CLNE Collar 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 collar on CLNE?
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 CLNE snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.00, ATM IV 424.10%, IV rank 100.00%, expected move 121.59%. The collar 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 collar structure on CLNE specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; elevated CLNE IV at 424.10% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, 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 collar setup
The CLNE 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 CLNE near $2.00, the first option leg uses a $2.10 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 100 shares | Stock | $2.00 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $2.10 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $1.90 | N/A |
CLNE 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.
CLNE collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar 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 collar on CLNE
Collars on CLNE hedge an existing long CLNE 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.
CLNE thesis for this collar
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 collar hedges an existing long CLNE 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 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 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. 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. Always rebuild the position from current CLNE chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on CLNE?
- A collar on CLNE is the collar strategy applied to CLNE (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 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 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 CLNE collar 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 collar?
- The breakeven for the CLNE 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 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 collar on CLNE?
- Collars on CLNE hedge an existing long CLNE 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 CLNE implied volatility affect this collar?
- 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.