CLNE Bear Put Spread Strategy
CLNE (Clean Energy Fuels Corp.), in the Energy sector, (Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. provides natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets and related fueling solutions, primarily in the United States and Canada. It supplies renewable natural gas (RNG), compressed natural gas (CNG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for medium and heavy-duty vehicles; and offers operation and maintenance services for public and private vehicle fleet customer stations. The company also designs, builds, operates, and maintains fueling stations; and sells and services compressors and other equipment that are used in RNG production and fueling stations. In addition, it transports and sells CNG, RNG, and LNG through virtual natural gas pipelines and interconnects; sells U.S. federal, state, and local government credits, such as RNG as a vehicle fuel, including Renewable Identification Numbers and Low Carbon Fuel Standards credits; and obtains federal, state, and local credits, grants, and incentives. Further, the company focuses on developing, owning, and operating dairy and other livestock waste RNG projects. It serves heavy-duty trucking, airports, refuse, public transit, industrial, and institutional energy users, as well as government fleets.
CLNE (Clean Energy Fuels Corp.) trades in the Energy sector, specifically Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, with a market capitalization of approximately $451.5M, a beta of 1.93 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.69-3.11, average daily share volume of 1.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2007, approximately 577 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CLNE stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.93 indicates CLNE 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 bear put spread on CLNE?
A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.
Current CLNE snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.00, ATM IV 424.10%, IV rank 100.00%, expected move 121.59%. The bear put spread on CLNE 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 bear put spread structure on CLNE specifically: CLNE IV at 424.10% is rich versus its 1-year range, which makes a premium-buying CLNE bear put spread relatively expensive in absolute-cost terms, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 121.59% (roughly $2.43 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 CLNE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CLNE should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.00 per share and to the trader's directional view on CLNE stock.
CLNE bear put spread setup
The CLNE bear put spread below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CLNE near $2.00, the first option leg uses a $2.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CLNE 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 CLNE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $2.00 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $1.90 | N/A |
CLNE bear put spread 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 equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit.
CLNE bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on CLNE. 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 bear put spread on CLNE
Bear put spreads on CLNE reduce the cost of a bearish CLNE stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
CLNE thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CLNE extends from approximately $-0.43 on the downside to $4.43 on the upside. A CLNE bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on CLNE, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current CLNE IV rank near 100.00% 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 CLNE at 424.10%. As a Energy name, CLNE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CLNE-specific events.
CLNE bear put spread positions are structurally moderately bearish; 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. CLNE positions also carry Energy sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CLNE alongside the broader basket even when CLNE-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on CLNE are particularly exposed to IV-crush risk through scheduled events (earnings, FDA decisions, central-bank meetings) where IV typically contracts post-event regardless of the directional outcome. Always rebuild the position from current CLNE chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on CLNE?
- A bear put spread on CLNE is the bear put spread strategy applied to CLNE (stock). The strategy is structurally moderately bearish: A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With CLNE stock trading near $2.00, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CLNE chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CLNE bear put spread max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit. For the CLNE bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 424.10%), 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 CLNE bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the CLNE bear put spread 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 CLNE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 121.59%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a bear put spread on CLNE?
- Bear put spreads on CLNE reduce the cost of a bearish CLNE stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
- How does current CLNE implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- CLNE ATM IV is at 424.10% with IV rank near 100.00%, 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.