CACC Collar Strategy
CACC (Credit Acceptance Corporation), in the Financial Services sector, (Financial - Credit Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Credit Acceptance Corporation provides financing programs, and related products and services to independent and franchised automobile dealers in the United States. The company advances money to dealers in exchange for the right to service the underlying consumer loans; and buys the consumer loans from the dealers and keeps various amounts collected from the consumers. It is also involved in the business of reinsuring coverage under vehicle service contracts sold to consumers by dealers on vehicles financed by the company. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.
CACC (Credit Acceptance Corporation) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Financial - Credit Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $5.49B, a trailing P/E of 12.44, a beta of 1.36 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 401.9-565.14, average daily share volume of 193K, a public-listing history dating back to 1992, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CACC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.36 indicates CACC has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a collar on CACC?
A collar pairs long stock with a protective out-of-the-money put financed by a short out-of-the-money call, capping both tails of the position around the current spot.
Current CACC snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $544.42, ATM IV 17.50%, IV rank 0.00%, expected move 5.02%. The collar on CACC below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 98-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on CACC specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed CACC IV at 17.50% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.02% (roughly $27.31 on the underlying). The 98-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CACC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CACC should anchor to the underlying notional of $544.42 per share and to the trader's directional view on CACC stock.
CACC collar setup
The CACC collar below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CACC near $544.42, the first option leg uses a $560.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CACC chain at a 98-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 CACC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $544.42 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $560.00 | $13.50 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $520.00 | $9.20 |
CACC collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$54,012.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $1,988.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$2,012.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $540.12
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.988
Max profit roughly equals short-call strike minus cost basis plus net premium; max loss roughly equals cost basis minus long-put strike minus net premium. Breakeven shifts by the net premium.
CACC collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on CACC. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | -$2,012.00 |
| $120.38 | -77.9% | -$2,012.00 |
| $240.76 | -55.8% | -$2,012.00 |
| $361.13 | -33.7% | -$2,012.00 |
| $481.50 | -11.6% | -$2,012.00 |
| $601.88 | +10.6% | +$1,988.00 |
| $722.25 | +32.7% | +$1,988.00 |
| $842.62 | +54.8% | +$1,988.00 |
| $963.00 | +76.9% | +$1,988.00 |
| $1,083.37 | +99.0% | +$1,988.00 |
When traders use collar on CACC
Collars on CACC hedge an existing long CACC stock position; the long put sets a floor while the short call finances it, often run as a near-zero-cost hedge during expected volatility windows.
CACC thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CACC extends from approximately $517.11 on the downside to $571.73 on the upside. A CACC collar hedges an existing long CACC position with a protective put while financing the put cost via a short call; when the premiums roughly offset, the collar acts as a near-zero-cost insurance band around the current spot. Current CACC IV rank near 0.00% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on CACC at 17.50%. As a Financial Services name, CACC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CACC-specific events.
CACC collar positions are structurally neutral (protective); the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. CACC positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CACC alongside the broader basket even when CACC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CACC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on CACC?
- A collar on CACC is the collar strategy applied to CACC (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral (protective): A collar pairs long stock with a protective out-of-the-money put financed by a short out-of-the-money call, capping both tails of the position around the current spot. With CACC stock trading near $544.42, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CACC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CACC collar max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit roughly equals short-call strike minus cost basis plus net premium; max loss roughly equals cost basis minus long-put strike minus net premium. Breakeven shifts by the net premium. For the CACC collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 17.50%), the computed maximum profit is $1,988.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$2,012.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CACC collar?
- The breakeven for the CACC collar priced on this page is roughly $540.12 at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current CACC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.02%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on CACC?
- Collars on CACC hedge an existing long CACC stock position; the long put sets a floor while the short call finances it, often run as a near-zero-cost hedge during expected volatility windows.
- How does current CACC implied volatility affect this collar?
- CACC ATM IV is at 17.50% with IV rank near 0.00%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.