How to Get the BREAKEVEN PRICE for ANY Options Strategy (Options Trading Tutorial)

[@projectfinance]

TYPO CORRECTION @ 14:53: It should say "$15.50 - $11.00 = $4.50"

[@marvinboots1176]

That was going to be my question, the part that really confused me. Timestamp 15:22 15.50 minus 11.50 = 4.50 Your comment was 5 months ago, still hasn't`t fixed it. Not cool.

[@dansmith1743]

Thanks!

[@projectfinance]

You’re welcome and Thank you Dan!

[@projectfinance]

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[@kingdrew5083]

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[@samanthacalderwood4443]

Love how you explain concepts in all your videos. I’m just starting out and these deep dives are extremely helpful!

[@steveneill3278]

If you need beginner questions answered and get some sound theories - watch and take notes. Natural teacher.

[@unispecllc]

excellent explanation, I finally get it! Thanks!

[@projectfinance]

Glad it helped!

[@KarthiKeyan-od1sr]

The graphical visualization that you've been showing on your video is very helpful to understand the concepts. Especially for B.E price.

[@JohntheNobleSavage]

Chris has the unique ability to make the "difficult to understand" understandable. When I become rich in the market it will undoubtedly be more due to Chris than to me. In case you haven't noticed prices are going up, not down; and this, through hard work, is one possible solution!

[@CameronV.G]

Extremely helpful video, I've watched a few videos that break this down and none of them explained it as well as you did. Thank you!

[@chandralekha1231]

The best video for breakeven on KZbin. Thanks a lot.

[@purple1199]

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[@alamowealthbuilders7945]

hes so buff now lol still my favorite option teacher on the planet

[@projectfinance]

Thank you!

[@richardr7700]

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[@projectfinance]

Ahaha thanks! It's the new wide-angle lens I use. It's more revealing. Are you from/in Australia? Asking due to your usage of mate.

[@Shvabicu]

@@projectfinance actually from Germany, but spent some time in Australia, have relatives and friends there. Also many thanks for your extremely well spoken and detailed tutorials. Whenever someone asks me about options trading, I refer them to your beginner guides.

[@projectfinance]

@@Shvabicu Got it. I was just going to say I'm a huge fan of Australia. Hoping to go there next year if travel is permitted. Thank you for the referrals/support!

[@binzsta86]

He's a stud. btw, I'm a guy and straight. Whooo!!

[@Swishy3wick]

Question on calculating profit. I was confused as to why I had profits on my call options way below the breakeven point before you clarified this is calculated for expiration. So, is there a way to calculate expected option contract prices before expiration, taking into account extrinsic value? Or is it basically impossible to calculate extrinsic value?

[@adefianon]

Thanks for the video. It was helpful..!!

[@bharatpatel449]

Hi Chris, Great explanation as always. Please provide a PDF or slides link for Breakeven calculation for various strategies. Thx.

[@OfficialKingKulin]

Awesome info

[@joebob4609]

One simple question here. If I buy a OTM $7 call with a stock of $6 with a $1.80 premium today. Then tomorrow stock price is $8 and the premium is $2.50. Would I just make $70 ? $250-$180= 70 or $170. $100 from the difference of call vs stock +difference of premium?

[@boysapphire308]

you knowledgeable bro and you just made this video today its just a few weeks i getting in to option deep itm lol thank you

[@prabhakarpotu6617]

i have been watching you vdedos. your expalantion and teachings of basics are excellent. One thing i am not clear about is, how did you come to the upper breakeven point of $140.50. May be i missed somwhere. If i did my apologies. You are an excellent teacher. Thanks

[@rividin8416]

Thanks was really helpful

[@mikedok1]

Exceptional video, Chris. That’s also great that you keep in shape too. Where are you at?

[@deo-nis]

Hi Chris, do you have any advice on the options strategy calculator or screeners programs?

[@narindersingh6980]

Thank you

[@truszko91]

Do you have a video explaining different option trading strategies? I couldn't find one.

[@francescosarnari7158]

Hi Chris, I have a question for you: let us take under consideration the naked put strike 175, sold at 7.50. If the price is 170 at expiration, I get assigned 100 shares of the underlying asset. Does the assignment affect in any way my P&L profile?

