CCXI Collar Strategy
CCXI (Churchill Capital Corp XI), in the Financial Services sector, (Shell Companies industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Churchill Capital Corp. XI operates as a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), an entity created without existing operations or assets. Its sole mission is to execute a strategic business combination, such as a merger, share exchange, asset purchase, or corporate reorganization, with one or more established companies. Michael Stuart Klein founded this firm on June 4, 2025, and its principal offices are located in New York City.
CCXI (Churchill Capital Corp XI) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Shell Companies, with a market capitalization of approximately $678.4M, a trailing P/E of 1,946.83, a beta of -1.11 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 10.07-19.69, average daily share volume of 1.8M, a public-listing history dating back to 2026, approximately 2 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CCXI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -1.11 indicates CCXI has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 1,946.83 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.
What is a collar on CCXI?
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.
CCXI snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $16.86, ATM IV 128.00%, IV rank 93.24%, expected move 36.70%. The collar on CCXI 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 collar structure on CCXI specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; elevated CCXI IV at 128.00% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 36.70% (roughly $6.19 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 CCXI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CCXI should anchor to the underlying notional of $16.86 per share and to the trader's directional view on CCXI stock.
CCXI collar setup
The CCXI 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 CCXI at $16.86 on that close, the first option leg uses a $17.70 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CCXI 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 CCXI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $16.86 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $17.70 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $16.02 | N/A |
CCXI 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.
CCXI collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on CCXI. 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 CCXI
Collars on CCXI hedge an existing long CCXI 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.
CCXI thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CCXI extends from approximately $10.67 on the downside to $23.05 on the upside. A CCXI collar hedges an existing long CCXI 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 CCXI IV rank near 93.24% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on CCXI at 128.00%. As a Financial Services name, CCXI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CCXI-specific events.
CCXI 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. CCXI positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CCXI alongside the broader basket even when CCXI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CCXI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on CCXI?
- A collar on CCXI is the collar strategy applied to CCXI (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 CCXI stock at $16.86 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CCXI chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CCXI 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 CCXI collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 128.00%), 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 CCXI collar?
- The breakeven for the CCXI collar 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 CCXI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 36.70%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on CCXI?
- Collars on CCXI hedge an existing long CCXI 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 CCXI implied volatility affect this collar?
- CCXI ATM IV is at 128.00% with IV rank near 93.24%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.