How are CACI long call max profit and max loss calculated?

Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium. For the CACI long call priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 37.90%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$2,335.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a CACI long call?

The breakeven for the CACI long call priced on this page is roughly $513.35 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 CACI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.87%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current CACI implied volatility affect this long call?

CACI ATM IV is at 37.90% with IV rank near 38.49%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.

CACI Long Call Strategy

CACI (CACI International Inc), in the Technology sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NYSE.

CACI International Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides expertise and technology to enterprise and mission customers in support of national security missions and government modernization/transformation in the intelligence, defense, and federal civilian sectors. It operates in two segments, Domestic Operations and International Operations. The Domestic Operations segment offers information solutions and services to the U.S. federal government agencies and commercial enterprises in the areas, such as digital solutions, C4ISR, cyber and space, engineering services, enterprise IT, and mission support. The International Operations segment provides a range of IT services, proprietary data, and software products to the commercial and government customers in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and internationally. The company designs, implements, protects, and manages secure enterprise IT solutions. It also offers software-defined, full-spectrum cyber, electronic warfare, and counter-unmanned aircraft system solutions; and platform integration and modernization and sustainment, as well as system engineering, naval architecture, training and simulation, and logistics engineering.

CACI (CACI International Inc) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $11.13B, a trailing P/E of 20.70, a beta of 0.54 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 409.62-683.5, average daily share volume of 279K, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 25K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CACI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.54 indicates CACI has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.

What is a long call on CACI?

A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration.

Current CACI snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $485.95, ATM IV 37.90%, IV rank 38.49%, expected move 10.87%. The long call on CACI 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 34-day expiry.

Why this long call structure on CACI specifically: CACI IV at 37.90% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 10.87% (roughly $52.80 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CACI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CACI should anchor to the underlying notional of $485.95 per share and to the trader's directional view on CACI stock.

CACI long call setup

The CACI long call below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CACI near $485.95, the first option leg uses a $490.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CACI chain at a 34-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 CACI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$490.00	$23.35

CACI long call risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$2,335.00
Max Profit (per contract): Unbounded
Max Loss (per contract): -$2,335.00
Breakeven(s): $513.35
Risk / Reward Ratio: Unbounded

Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium.

CACI long call payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long call on CACI. 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%	-$2,335.00
$107.46	-77.9%	-$2,335.00
$214.90	-55.8%	-$2,335.00
$322.35	-33.7%	-$2,335.00
$429.79	-11.6%	-$2,335.00
$537.24	+10.6%	+$2,388.56
$644.68	+32.7%	+$13,133.08
$752.13	+54.8%	+$23,877.59
$859.57	+76.9%	+$34,622.10
$967.02	+99.0%	+$45,366.61

When traders use long call on CACI

Long calls on CACI express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of CACI catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.

CACI thesis for this long call

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CACI extends from approximately $433.15 on the downside to $538.75 on the upside. A CACI long call expresses a directional view that the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration, ideally with implied volatility holding or expanding to preserve extrinsic value through the hold period. Current CACI IV rank near 38.49% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the long call thesis on CACI should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, CACI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CACI-specific events.

CACI long call positions are structurally bullish; 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. CACI positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CACI alongside the broader basket even when CACI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long call on CACI are particularly exposed to IV-crush risk through scheduled events (earnings, FDA decisions, central-bank meetings) where IV typically contracts post-event regardless of the directional outcome. Always rebuild the position from current CACI chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a long call on CACI?: A long call on CACI is the long call strategy applied to CACI (stock). The strategy is structurally bullish: A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration. With CACI stock trading near $485.95, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CACI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are CACI long call max profit and max loss calculated?: Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium. For the CACI long call priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 37.90%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$2,335.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a CACI long call?: The breakeven for the CACI long call priced on this page is roughly $513.35 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 CACI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.87%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a long call on CACI?: Long calls on CACI express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of CACI catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
How does current CACI implied volatility affect this long call?: CACI ATM IV is at 37.90% with IV rank near 38.49%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.