[@chai1134]

thank you so much...

[@AlbyTheMovieCreator]

at 16:00 you say to be careful because before expiring of the option, the breakeven price doesn't really matter, because you can have a profitable or unprofitable option's trade. Why is that? Is there a video where you explain that? Is it becasue of the extrinsic value of the option?

[@rakeshkarkare]

Hi @projectfinance, What happens if the price remains below breakeven, but it is above our strike price in expiry ? Does we get some premium amount and our stock remains as is ? Or broker sells our stocks and do physical settlement ? Pls help

[@wayupnorth9420]

Outstanding video

[@harskuma]

Nice video overall. Even though the breakeven price is the same when shorting or buying call/put options, I am thinking the P/L graph would flip. For example if you bought a call option for $5 with a strike price of $100, the breakeven will be $105 and you will be profitable after the stock price crosses $105 and you will be in red below it, and your maximum loss will be $500 at any price below $100. However, if you shorted the same stock, you will be profitable after the stock falls below $105 and have losses if crosses over.

[@pwintkyawlatt]

How could I know call option or put option ?where could I find out those options and how much for premium how could I know?Please explain it to me when you have a chance.I am beginner stocks player.

[@sagig72]

Great video Chris.

[@projectfinance]

Thanks 👍

[@ScottiMac0007]

Chris @14:53 you have a typo in yellow. It reads "-$11.50" not $11.00.

[@projectfinance]

Arghh... I reread this so many times. Thanks for the note.

[@naveenofficial3680]

I want to know BEP for any option strategy not only for commonly used strategy. For example i shorted a put, mkt went down, now i shorted a call, then again put, then bought call. Like this. Hope u got my question

[@FinalRant00]

Perfect explanation! Thanks

[@mkarbakhsh]

Thanks Chris, it was so helpful. I was also wondering if there is a third breakeven in the Butterfly example?

[@brianngo6360]

So what happens when you buy a option and it expires ITM. Does it still have value can you trade contracts that have 0 time value. When the option does expire does your broker just automatically sell it.

[@projectfinance]

If you allow an ITM call to expire ITM, you will automatically exercise that option and buy 100 shares at the strike price. but yes, if you have an ITM call option, it has intrinsic value equal to: Stock Price - Strike Price. That value will never be lost as time passes (as extrinsic value is lost), unless the stock price decreases to result in less intrinsic value. For instance, if your call strike is $100 and the stock price is $107, the call has $7 of intrinsic value ($700 in actual dollar value terms). That $700 will remain as long as the stock price is at $107. If the stock goes to $110, the call will have $10 of intrinsic value ($1,000 in actual dollar value terms). Intrinsic value is never lost as time passes. So if your call has $700 of intrinsic value at expiration, you can sell the call for $700. I wouldn't recommend holding ITM options through expiration if you don't want to buy the stock position, which will require lots more money to hold compared to the option.

[@brianngo6360]

projectoption thank you your actually so good at explaining thank you. 👍👍Your vids are extremely informative. The options basics was good too a lot of people liked that. It blew up with 1.5 mil views I watched the whole vid.

[@SejalPatelDrSej]

Great topic !

[@projectfinance]

thanks Sejal!

[@siddheshdakwe5757]

the audio in vid is so dull but so informative

[@supersaiyanmuslim7569]

Thanks for the video Chris! I had a question about the butterfly spread. If the net intrinsic value in the example is equal to $4.50, then why would the upper breakeven price be $140.5? Would it not be 135 (call) + 4.50 (net intrinsic value) = $139.50? I rewatched that segment but still couldn't wrap my head around the $140.5 breakeven price. Thank you for all the amazing options content you've put out for us :)

[@vasiliostsikoudis443]

I also agree with you

[@jahidmdhasan1021]

while calculating Vertical Spread Breakeven Price , how the 260 Call Short Trade becomes $0 dollars (at 253.35$) , confused can you please explain

[@raed4914]

good day i alway find hard to got filled with option credit or Depit pread i dont know i do Mid price but i don’t got fill even i didn’t see my order goes through Bid or ASK is that normal ?

