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Comparision (THE COLLAR VS CALL BACKSPREAD)

 

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  THE COLLAR CALL BACKSPREAD
About Strategy

The Collar Option Strategy

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

Call Backspread Option Trading 

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 ..

THE COLLAR Vs CALL BACKSPREAD - Details

THE COLLAR CALL BACKSPREAD
Market View Bullish Bullish
Type (CE/PE) CE (Call Option) + PE (Put Option) + Underlying CE (Call Option)
Number Of Positions 3 3
Strategy Level Advance Advance
Reward Profile Limited Unlimited
Risk Profile Limited Limited
Breakeven Point Price of Features - Call Premium + Put Premium Lower breakeven = strike price of the short call, Upper breakeven = strike price of long calls + point of maximum loss

THE COLLAR Vs CALL BACKSPREAD - When & How to use ?

THE COLLAR CALL BACKSPREAD
Market View Bullish Bullish
When to use? It should be used only in case where trader is certain about the bearish market view. This strategy is used when the investor expects the price of the stock to rise in the future.
Action Buy Underlying, Buy 1 ATM Put Option, Sell 1 OTM Call Option Sell 1 ITM Call, BUY 2 OTM Call
Breakeven Point Price of Features - Call Premium + Put Premium 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 -
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. • Unlimited profit potential.

THE COLLAR

CALL BACKSPREAD