Transcript: CIBC Investor’s Edge — Calculating gain or loss on put options: A step-by-step guide

[Calculating Gain or Loss on Put Options: A Step-by-Step Guide]

[CIBC logo. CIBC Investor’s Edge — Calculating Gain or Loss on Put Options: A Step-by-Step Guide. A closed laptop is shown, which opens to show a bar graph and a line graph on its monitor.]

[A CIBC Investor’s Edge employee stands in front of a wall with the CIBC logo on it and speaks.]

>> CIBC Investor’s Edge employee: Let's illustrate a put option which you would purchase if you have a bearish view on a particular company or you would like to buy insurance on some of your existing portfolio holdings. 

[The laptop monitor shows a line graph that moves up and down, buy is mainly moving up. There is a blue box that explains it is the “Share price”. On the left side are dollar amounts, going from $5 to $10, $15, $20. To the right is a point listed as “current stock price — $18”. The $18 is highlighted in blue. The Title of the Graph is: “Buy 10 contracts of $15 put for $2/contract. Premium = 1,000 × $2 = $2,000”.]

Here we have XYZ trading at $18. We buy ten contracts of the $15 put for $2 per contract. 

[A dotted line shows across the graph and shows strike price. At the current point on the far right, the dotted line shows strike price. The graph line, which has gone down shows “$8 on expiry” highlighted in blue. Showing the difference between the two points by shading, shows a calculation of “$15 strike price - $8 on expiry = $7 in the money”. This calculation changes to: “$7 in the money - $2 premium/contract = $5/contract = $5,000”.]

If the stock closes at $8 on expiry, it would be $7 in the money, so our profit would be $5 per contract or $5,000. 

[The graph then changes so that the graph line increases to show “$16.50 on expiry”. The section from the $15 strike price dotted line all the way to the top of the graph is shaded and is titled “out of the money”. This is then changed to “worthless”. The $2,000 from the Title of “Premium = 1,000 × $2 = $2,000” is then circled.]

Now, what would happen if the stock closed at $16.50 on expiry? The $15 put would be out of the money and therefore worthless. You would lose the $2,000 premium you initially paid.

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