The Bear Put Spread
Categories: Bearish Option Strategies, Option Trading Courses
About Course
The Smarter Bear Strategy.
You’ve learned the Long Put, where you bet on a market crash but pay a high price for the privilege. Now, we’re going to show you how to trade like a professional by using the Bear Put Spread. It’s “Smarter” because it lowers your cost and increases your ROI by selling a bit of someone else’s insurance to pay for your own.
The Bear Put Spread is a “Defined Risk” directional strategy. It allows you to profit from a falling market with significantly less capital than a long put. By buying a put and simultaneously selling a cheaper one further below, you “discount” your trade. This results in a high-leverage, high-reward setup where you can see potential returns of over 160% if the market drops to your target.
What Will You Learn?
- 1. The 'Discounted' Bear Bet
- How to construct a Bear Put Spread using the SPY $672/$668 model.
- Understanding why this is a Debit Spread (You pay to enter, but less than a naked put).
- 2. The Math of High Leverage
- Calculating your Max Loss (The $152 net debit paid).
- Calculating your Max Profit (Strike width minus debit = $248).
- Why an ROI of 163% is possible in just 42 days.
- 3. The Strategy Trade-Off
- Understanding the Breakeven: Higher Strike minus Debit ($672 - $1.52 = $670.48).
- Probability vs. Reward: Why we accept a 47% win rate in exchange for massive profit potential.
- 4. The 'Momentum' Greeks
- Negative Delta: How the spread value explodes as the stock falls.
- Theta Management: Why this trade needs a "quick" move to reach its full potential.
- 5. Professional Trade Management
- Exit actions: What to do if the price is above, between, or below your strikes at expiry.
- The "Take Profit" target for directional spreads.
Course Content
1. The ‘Smarter’ Directional Bet
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Lesson 1.1: Introduction – The Long Put Upgrade
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Lesson 1.2: Why We Call it a ‘Debit Spread’
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Lesson 1.3: Capping the Profit for Lower Risk
2. The Math of Leverage (Risk vs. Reward)
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Lesson 2.1: Max Loss & Max Profit
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Lesson 2.2: ROI – The Power of the Spread
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Lesson 2.3: The Breakeven Point
3. The Greeks of Momentum (Delta & Theta)
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Lesson 3.1: Net Delta – Your Profit Rocket
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Lesson 3.2: Net Theta – The Rent You Pay
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Lesson 3.3: Net Vega – The Volatility Boost
4. Picking Your Strikes and Assignment Risk
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Lesson 4.1: Choosing Your Bearish Level
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Lesson 4.2: Assignment Risk (The ‘Short’ Leg)
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Lesson 4.3: Professional Management (Don’t Get Pinned)
5. Actions to Take at Expiry
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Lesson 5.1: The Three Expiration Scenarios
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Lesson 5.2: Managing Scenario 3 (The ‘In-Between’ Risk)
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Lesson 5.3: The ‘Set and Forget’ Target
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Bear Put Spread Quiz
6. Topic 6: Course Summary & The Bearish Roadmap
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Lesson 6.1: The ‘Triple-Lock’ Entry Rules
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Lesson 6.2: When in Doubt—Ask Us!
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