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 just the opposite of Long Straddle. A trader should adopt this strategy when he expects less volatility in the near future. Here, a trader will sell one Call Option & one Put Option of the same strike price, same expiry date and of the same underlying asset. If the stock/index hovers around the same levels then both the options will expire worthless an ..
Lower Breakeven = Strike Price of Put - Net Premium, Upper breakeven = Strike Price of Call+ Net Premium
THE COLLAR Vs SHORT STRADDLE - Risk & Reward
THE COLLAR
SHORT STRADDLE
Maximum Profit Scenario
Strike Price of Short Call - Purchase Price of Underlying + Net Premium Received
Max Profit = Net Premium Received - Commissions Paid
Maximum Loss Scenario
Purchase Price of Underlying - Strike Price of Long Put - Net Premium Received
Maximum Loss = Long Call Strike Price - Short Call Strike Price - Net Premium Received
Risk
Limited
Unlimited
Reward
Limited
Limited
THE COLLAR Vs SHORT STRADDLE - Strategy Pros & Cons
THE COLLAR
SHORT STRADDLE
Similar Strategies
Call Spread, Bull Put Spread
Short Strangle
Disadvantage
• Limited profit. • A trader can book more profit without this strategy if the prices goes high.
• Unlimited risk. • If the price of the underlying asset moves in either direction then huge losses can occur.
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.
• A trader can earn profit even when there is no volatility in the market . • Allows you to benefit from double time decay. • Trader can collect premium from puts and calls option .