TJX Bull Call Spread Strategy
TJX (The TJX Companies, Inc.), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Apparel - Retail industry), listed on NYSE.
The TJX Companies, Inc., alongside its various associated businesses, functions as a major discount retailer focusing on clothing and household decor. Its operations are organized into four primary divisions: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada, and TJX International. The enterprise markets an extensive selection of goods, including clothing for all family members (such as shoes and complementary items); a broad array of home furnishings and accessories (ranging from essential household goods, furniture, floor coverings, and lighting fixtures to gift items, soft textiles, decorative pieces, dining wares, and kitchen utensils), alongside growing departments for pet supplies, children's products, and gourmet foodstuffs. Jewelry, additional accessories, and various general merchandise are also available. By the close of February 23, 2022, TJX maintained a considerable retail network across several continents. In the United States, this footprint included 1,284 T.J.
TJX (The TJX Companies, Inc.) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Apparel - Retail, with a market capitalization of approximately $171.55B, a trailing P/E of 30.04, a beta of 0.62 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 119.84-170, average daily share volume of 5.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 1987, approximately 364K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TJX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.62 indicates TJX has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. TJX 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 TJX?
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 TJX snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $151.54, ATM IV 23.24%, IV rank 56.22%, expected move 6.66%. The bull call spread on TJX 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 31-day expiry.
Why this bull call spread structure on TJX specifically: TJX IV at 23.24% 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 6.66% (roughly $10.10 on the underlying). The 31-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated TJX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TJX should anchor to the underlying notional of $151.54 per share and to the trader's directional view on TJX stock.
TJX bull call spread setup
The TJX 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 TJX near $151.54, the first option leg uses a $150.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TJX chain at a 31-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 TJX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $150.00 | $5.20 |
| Sell 1 | Call | $160.00 | $1.45 |
TJX bull call spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$375.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $625.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$375.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $153.75
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.667
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.
TJX bull call spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bull call spread on TJX. 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% | -$375.00 |
| $33.52 | -77.9% | -$375.00 |
| $67.02 | -55.8% | -$375.00 |
| $100.53 | -33.7% | -$375.00 |
| $134.03 | -11.6% | -$375.00 |
| $167.54 | +10.6% | +$625.00 |
| $201.04 | +32.7% | +$625.00 |
| $234.55 | +54.8% | +$625.00 |
| $268.05 | +76.9% | +$625.00 |
| $301.56 | +99.0% | +$625.00 |
When traders use bull call spread on TJX
Bull call spreads on TJX reduce the cost of a bullish TJX stock position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
TJX thesis for this bull call spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TJX extends from approximately $141.44 on the downside to $161.64 on the upside. A TJX bull call spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bullish position; relative to an outright long call on TJX, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current TJX IV rank near 56.22% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the bull call spread thesis on TJX should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Consumer Cyclical name, TJX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TJX-specific events.
TJX 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. TJX positions also carry Consumer Cyclical sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TJX alongside the broader basket even when TJX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bull call spread on TJX 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 TJX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bull call spread on TJX?
- A bull call spread on TJX is the bull call spread strategy applied to TJX (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 TJX stock trading near $151.54, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TJX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TJX 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 TJX bull call spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 23.24%), the computed maximum profit is $625.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$375.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a TJX bull call spread?
- The breakeven for the TJX bull call spread priced on this page is roughly $153.75 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 TJX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.66%; 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 TJX?
- Bull call spreads on TJX reduce the cost of a bullish TJX 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 TJX implied volatility affect this bull call spread?
- TJX ATM IV is at 23.24% with IV rank near 56.22%, 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.