Collar Strategy is an extension to Covered Call Strategy. A trader, who is bullish in nature but has a very low risk appetite and wants to mitigate his risk will implement the Collar Strategy. Collar involves buying of stock in either Cash/Futures Market, buying an ATM Put Option & selling an OTM Call Option. The expiry dates of the op
This strategy is adopted by traders who are bullish in nature. He expects market and volatility to rise in the near future. A trader need not be direction specific here (i.e. an upward or downward trend, but a small bias towards an uptrend should always be present, as the gains will be much higher once the market moves up r ..
Lower breakeven = strike price of the short call, Upper breakeven = strike price of long calls + point of maximum loss
THE COLLAR Vs CALL BACKSPREAD - Risk & Reward
THE COLLAR
CALL BACKSPREAD
Maximum Profit Scenario
Strike Price of Short Call - Purchase Price of Underlying + Net Premium Received
Unlimited profit potential if the stock goes in upward direction.
Maximum Loss Scenario
Purchase Price of Underlying - Strike Price of Long Put - Net Premium Received
Strike Price of long call - Strike Price of short call - Net premium received
Risk
Limited
Limited
Reward
Limited
Unlimited
THE COLLAR Vs CALL BACKSPREAD - Strategy Pros & Cons
THE COLLAR
CALL BACKSPREAD
Similar Strategies
Call Spread, Bull Put Spread
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Disadvantage
• Limited profit. • A trader can book more profit without this strategy if the prices goes high.
Advantages
• This strategy protects the losses on underlying asset. • Risk gets limited if the price of the stocks goes down. • Trader can get ownership benefits life dividend and voting rights.