[@morninggapup]

I’ve been watching, still trying to figure options trading out. If you buy a put and call option at the same price, are you guaranteed an in-the-money trade at or close to expiration because you can’t loose more than traded?

[@projectfinance]

You are guaranteed to have one of the two options in-the-money, but one of the options must have intrinsic value equal to your purchase price for the trade to break even. If you buy the 100 straddle for $15, the stock price must be at $115 or $85 for the straddle to break even at expiration.

[@1sh0n0m3rcy]

all of your options videos, you specify " at expiration " and short selling. does this mean the strategies only work if you hold till expiration? and if i short sell i would need a margin account?

[@PoweiKao]

If you close your position before the expiration date, you need to consider the extrinsic values (if there's any). Extrinsic values could be affected by factors such as the volatility of the stocks and time till expiration.

[@djaykadam9642]

Good morning sir.need ur help .i have buy call option of strike price 30800 at the rate of rs 80 and i have sell call option of strike price 31000at rs 40 in 3lots (40*3).pl ler me know the beakeven point .pl explain.

[@lauryjerry1566]

love your teaching detailed and informative .are you MIT alumni???

[@Faraz70]

When i trade vertical credit spreads, even when the price of both the options is above the breakeven price, my TOS platform shows a loss - negative balance in Open profit/loss?

[@projectfinance]

The breakeven is only at expiration. If you are before expiration, you could have a loss on your position even if the stock is favorably positioned relative to the breakeven.

[@Cortes2141]

I think I'm missing something on calculating the upper breakeven on the butterfly... how do you calculate to be $140.50 using step by step math? Showing all the number I get that the math works, but do you just start at $135.50, find the 125C intrinsic, then subtract the 135C shorts, and so on and just keep doing that until you arrived at $140.50? I also noticed that $140.50 is exactly $4.50 BELOW up upper long call. Is that just a coincidence?

[@tangorocking]

@projectoption Great video as usual Chris. Simply loving it. Keep them coming... ​ Have a small query on the settlement part. Appreciate your thoughts on the same.... Example:. Call strike is $100, Premium Paid is 7 and the stock price is $110. I am $300 in the money. Today is expiration day. even though i am up $300 who could i sell this to. Anyone buying from me would end up automatically exercising his rights to buy the shares which no one may want to. So my question is "Is it quite possible to be stuck with ITM and not be able to sell and forced to purchase shares at end of expiry"? which means its best to close much earlier in the day (few days earlier even maybe) and not wait till expiration date?. Or is there some institution which guarantees to pay you your intrinsic value (300$) at expiry if you do not want to exercise your right to purchase.?

[@satoshiorange]

I understand your fear. But if you are trading highly active stocks/products, the option markets have so much liquidity that you will not have a problem selling. You may ask "why would somebody buy this?" But there are tons of market makers out there that will be willing to provide liquidity and help you facilitate your trade (by taking the other side). The important thing here is trade active options. Don't trade options on little-known stocks. Always check open interest and stick to standard monthly expiration cycles (third Friday of each month). You want open interest in the thousands at many strike prices. You'll have no problem trading these options.

[@tangorocking]

@@satoshiorange Thanks for your response. Much appreciated. So what i understand is on the highly active stocks there will always be a buyer who may have his own reasons for buying on expiration date, maybe he is short and want to close. Bu there is no such institution guarantee of getting paid the intrinsic. What one is guaranteed though is the purchase of shares upon not closing on expiration date..

[@edwardwashington6523]

What if I'm a $500 Robinhood instant account trying to trade SPY credit spreads, usually shorting an OTM put ($330 strike) while buying an OTM put at a lower strike ($329 strike). Usually this would yield around 5-10% profit while only requiring $100 or less buying power per spread. My question are: 1. what happens if the spread I short expires in the money & I am auto exercised? Will my broker pump $33K cash into my account super quick (I definitely don't have that much by myself) to buy the shares and sell them right back? 2. Also, my Robinhood instant is not a standard margin account, so I don't think I can short. If my long put expires in the money & I am unable to find anyone to buy the put before then, will Robinhood make me auto exercise the put? Will it make me sell $32.9K shares worth of SPY that I don't own & then immediately but them back for me? I wanna make sure I don't accidentally blow my account up trying to trade an affordable credit spread. Also, can you buy options on the day they will expire? Like in the morning?

