TTC Bull Call Spread Strategy
TTC (The Toro Company), in the Industrials sector, (Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories industry), listed on NYSE.
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TTC (The Toro Company) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories, with a market capitalization of approximately $9.22B, a trailing P/E of 27.53, a beta of 0.71 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 67.64-105.19, average daily share volume of 848K, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 11K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TTC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.71 places TTC roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. TTC 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 TTC?
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 TTC snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $96.84, ATM IV 26.70%, IV rank 1.62%, expected move 7.65%. The bull call spread on TTC 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 80-day expiry.
Why this bull call spread structure on TTC specifically: TTC IV at 26.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a TTC bull call spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.65% (roughly $7.41 on the underlying). The 80-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated TTC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TTC should anchor to the underlying notional of $96.84 per share and to the trader's directional view on TTC stock.
TTC bull call spread setup
The TTC 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 TTC near $96.84, the first option leg uses a $95.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TTC chain at a 80-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 TTC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $95.00 | $7.20 |
| Sell 1 | Call | $100.00 | $4.80 |
TTC bull call spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$240.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $260.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$240.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $97.40
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.083
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.
TTC bull call spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bull call spread on TTC. 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% | -$240.00 |
| $21.42 | -77.9% | -$240.00 |
| $42.83 | -55.8% | -$240.00 |
| $64.24 | -33.7% | -$240.00 |
| $85.65 | -11.6% | -$240.00 |
| $107.06 | +10.6% | +$260.00 |
| $128.47 | +32.7% | +$260.00 |
| $149.89 | +54.8% | +$260.00 |
| $171.30 | +76.9% | +$260.00 |
| $192.71 | +99.0% | +$260.00 |
When traders use bull call spread on TTC
Bull call spreads on TTC reduce the cost of a bullish TTC stock position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
TTC thesis for this bull call spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TTC extends from approximately $89.43 on the downside to $104.25 on the upside. A TTC bull call spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bullish position; relative to an outright long call on TTC, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current TTC IV rank near 1.62% 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 TTC at 26.70%. As a Industrials name, TTC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TTC-specific events.
TTC 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. TTC positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TTC alongside the broader basket even when TTC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bull call spread on TTC 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 TTC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bull call spread on TTC?
- A bull call spread on TTC is the bull call spread strategy applied to TTC (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 TTC stock trading near $96.84, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TTC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TTC 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 TTC bull call spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 26.70%), the computed maximum profit is $260.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$240.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a TTC bull call spread?
- The breakeven for the TTC bull call spread priced on this page is roughly $97.40 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 TTC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.65%; 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 TTC?
- Bull call spreads on TTC reduce the cost of a bullish TTC 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 TTC implied volatility affect this bull call spread?
- TTC ATM IV is at 26.70% with IV rank near 1.62%, 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.