TUSK Long Put Strategy
TUSK (Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Conglomerates industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. operates as an energy service company. The company operates in four segments: Infrastructure Services, Well Completion Services, Natural Sand Proppant Services, and Drilling Services. The Infrastructure Services segment offers a range of services on electric transmission and distribution, and networks and substation facilities, including engineering, design, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and lower voltage overhead and underground distribution systems; storm repair and restoration services; and commercial services comprising installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial wiring. The Well Completion Services segment provides high-pressure hydraulic fracturing services to enhance the production of oil and natural gas from formations having low permeability, and sand hauling and water transfer services. The Natural Sand Proppant Services segment is involved in mining, processing, and selling natural sand proppant used for hydraulic fracturing; buying processed sand from suppliers on the spot market and reselling that sand; and providing logistics solutions to facilitate delivery of frac sand products. The Drilling Services segment offers contract land and directional drilling services, as well as rig moving services.
TUSK (Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Conglomerates, with a market capitalization of approximately $157.6M, a beta of 1.09 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.715-3.33, average daily share volume of 285K, a public-listing history dating back to 2016, approximately 639 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TUSK stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.09 places TUSK roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a long put on TUSK?
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 TUSK snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $3.23, ATM IV 68.10%, IV rank 12.99%, expected move 19.52%. The long put on TUSK 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 TUSK specifically: TUSK IV at 68.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a TUSK long put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 19.52% (roughly $0.63 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 TUSK expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TUSK should anchor to the underlying notional of $3.23 per share and to the trader's directional view on TUSK stock.
TUSK long put setup
The TUSK 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 TUSK near $3.23, the first option leg uses a $3.23 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TUSK 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 TUSK shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $3.23 | N/A |
TUSK long put 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 the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
TUSK long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long put on TUSK. 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 long put on TUSK
Long puts on TUSK hedge an existing long TUSK stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying TUSK exposure being hedged.
TUSK thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TUSK extends from approximately $2.60 on the downside to $3.86 on the upside. A TUSK long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long TUSK position with one put per 100 shares held. Current TUSK IV rank near 12.99% 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 TUSK at 68.10%. As a Industrials name, TUSK options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TUSK-specific events.
TUSK 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. TUSK positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TUSK alongside the broader basket even when TUSK-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long put on TUSK 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 TUSK chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on TUSK?
- A long put on TUSK is the long put strategy applied to TUSK (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 TUSK stock trading near $3.23, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TUSK chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TUSK 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 TUSK long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 68.10%), 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 TUSK long put?
- The breakeven for the TUSK long put 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 TUSK market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 19.52%; 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 TUSK?
- Long puts on TUSK hedge an existing long TUSK stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying TUSK exposure being hedged.
- How does current TUSK implied volatility affect this long put?
- TUSK ATM IV is at 68.10% with IV rank near 12.99%, 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.