CMAG Bear Put Spread Strategy
CMAG (Corgi ETF Trust I - Corgi Mag 7 ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
CMAG seeks capital appreciation through concentrated exposure to the seven mega-capitalization companies known as the Magnificent Seven: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Tesla. The market cap-weighted portfolio consists of US-listed common stocks. The actively managed fund may also obtain exposure through economically similar instruments, including depositary receipts and derivatives, such as swap agreements and forward contracts, to manage cash flows or facilitate portfolio transitions. CMAG may treat an issuer's successor following reorganization, merger, name change, or similar corporate action as the applicable Magnificent Seven company. The fund may hold cash, cash equivalents, or short-term US Treasuries for liquidity and portfolio management.
CMAG (Corgi ETF Trust I - Corgi Mag 7 ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.0M, a beta of 2.41 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 23.06-27.88, average daily share volume of 9K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how CMAG stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.41 indicates CMAG 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 CMAG?
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.
CMAG snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $26.77, ATM IV 37.60%, expected move 10.78%. The bear put spread on CMAG 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 17-day expiry.
Why this bear put spread structure on CMAG specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for CMAG is inferred from ATM IV at 37.60% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 10.78% (roughly $2.89 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CMAG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CMAG should anchor to the underlying notional of $26.77 per share and to the trader's directional view on CMAG stock.
CMAG bear put spread setup
The CMAG 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 CMAG at $26.77 on that close, the first option leg uses a $26.77 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CMAG chain at a 17-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 CMAG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $26.77 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $25.43 | N/A |
CMAG 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.
CMAG bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on CMAG. 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 CMAG
Bear put spreads on CMAG reduce the cost of a bearish CMAG stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
CMAG thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CMAG extends from approximately $23.88 on the downside to $29.66 on the upside. A CMAG bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on CMAG, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. As a Financial Services name, CMAG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CMAG-specific events.
CMAG 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. CMAG positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CMAG alongside the broader basket even when CMAG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on CMAG 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 CMAG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on CMAG?
- A bear put spread on CMAG is the bear put spread strategy applied to CMAG (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 CMAG stock at $26.77 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CMAG chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CMAG 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 CMAG bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 37.60%), 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 CMAG bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the CMAG bear put spread 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 CMAG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 10.78%; 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 CMAG?
- Bear put spreads on CMAG reduce the cost of a bearish CMAG 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 CMAG implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- Current CMAG ATM IV is 37.60%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.