TRU Long Put Strategy
TRU (TransUnion), in the Industrials sector, (Consulting Services industry), listed on NYSE.
TransUnion provides risk and information solutions. The company operates in three segments: U.S. Markets, International, and Consumer Interactive. The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights, and analytics to businesses. These businesses use its services to acquire new customers; assess consumer ability to pay for services; identify cross-selling opportunities; measure and manage debt portfolio risk; collect debt; verify consumer identities; and mitigate fraud risk.
TRU (TransUnion) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Consulting Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $12.83B, a trailing P/E of 18.21, a beta of 1.57 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 65.235-99.39, average daily share volume of 2.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 13K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TRU stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.57 indicates TRU has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. TRU pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a long put on TRU?
A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration.
Current TRU snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $66.38, ATM IV 44.30%, IV rank 43.11%, expected move 12.70%. The long put on TRU 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 long put structure on TRU specifically: TRU IV at 44.30% 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 12.70% (roughly $8.43 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 TRU expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TRU should anchor to the underlying notional of $66.38 per share and to the trader's directional view on TRU stock.
TRU long put setup
The TRU long 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 TRU near $66.38, the first option leg uses a $67.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TRU 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 TRU shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $67.50 | $4.10 |
TRU long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$410.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $6,339.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$410.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $63.40
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 15.461
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
TRU long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on TRU. 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% | +$6,339.00 |
| $14.69 | -77.9% | +$4,871.41 |
| $29.36 | -55.8% | +$3,403.82 |
| $44.04 | -33.7% | +$1,936.24 |
| $58.71 | -11.5% | +$468.65 |
| $73.39 | +10.6% | -$410.00 |
| $88.07 | +32.7% | -$410.00 |
| $102.74 | +54.8% | -$410.00 |
| $117.42 | +76.9% | -$410.00 |
| $132.09 | +99.0% | -$410.00 |
When traders use long put on TRU
Long puts on TRU hedge an existing long TRU stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying TRU exposure being hedged.
TRU thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TRU extends from approximately $57.95 on the downside to $74.81 on the upside. A TRU long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long TRU position with one put per 100 shares held. Current TRU IV rank near 43.11% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the long put thesis on TRU should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Industrials name, TRU options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TRU-specific events.
TRU long put positions are structurally 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. TRU positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TRU alongside the broader basket even when TRU-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on TRU 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 TRU chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on TRU?
- A long put on TRU is the long put strategy applied to TRU (stock). The strategy is structurally bearish: A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration. With TRU stock trading near $66.38, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TRU chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TRU long put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the TRU long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 44.30%), the computed maximum profit is $6,339.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$410.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a TRU long put?
- The breakeven for the TRU long put priced on this page is roughly $63.40 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 TRU market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 12.70%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a long put on TRU?
- Long puts on TRU hedge an existing long TRU stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying TRU exposure being hedged.
- How does current TRU implied volatility affect this long put?
- TRU ATM IV is at 44.30% with IV rank near 43.11%, 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.