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Bull Put Credit Spread
BEGINNER income Capped lossDefined-risk bullish income.
When to use it
Bullish but you want capped risk and less capital than a CSP. Sell a put near the money, buy a lower put as a wing. ~45 DTE, exit ~75% max profit.
Max profit
Net credit received.
Max loss
Spread width − net credit.
Payoff at expiry
illustrative shape — not to scale
■ profit zone
■ loss zone
X axis = stock price at expiry →
How it's built
Strikes shown low→high. Sell = collect premium · Buy = pay premium for protection or upside.
Hermes-evaluated setups
High-conviction per-ticker applications — setups with a confidence-adjusted win rate ≥ 80% over ≥20 backtested trades (95% lower bound — honest for the sample size, never a raw 100%). Avg P/L is the mean profit/loss per one-contract position.
| Ticker | Win Rate | Avg P/L / contract | Sharpe | Trades | DTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKNG | 83% | +$119.00 | 4.1 | 30 | 30 |
| META | 82% | +$102.00 | 2.0 | 62 | 14 |
| ABBV | 85% | +$72.00 | 3.3 | 63 | 14 |
| VRTX | 88% | +$63.00 | 5.2 | 43 | 21 |
| AVGO | 81% | +$62.00 | 3.1 | 43 | 21 |
| SMCI | 84% | +$61.00 | 1.5 | 31 | 30 |
Backtested results are not a guarantee of future performance.