CCLD Straddle Strategy
CCLD (CareCloud, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Healthcare Information Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
CareCloud, Inc. operates as a specialized healthcare technology firm, delivering a comprehensive portfolio of cloud-powered solutions and related professional services. Its primary clientele consists of medical providers and hospitals throughout the United States. The company strategically organizes its activities into two core divisions: Healthcare IT and Medical Practice Management. Through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, CareCloud provides essential tools for managing revenue cycles, administering practices, handling electronic health records, gleaning business insights, facilitating telehealth, and enhancing patient engagement. These offerings, complemented by various software utilities and tailored business services, are designed to empower diverse medical groups and health systems. Professionals such as doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and other clinical staff who render billable services are among its key users.
CCLD (CareCloud, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Healthcare Information Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $104.1M, a trailing P/E of 13.03, a beta of 1.52 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 2.03-4.01, average daily share volume of 457K, a public-listing history dating back to 2014, approximately 4K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CCLD stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.52 indicates CCLD 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 straddle on CCLD?
A long straddle buys an ATM call and an ATM put at the same strike, profiting from a large move in either direction; max loss equals the combined debit when the underlying pins to the strike at expiration.
CCLD snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $2.60, ATM IV 36.30%, IV rank 5.49%, expected move 10.41%. The straddle on CCLD below is built from the end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this straddle structure on CCLD specifically: CCLD IV at 36.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CCLD straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 10.41% (roughly $0.27 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CCLD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CCLD should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.60 per share and to the trader's directional view on CCLD stock.
CCLD straddle setup
The CCLD straddle below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CCLD at $2.60 on that close, the first option leg uses a $2.60 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CCLD chain at a 35-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 CCLD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.60 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $2.60 | N/A |
CCLD straddle 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
Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the strike minus the combined call plus put debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins to the strike). Two breakevens at strike plus debit and strike minus debit.
CCLD straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on CCLD. 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 straddle on CCLD
Straddles on CCLD are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy CCLD straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
CCLD thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CCLD extends from approximately $2.33 on the downside to $2.87 on the upside. A CCLD long straddle is a pure-volatility play: it profits when the underlying moves far enough from the strike in either direction to overcome the combined call plus put debit, regardless of direction. Current CCLD IV rank near 5.49% 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 CCLD at 36.30%. As a Healthcare name, CCLD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CCLD-specific events.
CCLD straddle positions are structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium); 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. CCLD positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CCLD alongside the broader basket even when CCLD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CCLD chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on CCLD?
- A straddle on CCLD is the straddle strategy applied to CCLD (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium): A long straddle buys an ATM call and an ATM put at the same strike, profiting from a large move in either direction; max loss equals the combined debit when the underlying pins to the strike at expiration. With CCLD stock at $2.60 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CCLD chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CCLD straddle max profit and max loss calculated?
- Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the strike minus the combined call plus put debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins to the strike). Two breakevens at strike plus debit and strike minus debit. For the CCLD straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 36.30%), 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 CCLD straddle?
- The breakeven for the CCLD straddle priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The CCLD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 10.41%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on CCLD?
- Straddles on CCLD are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy CCLD straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
- How does current CCLD implied volatility affect this straddle?
- CCLD ATM IV is at 36.30% with IV rank near 5.49%, 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.