[@dwhite3676]

I swear you made this video for me!!

[@projectfinance]

You're welcome 😀

[@mikecruz9226]

If I buy 2 contracts of 137 CALL for $4.00, I will pay $800 ($400x2). Normally, breakeven will be if the 137 CALL reaches 141. Since I bought 2 contracts, do I add 8 instead of 4 to 137 making the breakeven point to 145???? The current stock price now is at 139 (not yet at 141). The 137 CALL is selling for $5.35. If I sell at $5.35 x 2 contracts, this gives me $1070. $1070 - $800 (what I paid) = $270 So I'm in the profit of $270 without even reaching the breakeven point. How is this possible??? Am I mistaken and missing something? I'm a beginner so any info would be much appreciated. Thank you...

[@truszko91]

If you paid $4 for a 137 call, you need the stock price to be $141 AT EXPIRATION in order to break even. That's because at expiration your option only has an intrinsic value. It sounds like you are checking the stock price before the expiration. Before expiration, your option will have two values: intrinsic and extrinsic. At the 139 stock price, your intrinsic value was $2 (139 - 137). At the 139 stock price, your extrinsic value was $3.35 (5.35 - 2). The extrinsic value changes over time and reaches $0 at expiration. If your stock price stayed at 139 until expiration, you would lose money. Was this helpful?

[@truszko91]

The double purchase doesn't matter. Your breakeven price is the same for the same strike prices

[@mikecruz9226]

@@truszko91 I guess it kind of makes sense when you say "AT EXPIRATION." This ONLY matters at expiration. I just didn't understand how I was already profiting at 139 before I even reached my breakeven point of 141. But I guess as the stock price moved up from 137 to 139, so did the premium price (money I paid). If I wanted to, I can sell at this point and collect my little profit and don't really have to wait for the stock price to hit 141, right? Thank you for the feedback, much appreciated!

[@truszko91]

@@mikecruz9226 for sure! If you only buy a call, that option's theoretical profit is unlimited. While the intrinsic value is bound to be the difference between the stock price and the strike price (141-137, or 150-137), the extrinsic value is infinite. But, extrinsic value deteriorates over time, reaching $0 at expiration. If the price is moving in the right direction, and the implied volatility increases a lot from the time of your purchase, you will gain a lot of extrinsic value, but, again, the more you wait, the more that extrinsic value deteriorates.

[@mikecruz9226]

@@truszko91 With the example you gave (150-137) intrinsic value is 13. Extrinsic would be -7.65 ($5.35 - 13). Is it possible to have a negative extrinsic value?

[@nononnomonohjghdgdshrsrhsjgd]

I like your videos but music is distracting

[@projectfinance]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@djemsjean-paul1364]

why break even is higher than strike price

[@Ryan-gk1bd]

Because of Theta(time) decay the value of the option goes down. Therefore, in order to offset the value lost, the price needs to increase to certain amounts. In his first example, if he waits until expiration, he will need the underlying stock price to be at 262.37 to break even. Edit: 2:35

[@projectfinance]

Because call options have intrinsic value when the stock price is above the strike price. For a call trade to breakeven at expiration, the call has to be worth the entry price. And since intrinsic value is all that remains at expiration, the call needs to have intrinsic value equal to the entry price. The formula for a call's intrinsic value is Stock Price - Strike Price. So if I buy a 100 call for $7.37, the call will have $7.37 of intrinsic value if the stock price is at $107.37. At expiration, the call will only have intrinsic value, and so if the stock price is at $107.37, the 100 call will be worth $7.37 (same as the entry price).

[@teresab208]

Seems like you should only look at what you paid, what you spent

[@valeriev1728]

too complicated, i'd rather memorize

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this is so helpful! thanks!

[@projectfinance]

Glad it was helpful!