TELA Bull Call Spread Strategy
TELA (TELA Bio, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Devices industry), listed on NASDAQ.
TELA Bio, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company, focuses on providing soft-tissue reconstruction solutions that optimize clinical outcomes by prioritizing the preservation and restoration of the patient's anatomy. It provides a portfolio of OviTex Reinforced Tissue Matrix (OviTex) products for hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction; and OviTex PRS Reinforced Tissue Matrix products to address the unmet needs in plastic and reconstructive surgery, as well as OviTex for Laparoscopic and Robotic Procedures, a sterile reinforced tissue matrix derived from ovine rumen with polypropylene fiber intended to be used in laparoscopic and robotic-assisted hernia surgical repairs. The company markets its products through a single direct sales force, principally in the United States. TELA Bio, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
TELA (TELA Bio, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Devices, with a market capitalization of approximately $43.0M, a beta of 1.30 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.501-2.2, average daily share volume of 184K, a public-listing history dating back to 2019, approximately 209 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TELA stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.30 places TELA roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a bull call spread on TELA?
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 TELA snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $0.90, ATM IV 17.50%, IV rank 0.00%, expected move 5.02%. The bull call spread on TELA 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 TELA specifically: TELA IV at 17.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a TELA bull call spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.02% (roughly $0.05 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 TELA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TELA should anchor to the underlying notional of $0.90 per share and to the trader's directional view on TELA stock.
TELA bull call spread setup
The TELA 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 TELA near $0.90, the first option leg uses a $0.90 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TELA 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 TELA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $0.90 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Call | $0.95 | N/A |
TELA 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.
TELA bull call spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bull call spread on TELA. 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 TELA
Bull call spreads on TELA reduce the cost of a bullish TELA stock position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
TELA thesis for this bull call spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TELA extends from approximately $0.85 on the downside to $0.95 on the upside. A TELA bull call spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bullish position; relative to an outright long call on TELA, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current TELA IV rank near 0.00% 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 TELA at 17.50%. As a Healthcare name, TELA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TELA-specific events.
TELA 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. TELA positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TELA alongside the broader basket even when TELA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bull call spread on TELA 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 TELA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bull call spread on TELA?
- A bull call spread on TELA is the bull call spread strategy applied to TELA (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 TELA stock trading near $0.90, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TELA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TELA 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 TELA bull call spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 17.50%), 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 TELA bull call spread?
- The breakeven for the TELA 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 TELA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.02%; 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 TELA?
- Bull call spreads on TELA reduce the cost of a bullish TELA 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 TELA implied volatility affect this bull call spread?
- TELA ATM IV is at 17.50% with IV rank near 0.00%, 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.