UFPT Cash-Secured Put Strategy
UFPT (UFP Technologies, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Devices industry), listed on NASDAQ.
UFP Technologies, Inc. specializes in the engineering and custom fabrication of components, subassemblies, finished products, and packaging, primarily utilizing advanced foams, films, and plastics. A significant portion of its business is dedicated to the medical sector, where its single-use and single-patient devices and parts are integral to a broad spectrum of applications, including general medical devices, disposable wound care, infection control, minimally invasive surgical tools, wearable technologies, orthopedic soft goods, and protective packaging for orthopedic implants. Beyond healthcare, the company extends its expertise to the automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer, electronics, and industrial markets. Here, its engineered products and components are incorporated into diverse items such as military uniform and gear, automotive interior trim, athletic padding, sustainable protective packaging, air filtration systems, abrasive nail files, and custom protective cases and inserts. UFP Technologies markets and distributes its offerings across the United States, predominantly through a direct sales force supported by independent manufacturer representatives. The company, established in 1963, is headquartered in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
UFPT (UFP Technologies, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Devices, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.49B, a trailing P/E of 34.48, a beta of 1.07 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 173.86-338.71, average daily share volume of 217K, a public-listing history dating back to 1993, approximately 5K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how UFPT stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.07 places UFPT roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a cash-secured put on UFPT?
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.
UFPT snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $324.26, ATM IV 31.70%, IV rank 6.49%, expected move 9.09%. The cash-secured put on UFPT below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on UFPT specifically: UFPT IV at 31.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling UFPT cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.09% (roughly $29.47 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated UFPT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on UFPT should anchor to the underlying notional of $324.26 per share and to the trader's directional view on UFPT stock.
UFPT cash-secured put setup
The UFPT cash-secured put below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With UFPT at $324.26 on that close, the first option leg uses a $310.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed UFPT chain at a 35-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 UFPT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $310.00 | $7.00 |
UFPT cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$700.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $700.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$30,299.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $303.00
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.023
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
UFPT cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on UFPT. 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% | -$30,299.00 |
| $71.70 | -77.9% | -$23,129.54 |
| $143.40 | -55.8% | -$15,960.09 |
| $215.09 | -33.7% | -$8,790.63 |
| $286.79 | -11.6% | -$1,621.17 |
| $358.48 | +10.6% | +$700.00 |
| $430.18 | +32.7% | +$700.00 |
| $501.87 | +54.8% | +$700.00 |
| $573.57 | +76.9% | +$700.00 |
| $645.26 | +99.0% | +$700.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on UFPT
Cash-secured puts on UFPT earn premium while a trader waits to acquire UFPT stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning UFPT.
UFPT thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for UFPT extends from approximately $294.79 on the downside to $353.73 on the upside. A UFPT cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire UFPT 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 UFPT IV rank near 6.49% 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 UFPT at 31.70%. As a Healthcare name, UFPT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to UFPT-specific events.
UFPT 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. UFPT positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move UFPT alongside the broader basket even when UFPT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on UFPT carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical UFPT earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current UFPT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on UFPT?
- A cash-secured put on UFPT is the cash-secured put strategy applied to UFPT (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 UFPT stock at $324.26 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed UFPT chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are UFPT 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 UFPT cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 31.70%), the computed maximum profit is $700.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$30,299.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a UFPT cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the UFPT cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $303.00 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The UFPT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 9.09%; 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 UFPT?
- Cash-secured puts on UFPT earn premium while a trader waits to acquire UFPT stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning UFPT.
- How does current UFPT implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- UFPT ATM IV is at 31.70% with IV rank near 6.49%, 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.