THC Cash-Secured Put Strategy
THC (Tenet Healthcare Corporation), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Care Facilities industry), listed on NYSE.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation operates as a broad-ranging provider of health solutions. The company organizes its operations across three main divisions: Hospital Operations and Other, Ambulatory Care, and Conifer. Within its network of acute care facilities, Tenet delivers a full spectrum of essential services. These include core hospital functions such as operating and recovery suites, radiology and respiratory therapy, clinical laboratories, and on-site pharmacies. The organization also provides high-acuity patient care through intensive, critical, and coronary care units. Specialized medical services cover areas like cardiovascular, digestive disease, neurosciences, musculoskeletal, and obstetrics, alongside various outpatient treatments, including physical therapy.
THC (Tenet Healthcare Corporation) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Care Facilities, with a market capitalization of approximately $16.28B, a trailing P/E of 9.63, a beta of 1.28 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 146.6-247.21, average daily share volume of 1.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 98K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how THC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.28 places THC roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 9.63 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price.
What is a cash-secured put on THC?
A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike.
Current THC snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $186.32, ATM IV 40.60%, IV rank 28.27%, expected move 11.64%. The cash-secured put on THC 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 cash-secured put structure on THC specifically: THC IV at 40.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling THC cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.64% (roughly $21.69 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 THC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on THC should anchor to the underlying notional of $186.32 per share and to the trader's directional view on THC stock.
THC cash-secured put setup
The THC cash-secured put below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With THC near $186.32, the first option leg uses a $175.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed THC 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 THC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $175.00 | $2.38 |
THC cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$237.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $237.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$17,261.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $172.63
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.014
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
THC cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on THC. 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.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | -$17,261.50 |
| $41.21 | -77.9% | -$13,141.97 |
| $82.40 | -55.8% | -$9,022.44 |
| $123.60 | -33.7% | -$4,902.92 |
| $164.79 | -11.6% | -$783.39 |
| $205.99 | +10.6% | +$237.50 |
| $247.18 | +32.7% | +$237.50 |
| $288.38 | +54.8% | +$237.50 |
| $329.57 | +76.9% | +$237.50 |
| $370.77 | +99.0% | +$237.50 |
When traders use cash-secured put on THC
Cash-secured puts on THC earn premium while a trader waits to acquire THC stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning THC.
THC thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for THC extends from approximately $164.63 on the downside to $208.01 on the upside. A THC cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire THC at the strike price; the strategy is most attractive when the trader is comfortable holding the underlying at that level and IV is rich enough to compensate for the assignment risk. Current THC IV rank near 28.27% 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 THC at 40.60%. As a Healthcare name, THC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to THC-specific events.
THC cash-secured put positions are structurally neutral to slightly 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. THC positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move THC alongside the broader basket even when THC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on THC carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical THC earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current THC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on THC?
- A cash-secured put on THC is the cash-secured put strategy applied to THC (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike. With THC stock trading near $186.32, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed THC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are THC cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the THC cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 40.60%), the computed maximum profit is $237.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$17,261.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a THC cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the THC cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $172.63 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 THC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.64%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a cash-secured put on THC?
- Cash-secured puts on THC earn premium while a trader waits to acquire THC stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning THC.
- How does current THC implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- THC ATM IV is at 40.60% with IV rank near 28.27%, 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.