Options payoff

Pick a strategy or build your own from up to four option legs plus shares of the underlying, then see the profit and loss at expiry.

Starting values are examples. Replace them with your own.

£

Live option prices

Pull real option prices and expiry dates, then add a contract as one of your legs. Educational only. Crypto derivatives are not available to UK retail investors. US stock prices are end of day, not live.

Underlying shares (for covered calls, collars and protective puts)
£

Option legs

Leg 1
£
Leg 2
£
Leg 3
£
Leg 4
£
If the price ends at £100.00
−£300

Net cost to open £300. Breakeven at £103.00.

£100.00
Profit or loss at expiryProfitLoss
−£400−£200£0£200£400£600£800406080100120140160180Now 100.00
Show as a table
Price at expiryProfit or loss
£40.00−£300
£55.80−£300
£71.60−£300
£87.40−£300
£102.41−£59
£117.42+£700
£133.22+£700
£149.02+£700
£164.82+£700
£180.62+£700
£196.42+£700
Most you can make£700
Most you can lose£300
Net debit£300
Breakeven£103.00
Looks likeBull call spread
  • Results are for the moment of expiry only. Time value, early exercise, dividends, margin and fees are ignored.
  • Premiums are per share. The profit and loss figures multiply by contracts and shares per contract, which is usually 100.
  • Preset strikes and premiums are examples scaled to the price you enter. Change any leg and the strategy switches to Custom.
  • When you add live contracts, a dashed line shows the position's theoretical value today using the Black-Scholes model with each contract's implied volatility and a zero interest rate. It is a guide, not a quote.
  • Shares are valued from the price you paid. Covered calls, protective puts and collars hold one contract’s worth of shares for each contract sold or bought.