How are UBS bear put 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-put strike minus net debit. For the UBS bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 27.80%), the computed maximum profit is $147.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$102.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a UBS bear put spread?

The breakeven for the UBS bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $43.98 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 UBS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.97%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current UBS implied volatility affect this bear put spread?

UBS ATM IV is at 27.80% with IV rank near 31.35%, 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.

UBS Bear Put Spread Strategy

UBS (UBS Group AG), in the Financial Services sector, (Banks - Diversified industry), listed on NYSE.

UBS Group AG provides financial advice and solutions to private, institutional, and corporate clients worldwide. It operates through four divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management, and Investment Bank. The Global Wealth Management division offers investment advice and solutions, and lending solutions to ultra high net worth and high net worth clients. This segment also provides estate and wealth planning, investing, philanthropy, corporate and banking, and family advisory services, as well as mortgage, securities-based, and structured lending solutions. The Personal & Corporate Banking division provides personal banking products and services, such as deposits, cards, and online and mobile banking, as well as lending, investments, and retirement services; and corporate and institutional solutions, including equity and debt capital markets, syndicated and structured credit, private placements, leasing, traditional financing, trade and export finance, and global custody solutions, as well as transaction banking solutions for payment and cash management. The Asset Management division offers equities, fixed income, hedge funds, real estate and private markets, indexed and alternative beta strategies, asset allocation and currency investment strategies, customized multi-asset solutions, advisory and fiduciary services, and multi-manager hedge fund solutions and advisory services.

UBS (UBS Group AG) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Banks - Diversified, with a market capitalization of approximately $151.70B, a trailing P/E of 18.35, a beta of 0.83 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 30.36-49.36, average daily share volume of 2.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2000, approximately 107K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how UBS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.83 places UBS roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. UBS pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a bear put spread on UBS?

A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.

Current UBS snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $45.56, ATM IV 27.80%, IV rank 31.35%, expected move 7.97%. The bear put spread on UBS 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 245-day expiry.

Why this bear put spread structure on UBS specifically: UBS IV at 27.80% 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 7.97% (roughly $3.63 on the underlying). The 245-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated UBS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on UBS should anchor to the underlying notional of $45.56 per share and to the trader's directional view on UBS stock.

UBS bear put spread setup

The UBS bear put 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 UBS near $45.56, the first option leg uses a $45.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed UBS chain at a 245-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 UBS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Put	$45.00	$3.65
Sell 1	Put	$42.50	$2.63

UBS bear put spread risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$102.50
Max Profit (per contract): $147.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$102.50
Breakeven(s): $43.98
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.439

Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit.

UBS bear put spread payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on UBS. 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%	+$147.50
$10.08	-77.9%	+$147.50
$20.15	-55.8%	+$147.50
$30.23	-33.7%	+$147.50
$40.30	-11.5%	+$147.50
$50.37	+10.6%	-$102.50
$60.44	+32.7%	-$102.50
$70.52	+54.8%	-$102.50
$80.59	+76.9%	-$102.50
$90.66	+99.0%	-$102.50

When traders use bear put spread on UBS

Bear put spreads on UBS reduce the cost of a bearish UBS stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.

UBS thesis for this bear put spread

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for UBS extends from approximately $41.93 on the downside to $49.19 on the upside. A UBS bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on UBS, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current UBS IV rank near 31.35% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the bear put spread thesis on UBS should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, UBS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to UBS-specific events.

UBS bear put spread positions are structurally moderately 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. UBS positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move UBS alongside the broader basket even when UBS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on UBS 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 UBS chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a bear put spread on UBS?: A bear put spread on UBS is the bear put spread strategy applied to UBS (stock). The strategy is structurally moderately bearish: A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With UBS stock trading near $45.56, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed UBS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are UBS bear put 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-put strike minus net debit. For the UBS bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 27.80%), the computed maximum profit is $147.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$102.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a UBS bear put spread?: The breakeven for the UBS bear put spread priced on this page is roughly $43.98 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 UBS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.97%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a bear put spread on UBS?: Bear put spreads on UBS reduce the cost of a bearish UBS stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
How does current UBS implied volatility affect this bear put spread?: UBS ATM IV is at 27.80% with IV rank near 31.35%, 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.