CDRE Strangle Strategy
CDRE (Cadre Holdings, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Aerospace & Defense industry), listed on NYSE.
Cadre Holdings, Inc. specializes in manufacturing and distributing vital safety and survival gear designed to protect individuals in perilous or life-threatening environments, both within the United States and globally. The company operates through two distinct divisions: its proprietary Products segment and a Distribution arm. Under its well-known Safariland and Protech Tactical brands, Cadre produces a wide array of body armor, encompassing discreet concealable vests, correctional facility-specific protection, and tactical models. Their extensive product line also features survival suits, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), specialized tools, blast detection sensors, various ancillary items, vehicle blast attenuation seating for explosive ordnance disposal technicians, and full bomb suits. Furthermore, they supply essential duty equipment, such as belts and accessories, alongside other protective and law enforcement essentials, including communications systems, forensic investigation kits, firearm cleaning solutions, and crowd management apparatus. Beyond its own manufactured goods, Cadre also acts as a distributor for third-party products like uniforms, optical devices, footwear, firearms, and ammunition.
CDRE (Cadre Holdings, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Aerospace & Defense, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.20B, a trailing P/E of 32.35, a beta of 1.31 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 25.73-48.76, average daily share volume of 424K, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CDRE stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.31 indicates CDRE has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. CDRE pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a strangle on CDRE?
A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money.
Current CDRE snapshot
As of June 29, 2026, spot at $27.48, ATM IV 53.60%, IV rank 8.27%, expected move 15.37%. The strangle on CDRE 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 18-day expiry.
Why this strangle structure on CDRE specifically: CDRE IV at 53.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CDRE strangle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.37% (roughly $4.22 on the underlying). The 18-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CDRE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CDRE should anchor to the underlying notional of $27.48 per share and to the trader's directional view on CDRE stock.
CDRE strangle setup
The CDRE strangle below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CDRE near $27.48, the first option leg uses a $28.85 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CDRE chain at a 18-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 CDRE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $28.85 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $26.11 | N/A |
CDRE strangle 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 put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit.
CDRE strangle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on CDRE. 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 strangle on CDRE
Strangles on CDRE are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the CDRE chain.
CDRE thesis for this strangle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CDRE extends from approximately $23.26 on the downside to $31.70 on the upside. A CDRE long strangle is the OTM cousin of the straddle: lower up-front cost but the underlying has to travel further past either OTM strike before the position turns profitable at expiration. Current CDRE IV rank near 8.27% 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 CDRE at 53.60%. As a Industrials name, CDRE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CDRE-specific events.
CDRE strangle positions are structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium, OTM); 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. CDRE positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CDRE alongside the broader basket even when CDRE-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CDRE chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a strangle on CDRE?
- A strangle on CDRE is the strangle strategy applied to CDRE (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium, OTM): A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money. With CDRE stock trading near $27.48, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CDRE chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CDRE strangle max profit and max loss calculated?
- Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit. For the CDRE strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 53.60%), 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 CDRE strangle?
- The breakeven for the CDRE strangle 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 CDRE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.37%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a strangle on CDRE?
- Strangles on CDRE are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the CDRE chain.
- How does current CDRE implied volatility affect this strangle?
- CDRE ATM IV is at 53.60% with IV rank near 8.27%, 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.