CNXN Bear Put Spread Strategy
CNXN (PC Connection, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Technology Distributors industry), listed on NASDAQ.
PC Connection, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various information technology (IT) solutions. The company operates through three segments: Business Solutions, Enterprise Solutions, and Public Sector Solutions. It offers IT products, including computer systems, data center solutions, software and peripheral equipment, networking communications, and other products and accessories, as well as provides services related to design, configuration, and implementation of IT solutions. The company markets its products and services through its websites comprising connection.com, connection.com/enterprise, connection.com/publicsector, and macconnection.com. It serves small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that include small office/home office customers; government and educational institutions; and medium-to-large corporate accounts through outbound telemarketing and field sales, and marketing programs targeted to specific customer populations, as well as through digital, web, and print media advertising. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Merrimack, New Hampshire.
CNXN (PC Connection, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Technology Distributors, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.59B, a trailing P/E of 18.11, a beta of 0.86 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 54.97-71, average daily share volume of 74K, a public-listing history dating back to 1998, approximately 3K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CNXN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.86 places CNXN roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. CNXN pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a bear put spread on CNXN?
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 CNXN snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $64.44, ATM IV 22.20%, IV rank 2.40%, expected move 6.36%. The bear put spread on CNXN 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 CNXN specifically: CNXN IV at 22.20% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CNXN bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.36% (roughly $4.10 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 CNXN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CNXN should anchor to the underlying notional of $64.44 per share and to the trader's directional view on CNXN stock.
CNXN bear put spread setup
The CNXN 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 CNXN near $64.44, the first option leg uses a $64.44 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CNXN 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 CNXN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $64.44 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $61.22 | N/A |
CNXN 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.
CNXN bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on CNXN. 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 CNXN
Bear put spreads on CNXN reduce the cost of a bearish CNXN stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
CNXN thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CNXN extends from approximately $60.34 on the downside to $68.54 on the upside. A CNXN bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on CNXN, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current CNXN IV rank near 2.40% 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 CNXN at 22.20%. As a Technology name, CNXN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CNXN-specific events.
CNXN 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. CNXN positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CNXN alongside the broader basket even when CNXN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on CNXN 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 CNXN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on CNXN?
- A bear put spread on CNXN is the bear put spread strategy applied to CNXN (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 CNXN stock trading near $64.44, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CNXN chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CNXN 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 CNXN bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 22.20%), 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 CNXN bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the CNXN 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 CNXN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.36%; 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 CNXN?
- Bear put spreads on CNXN reduce the cost of a bearish CNXN 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 CNXN implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- CNXN ATM IV is at 22.20% with IV rank near 2.40%, 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.