CBAT Collar Strategy
CBAT (CBAK Energy Technology, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Electrical Equipment & Parts industry), listed on NASDAQ.
CBAK Energy Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells lithium batteries in Mainland China, the United States, Korea, Europe, and internationally. Its products are used in various applications, including electric vehicles, such as electric cars, electric buses, and hybrid electric cars and buses; light electric vehicles that include electric bicycles, electric motors, and sight-seeing cars; and electric tools, energy storage, uninterruptible power supply, and other high power applications, as well as cordless power tools. The company was formerly known as China BAK Battery, Inc. and changed its name to CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. in January 2017. CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Dalian, China.
CBAT (CBAK Energy Technology, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Electrical Equipment & Parts, with a market capitalization of approximately $70.3M, a beta of 1.30 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.77-1.25, average daily share volume of 135K, a public-listing history dating back to 2005, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CBAT stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.30 indicates CBAT 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 CBAT?
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 CBAT snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $0.79, ATM IV 23.70%, IV rank 1.30%, expected move 6.79%. The collar on CBAT 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 collar structure on CBAT specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed CBAT IV at 23.70% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.79% (roughly $0.05 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 CBAT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CBAT should anchor to the underlying notional of $0.79 per share and to the trader's directional view on CBAT stock.
CBAT collar setup
The CBAT 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 CBAT near $0.79, the first option leg uses a $0.83 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CBAT 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 CBAT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $0.79 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $0.83 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $0.75 | N/A |
CBAT collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
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.
CBAT collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on CBAT. 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.
When traders use collar on CBAT
Collars on CBAT hedge an existing long CBAT 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.
CBAT thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CBAT extends from approximately $0.74 on the downside to $0.84 on the upside. A CBAT collar hedges an existing long CBAT 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 CBAT IV rank near 1.30% 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 CBAT at 23.70%. As a Industrials name, CBAT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CBAT-specific events.
CBAT 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. CBAT positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CBAT alongside the broader basket even when CBAT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CBAT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on CBAT?
- A collar on CBAT is the collar strategy applied to CBAT (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 CBAT stock trading near $0.79, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CBAT chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CBAT 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 CBAT collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 23.70%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CBAT collar?
- The breakeven for the CBAT collar priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 CBAT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.79%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on CBAT?
- Collars on CBAT hedge an existing long CBAT 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 CBAT implied volatility affect this collar?
- CBAT ATM IV is at 23.70% with IV rank near 1.30%, 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.