CENN Collar Strategy
CENN (Cenntro Electric Group Limited), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Auto - Manufacturers industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Cenntro Electric Group Limited designs and manufactures electric light and medium-duty commercial vehicles in Europe, North America, and Asia. It serves corporate and governmental organizations. The company was formerly known as Naked Brand Group Limited and changed its name to Cenntro Electric Group Limited in December 2021. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Freehold, New Jersey.
CENN (Cenntro Electric Group Limited) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Auto - Manufacturers, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.3M, a beta of 1.59 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 3.65-64.2, average daily share volume of 29K, a public-listing history dating back to 2012, approximately 260 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CENN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.59 indicates CENN 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 CENN?
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 CENN snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $4.39, ATM IV 56.50%, IV rank 8.15%, expected move 16.20%. The collar on CENN 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 63-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on CENN specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed CENN IV at 56.50% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.20% (roughly $0.71 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CENN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CENN should anchor to the underlying notional of $4.39 per share and to the trader's directional view on CENN stock.
CENN collar setup
The CENN 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 CENN near $4.39, the first option leg uses a $4.61 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CENN chain at a 63-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 CENN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $4.39 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $4.61 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $4.17 | N/A |
CENN 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.
CENN collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on CENN. 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 CENN
Collars on CENN hedge an existing long CENN 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.
CENN thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CENN extends from approximately $3.68 on the downside to $5.10 on the upside. A CENN collar hedges an existing long CENN 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 CENN IV rank near 8.15% 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 CENN at 56.50%. As a Consumer Cyclical name, CENN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CENN-specific events.
CENN 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. CENN positions also carry Consumer Cyclical sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CENN alongside the broader basket even when CENN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CENN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on CENN?
- A collar on CENN is the collar strategy applied to CENN (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 CENN stock trading near $4.39, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CENN chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CENN 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 CENN collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 56.50%), 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 CENN collar?
- The breakeven for the CENN 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 CENN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.20%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on CENN?
- Collars on CENN hedge an existing long CENN 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 CENN implied volatility affect this collar?
- CENN ATM IV is at 56.50% with IV rank near 8.15%, 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.