RDW Cash-Secured Put Strategy
RDW (Redwire Corporation), in the Industrials sector, (Aerospace & Defense industry), listed on NYSE.
Redwire Corporation, a space infrastructure company, develops, manufactures, and sells mission critical space solutions and components for national security, civil, and commercial space markets in the United States, Luxembourg, Germany, South Korea, Poland, and internationally. The company provides various antennas; and advanced sensors and components, which include solar arrays, composite booms, radio frequency antennas, payload adapters, space-qualifies camera systems, and star trackers and sun sensors. It also sells a proprietary enterprise software suite that enables digital engineering and generation of interactive modeling and simulations of individual components, entire spacecraft, and full constellations in a cloud-based Software as a Service business model. In addition, the company offers on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing solutions; and low-earth orbit commercialization, digitally engineered spacecraft, and space domain awareness and resiliency technology solutions. Redwire Corporation is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
RDW (Redwire Corporation) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Aerospace & Defense, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.72B, a beta of 2.42 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 4.87-22.25, average daily share volume of 21.3M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 750 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how RDW stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.42 indicates RDW 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 cash-secured put on RDW?
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 RDW snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $14.41, ATM IV 120.79%, IV rank 83.56%, expected move 34.63%. The cash-secured put on RDW 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 28-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on RDW specifically: RDW IV at 120.79% is rich versus its 1-year range, which favors premium-selling structures like a RDW cash-secured put, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 34.63% (roughly $4.99 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated RDW expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on RDW should anchor to the underlying notional of $14.41 per share and to the trader's directional view on RDW stock.
RDW cash-secured put setup
The RDW 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 RDW near $14.41, the first option leg uses a $13.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed RDW chain at a 28-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 RDW shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $13.50 | $1.35 |
RDW cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$135.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $135.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$1,214.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $12.15
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.111
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
RDW cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on RDW. 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.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -99.9% | -$1,214.00 |
| $3.20 | -77.8% | -$895.50 |
| $6.38 | -55.7% | -$576.99 |
| $9.57 | -33.6% | -$258.49 |
| $12.75 | -11.5% | +$60.01 |
| $15.94 | +10.6% | +$135.00 |
| $19.12 | +32.7% | +$135.00 |
| $22.31 | +54.8% | +$135.00 |
| $25.49 | +76.9% | +$135.00 |
| $28.68 | +99.0% | +$135.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on RDW
Cash-secured puts on RDW earn premium while a trader waits to acquire RDW stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning RDW.
RDW thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for RDW extends from approximately $9.42 on the downside to $19.40 on the upside. A RDW cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire RDW 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 RDW IV rank near 83.56% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on RDW at 120.79%. As a Industrials name, RDW options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to RDW-specific events.
RDW 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. RDW positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move RDW alongside the broader basket even when RDW-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on RDW carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical RDW earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current RDW chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on RDW?
- A cash-secured put on RDW is the cash-secured put strategy applied to RDW (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 RDW stock trading near $14.41, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed RDW chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are RDW 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 RDW cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 120.79%), the computed maximum profit is $135.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,214.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a RDW cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the RDW cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $12.15 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 RDW market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 34.63%; 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 RDW?
- Cash-secured puts on RDW earn premium while a trader waits to acquire RDW stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning RDW.
- How does current RDW implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- RDW ATM IV is at 120.79% with IV rank near 83.56%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.