CMTG Strangle Strategy
CMTG (Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.), in the Real Estate sector, (REIT - Mortgage industry), listed on NYSE.
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. functions as a real estate investment trust (REIT), primarily focusing on originating both senior and junior debt for commercial properties in transitional stages, located within prominent markets throughout the United States. Recognized as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code, the company's net earnings are exempt from federal taxation, provided these profits are distributed as dividends to its investors. The firm was established in 2015 and has its corporate headquarters in New York, New York.
CMTG (Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.) trades in the Real Estate sector, specifically REIT - Mortgage, with a market capitalization of approximately $332.3M, a beta of 1.15 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 2.045-3.99, average daily share volume of 531K, a public-listing history dating back to 2021. These structural characteristics shape how CMTG stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.15 places CMTG roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. CMTG pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a strangle on CMTG?
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 CMTG snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $2.37, ATM IV 112.90%, IV rank 13.80%, expected move 32.37%. The strangle on CMTG 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 17-day expiry.
Why this strangle structure on CMTG specifically: CMTG IV at 112.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CMTG strangle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 32.37% (roughly $0.77 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 CMTG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CMTG should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.37 per share and to the trader's directional view on CMTG stock.
CMTG strangle setup
The CMTG 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 CMTG near $2.37, the first option leg uses a $2.49 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CMTG 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 CMTG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.49 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $2.25 | N/A |
CMTG 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.
CMTG strangle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on CMTG. 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 CMTG
Strangles on CMTG 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 CMTG chain.
CMTG thesis for this strangle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CMTG extends from approximately $1.60 on the downside to $3.14 on the upside. A CMTG 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 CMTG IV rank near 13.80% 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 CMTG at 112.90%. As a Real Estate name, CMTG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CMTG-specific events.
CMTG 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. CMTG positions also carry Real Estate sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CMTG alongside the broader basket even when CMTG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CMTG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a strangle on CMTG?
- A strangle on CMTG is the strangle strategy applied to CMTG (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 CMTG stock trading near $2.37, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CMTG chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CMTG 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 CMTG strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 112.90%), 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 CMTG strangle?
- The breakeven for the CMTG 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 CMTG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 32.37%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a strangle on CMTG?
- Strangles on CMTG 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 CMTG chain.
- How does current CMTG implied volatility affect this strangle?
- CMTG ATM IV is at 112.90% with IV rank near 13.80%, 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.