CNXN Collar 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 collar on CNXN?
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 CNXN snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $64.44, ATM IV 22.20%, IV rank 2.40%, expected move 6.36%. The collar 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 collar structure on CNXN specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed CNXN IV at 22.20% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, 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 collar setup
The CNXN 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 CNXN near $64.44, the first option leg uses a $67.66 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 100 shares | Stock | $64.44 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $67.66 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $61.22 | N/A |
CNXN 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.
CNXN collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar 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 collar on CNXN
Collars on CNXN hedge an existing long CNXN 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.
CNXN thesis for this collar
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 collar hedges an existing long CNXN 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 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 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. 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. Always rebuild the position from current CNXN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on CNXN?
- A collar on CNXN is the collar strategy applied to CNXN (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 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 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 CNXN collar 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 collar?
- The breakeven for the CNXN 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 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 collar on CNXN?
- Collars on CNXN hedge an existing long CNXN 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 CNXN implied volatility affect this collar?
- 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.