See what a 30%, 50%, or 70% drawdown would cost your specific position, live-priced.
Current annualized put-cost benchmarks across equity-comp stocks. See if now is cheap or expensive to hedge.
Map your real concentration exposure: beta, sector tilt, and historical crash modeling.
Guides
Plain steps for an equity-comp client: name the risk in dollars, compare five paths, approve a hedge draft, and keep a CCO-ready file.
What BallastX does and does not do, non-discretionary rules, ledger exports, pricing, and how to apply with CCO co-sign.
A full map of every approach: sell and diversify, exchange funds, puts, collars, VPFs, charitable strategies, and the real cost of doing nothing.
Why people avoid selling (tax, conviction, lockup) and how puts and collars change the risk, cost and tax questions.
Fund-specific diversification and redemption terms versus time-limited put coverage. Compare costs, liquidity and remaining risks.
Variable prepaid forwards, zero-cost collars, and outright puts: cost, upside retention, downside floor, constructive-sale risk, and complexity compared.
What drives put premiums: implied volatility, strike distance, tenor, and earnings. Illustrative ranges and where to find live benchmarks.
Why IV rises into earnings and collapses after (IV crush), what a put through earnings costs, and the most efficient timing to buy protection.