WLDN Long Put Strategy
WLDN (Willdan Group, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Engineering & Construction industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Willdan Group, Inc., including its various subsidiaries, offers a wide array of expert, technical, and advisory services, primarily concentrating its operations within the United States. The company's business activities are structured into two main divisions: Energy, and Engineering and Consulting. The Energy segment delivers a comprehensive suite of services, which includes detailed audits and assessments, the creation of strategic programs, master planning, efforts to reduce energy demand, optimization of electrical grids, benchmarking studies, engineering design, supervision of construction, performance-based contracting, installation services, innovative financing solutions, and thorough measurement and verification. This division also provides advanced software and data analytics capabilities. Concurrently, the Engineering and Consulting segment furnishes solutions related to building and safety, urban engineering, code enforcement, thorough review and inspection of development plans, disaster recovery efforts, geotechnical and earthquake engineering, urban planning and surveying, offering contract staff support, project and construction management, structural engineering, transportation and traffic system engineering, and water resource management. Additionally, this segment provides administrative services for districts, financial advisory, federal regulatory compliance assistance, and specialized communications and technology solutions.
WLDN (Willdan Group, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Engineering & Construction, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.23B, a trailing P/E of 21.25, a beta of 1.11 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 61.76-137, average daily share volume of 387K, 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 1.11 places WLDN roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a long put on WLDN?
A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration.
Current WLDN snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $78.66, ATM IV 57.70%, IV rank 30.81%, expected move 16.54%. The long 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 52-day expiry.
Why this long put structure on WLDN specifically: WLDN IV at 57.70% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.54% (roughly $13.01 on the underlying). The 52-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 $78.66 per share and to the trader's directional view on WLDN stock.
WLDN long put setup
The WLDN long 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 $78.66, the first option leg uses a $80.00 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 52-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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $80.00 | $9.50 |
WLDN long put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$950.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $7,049.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$950.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $70.50
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 7.420
Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium.
WLDN long put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long 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% | +$7,049.00 |
| $17.40 | -77.9% | +$5,309.89 |
| $34.79 | -55.8% | +$3,570.79 |
| $52.18 | -33.7% | +$1,831.68 |
| $69.57 | -11.6% | +$92.58 |
| $86.97 | +10.6% | -$950.00 |
| $104.36 | +32.7% | -$950.00 |
| $121.75 | +54.8% | -$950.00 |
| $139.14 | +76.9% | -$950.00 |
| $156.53 | +99.0% | -$950.00 |
When traders use long put on WLDN
Long puts on WLDN hedge an existing long WLDN stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying WLDN exposure being hedged.
WLDN thesis for this long put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WLDN extends from approximately $65.65 on the downside to $91.67 on the upside. A WLDN long put expresses a directional view that the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration, frequently sized to hedge an existing long WLDN position with one put per 100 shares held. Current WLDN IV rank near 30.81% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the long 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 long put positions are structurally 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. 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. Long-premium structures like a long put on WLDN 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 WLDN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long put on WLDN?
- A long put on WLDN is the long put strategy applied to WLDN (stock). The strategy is structurally bearish: A long put buys downside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes below the strike minus premium at expiration. With WLDN stock trading near $78.66, 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 long put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals the strike minus premium times 100 (reached at zero); max loss equals the premium times 100. Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the WLDN long put priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 57.70%), the computed maximum profit is $7,049.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$950.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a WLDN long put?
- The breakeven for the WLDN long put priced on this page is roughly $70.50 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 16.54%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a long put on WLDN?
- Long puts on WLDN hedge an existing long WLDN stock position or express a bearish view with defined risk; position sizing typically scales the put notional to the underlying WLDN exposure being hedged.
- How does current WLDN implied volatility affect this long put?
- WLDN ATM IV is at 57.70% with IV rank near 30.81%, 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.