Options Profit Calculator

See exactly what a call or put makes — or loses — at expiry. Enter the strike, premium, contracts, and where you think the underlying lands. It updates as you type. Free, no signup.

Option type
Position

P&L at expiry from intrinsic value vs premium. Each contract = 100 shares. Time value and early assignment aren't modeled — this is the value at expiration.

Profit / loss at expiry

Total P&L at this price+$750.00
Return on premium+300%
Breakeven price$102.50
Max profitUnlimited
Max loss-$250.00
Premium paid$250.00

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How option profit works at expiry

At expiration, an option is worth only its intrinsic value — the in-the-money amount, if any. Everything you paid above that (time value) has decayed to zero. So your profit comes down to a simple comparison of intrinsic value against the premium:

call intrinsic = max(spot − strike, 0)
put  intrinsic = max(strike − spot, 0)
long P&L/share = intrinsic − premium
short P&L/share = premium − intrinsic

Example: you buy one $100 call for $2.50 and the stock finishes at $110. Intrinsic value is $10, so you make $10 − $2.50 = $7.50 per share, or +$750 on the contract (×100). Your breakeven was $102.50 (strike + premium), and the most you could have lost was the $250 premium.

How to use this calculator

  1. Option type & position — call or put, bought (long) or sold (short).
  2. Strike — the option's strike price.
  3. Premium — the per-share price you pay or receive.
  4. Contracts — each controls 100 shares.
  5. Underlying at expiry — where you expect the stock to settle.

You'll get total P&L, return on premium, breakeven, and your max profit and max loss.

A profitable payoff isn't a profitable strategy.

This shows the math on one trade. Whether your options trading actually makes money over hundreds of trades is a different question — and it lives in your trade history: win rate by setup, average return, the patterns that quietly drain your account. That's what TradeFlow Quantum surfaces: connect your broker, your trades import automatically, and it finds the edge you can't see in a spreadsheet.

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