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.

Current SUNS snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $7.96, ATM IV 54.90%, IV rank 9.02%, expected move 15.74%. The bull call spread on SUNS 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 bull call spread structure on SUNS specifically: SUNS IV at 54.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a SUNS bull call spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.74% (roughly $1.25 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 SUNS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SUNS should anchor to the underlying notional of $7.96 per share and to the trader's directional view on SUNS stock.

SUNS bull call spread setup

The SUNS bull call 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 SUNS near $7.96, the first option leg uses a $7.96 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SUNS 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 SUNS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 1Call$7.96N/A
Sell 1Call$8.36N/A

SUNS bull call 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-call strike plus net debit.

SUNS bull call spread payoff curve

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

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

SUNS thesis for this bull call spread

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SUNS extends from approximately $6.71 on the downside to $9.21 on the upside. A SUNS bull call spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bullish position; relative to an outright long call on SUNS, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current SUNS IV rank near 9.02% 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 SUNS at 54.90%. As a Real Estate name, SUNS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SUNS-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a bull call spread on SUNS?
A bull call spread on SUNS is the bull call spread strategy applied to SUNS (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 SUNS stock trading near $7.96, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SUNS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are SUNS 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 SUNS bull call spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.90%), 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 SUNS bull call spread?
The breakeven for the SUNS bull call 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 SUNS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.74%; 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 SUNS?
Bull call spreads on SUNS reduce the cost of a bullish SUNS 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 SUNS implied volatility affect this bull call spread?
SUNS ATM IV is at 54.90% with IV rank near 9.02%, 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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