UFPI Cash-Secured Put Strategy
UFPI (UFP Industries, Inc.), in the Basic Materials sector, (Paper, Lumber & Forest Products industry), listed on NASDAQ.
UFP Industries, Inc., a company founded in 1955 and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializes in the global design, manufacturing, and distribution of both traditional wood and innovative wood-alternative products. Operating across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, the organization was previously known as Universal Forest Products, Inc. before adopting its current name in April 2020. Its operations are structured into three primary business segments: Retail, Industrial, and Construction. The Retail segment caters to consumers and contractors by supplying a diverse array of products. This includes treated and untreated dimensional lumber, alongside a comprehensive selection of outdoor living solutions such as wood and composite decking with associated accessories, as well as decorative items for lawns, gardens, crafts, and hobbies. These offerings reach national home improvement chains and both regional and contractor-focused lumberyards, marketed under established brand names like ProWood, Deckorators, UFP-Edge, Outdoor Essentials, Dimensions, ProWood FR, and Handprint.
UFPI (UFP Industries, Inc.) trades in the Basic Materials sector, specifically Paper, Lumber & Forest Products, with a market capitalization of approximately $5.21B, a trailing P/E of 19.70, a beta of 1.25 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 77.89-118, average daily share volume of 482K, a public-listing history dating back to 1993, approximately 15K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how UFPI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.25 places UFPI roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. UFPI pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a cash-secured put on UFPI?
A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike.
Current UFPI snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $90.47, ATM IV 26.60%, IV rank 2.71%, expected move 7.63%. The cash-secured put on UFPI 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 17-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on UFPI specifically: UFPI IV at 26.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling UFPI cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.63% (roughly $6.90 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated UFPI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on UFPI should anchor to the underlying notional of $90.47 per share and to the trader's directional view on UFPI stock.
UFPI cash-secured put setup
The UFPI cash-secured 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 UFPI near $90.47, the first option leg uses a $85.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed UFPI chain at a 17-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 UFPI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $85.00 | $0.88 |
UFPI cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$88.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $88.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$8,411.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $84.12
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.010
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
UFPI cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on UFPI. 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% | -$8,411.00 |
| $20.01 | -77.9% | -$6,410.77 |
| $40.01 | -55.8% | -$4,410.54 |
| $60.02 | -33.7% | -$2,410.31 |
| $80.02 | -11.6% | -$410.08 |
| $100.02 | +10.6% | +$88.00 |
| $120.02 | +32.7% | +$88.00 |
| $140.03 | +54.8% | +$88.00 |
| $160.03 | +76.9% | +$88.00 |
| $180.03 | +99.0% | +$88.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on UFPI
Cash-secured puts on UFPI earn premium while a trader waits to acquire UFPI stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning UFPI.
UFPI thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for UFPI extends from approximately $83.57 on the downside to $97.37 on the upside. A UFPI cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire UFPI at the strike price; the strategy is most attractive when the trader is comfortable holding the underlying at that level and IV is rich enough to compensate for the assignment risk. Current UFPI IV rank near 2.71% 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 UFPI at 26.60%. As a Basic Materials name, UFPI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to UFPI-specific events.
UFPI cash-secured put positions are structurally neutral to slightly 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. UFPI positions also carry Basic Materials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move UFPI alongside the broader basket even when UFPI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on UFPI carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical UFPI earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current UFPI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on UFPI?
- A cash-secured put on UFPI is the cash-secured put strategy applied to UFPI (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike. With UFPI stock trading near $90.47, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed UFPI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are UFPI cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the UFPI cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 26.60%), the computed maximum profit is $88.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$8,411.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a UFPI cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the UFPI cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $84.12 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 UFPI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.63%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a cash-secured put on UFPI?
- Cash-secured puts on UFPI earn premium while a trader waits to acquire UFPI stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning UFPI.
- How does current UFPI implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- UFPI ATM IV is at 26.60% with IV rank near 2.71%, 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.