Coins launch with a crowd on top and nothing underneath. Underpin quotes a put on any Solana coin, so you can see what a floor costs before you need one.
Spot is the coin in its own pool, at whatever price the last buyer agreed to. Underpin reads that price at a known moment and leaves the swap alone.
Pay premium p for q tokens at strike K. Until expiry you can sell them at K, even after the chart has moved to the basement.
A put is only as good as the money under it. Every quote shows the q × K in USDC that has to sit in the ground, one pile for each of the eight strikes.
A bought put can cost you the premium and the service fee. Nothing else can be taken from you, whatever the coin gets up to upstairs.
Pick a coin, choose a strike and an expiry, read the premium and the breakeven, then pin it to your paper book.