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 ..
Premium received in your account when you sell the Put Option.
Strike Price of Short Call - Purchase Price of Underlying + Net Premium Received
Maximum Loss Scenario
Unlimited (When the price of the underlying falls.)
Purchase Price of Underlying - Strike Price of Long Put - Net Premium Received
Risk
Unlimited
Limited
Reward
Limited
Limited
SHORT PUT Vs THE COLLAR - Strategy Pros & Cons
SHORT PUT
THE COLLAR
Similar Strategies
Bull Put Spread, Short Starddle
Call Spread, Bull Put Spread
Disadvantage
• Unlimited risk. • Huge losses if the price of the underlying stock falls steeply.
• Limited profit. • A trader can book more profit without this strategy if the prices goes high.
Advantages
• Benefit from time decay. • Less capital required than buying the stock outright. • Profit when underlying stock price rise, move sideways or drop by a relatively small account.
• 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.