WLDN Cash-Secured Put Strategy
WLDN (Willdan Group, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Engineering & Construction industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Willdan Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides professional, technical and consulting services primarily in the United States. It operates in two segments, Energy, and Engineering and Consulting. The Energy segment offers comprehensive audit and surveys, program design, master planning, demand reduction, grid optimization, benchmarking analyses, design engineering, construction management, performance contracting, installation, alternative financing, and measurement and verification services, as well as software and data analytics. The Engineering and Consulting segment provides building and safety, city engineering and code enforcement, development plan review and inspection, disaster recovery, geotechnical and earthquake engineering, planning and surveying, contract staff support, program and construction management, structural engineering, transportation and traffic engineering, and water resources services. This segment also offers district administration, financial consulting, and federal compliance services; and communications and technology services. It serves public and governmental agencies, including cities, counties, redevelopment agencies, water districts, school districts, and universities; investor and municipal owned energy utilities; state and federal agencies; and commercial and industrial firms, as well as various other special districts and agencies.
WLDN (Willdan Group, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Engineering & Construction, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.38B, a trailing P/E of 23.80, a beta of 1.07 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 45.24-137, average daily share volume of 374K, a public-listing history dating back to 2006, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how WLDN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.07 places WLDN 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 WLDN?
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 WLDN snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $91.91, ATM IV 61.10%, IV rank 33.63%, expected move 17.52%. The cash-secured put on WLDN 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 98-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on WLDN specifically: WLDN IV at 61.10% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so the credit collected on a WLDN cash-secured put sits in line with its long-run distribution, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.52% (roughly $16.10 on the underlying). The 98-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated WLDN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on WLDN should anchor to the underlying notional of $91.91 per share and to the trader's directional view on WLDN stock.
WLDN cash-secured put setup
The WLDN 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 WLDN near $91.91, the first option leg uses a $85.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed WLDN chain at a 98-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 WLDN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $85.00 | $8.55 |
WLDN cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$855.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $855.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$7,644.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $76.45
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.112
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
WLDN cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on WLDN. 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 | -100.0% | -$7,644.00 |
| $20.33 | -77.9% | -$5,611.93 |
| $40.65 | -55.8% | -$3,579.86 |
| $60.97 | -33.7% | -$1,547.79 |
| $81.29 | -11.6% | +$484.28 |
| $101.61 | +10.6% | +$855.00 |
| $121.93 | +32.7% | +$855.00 |
| $142.25 | +54.8% | +$855.00 |
| $162.58 | +76.9% | +$855.00 |
| $182.90 | +99.0% | +$855.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on WLDN
Cash-secured puts on WLDN earn premium while a trader waits to acquire WLDN stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning WLDN.
WLDN thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WLDN extends from approximately $75.81 on the downside to $108.01 on the upside. A WLDN cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire WLDN 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 WLDN IV rank near 33.63% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the cash-secured put thesis on WLDN should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Industrials name, WLDN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to WLDN-specific events.
WLDN 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. WLDN positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move WLDN alongside the broader basket even when WLDN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on WLDN carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical WLDN earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current WLDN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on WLDN?
- A cash-secured put on WLDN is the cash-secured put strategy applied to WLDN (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 WLDN stock trading near $91.91, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed WLDN chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are WLDN 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 WLDN cash-secured put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 61.10%), the computed maximum profit is $855.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$7,644.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a WLDN cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the WLDN cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $76.45 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 WLDN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 17.52%; 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 WLDN?
- Cash-secured puts on WLDN earn premium while a trader waits to acquire WLDN stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning WLDN.
- How does current WLDN implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- WLDN ATM IV is at 61.10% with IV rank near 33.63%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.