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Bull Put Ladder

bearish bearish

Bull Put Ladder is a bearish strategy. It ensures uncapped reward if the stock tanks

Legs:3Risk:Limited RiskProficiency :Advanced

Example:

InstrumentQtyPrice
SELL NIFTY 21-Jul-26 24150 PE65161.6
BUY NIFTY 21-Jul-26 24100 PE65135.9
BUY NIFTY 21-Jul-26 24050 PE65112.5

When To Execute?

Strategy could be executed for a capital gain. The lower strike bought puts will have the effect of uncapping your profit potential; the higher strike sold puts will reduce the cost basis.

Trade

Sell 1 lot ITM Put, Buy 1 lot OTM Put and Buy 1 lot deeper OTM Put 1 lot

Advantages

Bull Put Ladder will be safest to choose as a medium to long term to expiration to allow the underlying asset to move and make the position profitable without time decay destroying the long options

Typically a Bull Put Ladder arises when a Bull Put Spread has gone wrong and the trader adjusts the position to become bearish

Disadvantages

Time decay is generally harmful when the position is losing money, particularly around the middle strike

Bull Put Ladder

Maximum Profit

It is a Net debit strategy. Maximum Profit is unlimited beyond lowest put strike. Your maximum reward on the trade is uncapped because you are buying more puts than you are selling.

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Maximum Loss

Maximum Loss on the trade is limited to the difference between the higher and middle strike prices plus your interim risk.