CXAI Cash-Secured Put Strategy
CXAI (CXApp Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NASDAQ.
CXApp Inc. provides a workplace experience platform for enterprise customers. It offers CXApp, a software-as-a-service platform with native mapping, analytics, on-device positioning, and applications technologies for use in various applications, such as workplace experience, employee engagement, desk and meeting room reservations, workplace analytics, occupancy management, content delivery, corporate communications and notifications, event management, live indoor mapping, wayfinding, and navigation. The company was formerly known as KINS Technology Group Inc. and changed its name to CXApp Inc. in March 2023. The company is based in Palo Alto, California.
CXAI (CXApp Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.3M, a beta of 0.85 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.1345-1.45, average daily share volume of 10.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 41 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CXAI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.85 places CXAI roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a cash-secured put on CXAI?
A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike.
Current CXAI snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $0.14, ATM IV 26.30%, IV rank 1.84%, expected move 7.54%. The cash-secured put on CXAI 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 cash-secured put structure on CXAI specifically: CXAI IV at 26.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling CXAI cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.54% (roughly $0.01 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 CXAI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CXAI should anchor to the underlying notional of $0.14 per share and to the trader's directional view on CXAI stock.
CXAI cash-secured put setup
The CXAI cash-secured put below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CXAI near $0.14, the first option leg uses a $0.13 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CXAI 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 CXAI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $0.13 | N/A |
CXAI cash-secured put 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 premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
CXAI cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on CXAI. 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 cash-secured put on CXAI
Cash-secured puts on CXAI earn premium while a trader waits to acquire CXAI stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning CXAI.
CXAI thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CXAI extends from approximately $0.13 on the downside to $0.15 on the upside. A CXAI cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire CXAI at the strike price; the strategy is most attractive when the trader is comfortable holding the underlying at that level and IV is rich enough to compensate for the assignment risk. Current CXAI IV rank near 1.84% 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 CXAI at 26.30%. As a Technology name, CXAI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CXAI-specific events.
CXAI cash-secured put positions are structurally neutral to slightly bullish; 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. CXAI positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CXAI alongside the broader basket even when CXAI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on CXAI carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical CXAI earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current CXAI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on CXAI?
- A cash-secured put on CXAI is the cash-secured put strategy applied to CXAI (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike. With CXAI stock trading near $0.14, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CXAI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CXAI cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the CXAI cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 26.30%), 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 CXAI cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the CXAI cash-secured put 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 CXAI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.54%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a cash-secured put on CXAI?
- Cash-secured puts on CXAI earn premium while a trader waits to acquire CXAI stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning CXAI.
- How does current CXAI implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- CXAI ATM IV is at 26.30% with IV rank near 1.84%, 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.