How are WRBY 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 WRBY cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 83.69%), the computed maximum profit is $192.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$2,506.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a WRBY cash-secured put?

The breakeven for the WRBY cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $25.08 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 WRBY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 23.99%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current WRBY implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?

WRBY ATM IV is at 83.69% with IV rank near 77.48%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.

WRBY Cash-Secured Put Strategy

WRBY (Warby Parker Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Instruments & Supplies industry), listed on NYSE.

Warby Parker Inc. provides eyewear products. It offers eyeglasses, sunglasses, light-responsive lenses, blue-light-filtering lenses, and contact lenses, as well as accessories, including cases, lenses kit with anti-fog spray, pouches, and anti-fog lens spray. The company also offers eye exams and vision tests directly to consumers through its retail stores, website, and mobile apps. As of May 16, 2022, it had 160 retail stores in the United States and Canada. The company was formerly known as JAND, Inc. and changed its name to Warby Parker Inc. in June 2021. Warby Parker Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

WRBY (Warby Parker Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Instruments & Supplies, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.50B, a trailing P/E of 2,612.74, a beta of 1.96 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 14.96-31, average daily share volume of 2.9M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how WRBY stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.96 indicates WRBY has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 2,612.74 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.

What is a cash-secured put on WRBY?

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 WRBY snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $28.67, ATM IV 83.69%, IV rank 77.48%, expected move 23.99%. The cash-secured put on WRBY 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 28-day expiry.

Why this cash-secured put structure on WRBY specifically: WRBY IV at 83.69% is rich versus its 1-year range, which favors premium-selling structures like a WRBY cash-secured put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 23.99% (roughly $6.88 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated WRBY expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on WRBY should anchor to the underlying notional of $28.67 per share and to the trader's directional view on WRBY stock.

WRBY cash-secured put setup

The WRBY 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 WRBY near $28.67, the first option leg uses a $27.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed WRBY chain at a 28-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 WRBY shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Put	$27.00	$1.93

WRBY cash-secured put risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$192.50
Max Profit (per contract): $192.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$2,506.50
Breakeven(s): $25.08
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.077

Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.

WRBY cash-secured put payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on WRBY. 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%	-$2,506.50
$6.35	-77.9%	-$1,872.70
$12.69	-55.8%	-$1,238.90
$19.02	-33.6%	-$605.10
$25.36	-11.5%	+$28.70
$31.70	+10.6%	+$192.50
$38.04	+32.7%	+$192.50
$44.38	+54.8%	+$192.50
$50.71	+76.9%	+$192.50
$57.05	+99.0%	+$192.50

When traders use cash-secured put on WRBY

Cash-secured puts on WRBY earn premium while a trader waits to acquire WRBY stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning WRBY.

WRBY thesis for this cash-secured put

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WRBY extends from approximately $21.79 on the downside to $35.55 on the upside. A WRBY cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire WRBY 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 WRBY IV rank near 77.48% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on WRBY at 83.69%. As a Healthcare name, WRBY options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to WRBY-specific events.

WRBY 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. WRBY positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move WRBY alongside the broader basket even when WRBY-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on WRBY carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical WRBY earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current WRBY chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a cash-secured put on WRBY?: A cash-secured put on WRBY is the cash-secured put strategy applied to WRBY (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 WRBY stock trading near $28.67, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed WRBY chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are WRBY 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 WRBY cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 83.69%), the computed maximum profit is $192.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$2,506.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a WRBY cash-secured put?: The breakeven for the WRBY cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $25.08 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 WRBY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 23.99%; 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 WRBY?: Cash-secured puts on WRBY earn premium while a trader waits to acquire WRBY stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning WRBY.
How does current WRBY implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?: WRBY ATM IV is at 83.69% with IV rank near 77.48%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.