AVGV Collar Strategy
AVGV (Avantis All Equity Markets Value ETF 9), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
Designed to provide exposure to a broadly diversified set of companies, sectors and countries while focusing on securities we believe have higher expected returns*–companies trading at lower valuations with higher profitability ratios. The strategy pursues its objective through investing in a series of other Avantis exchange-traded funds (ETFs).Pursues the benefits associated with indexing (diversification, low turnover, transparency of exposures), but with the ability to add value by making investment decisions using information in current prices.Efficient portfolio management and trading process that is designed to enhance returns while seeking to reduce unnecessary risks and transaction costs for investors.This strategy is built to provide an investor with an effective total-market value allocation.
AVGV (Avantis All Equity Markets Value ETF 9) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $319.0M, a beta of 0.81 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 61.8-84.42, average daily share volume of 30K, a public-listing history dating back to 2023. These structural characteristics shape how AVGV etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.81 places AVGV roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. AVGV pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on AVGV?
A collar pairs long stock with a protective out-of-the-money put financed by a short out-of-the-money call, capping both tails of the position around the current spot.
Current AVGV snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $83.17, ATM IV 17.90%, IV rank 20.95%, expected move 5.13%. The collar on AVGV 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 34-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on AVGV specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed AVGV IV at 17.90% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.13% (roughly $4.27 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated AVGV expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AVGV should anchor to the underlying notional of $83.17 per share and to the trader's directional view on AVGV etf.
AVGV collar setup
The AVGV collar below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With AVGV near $83.17, the first option leg uses a $87.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AVGV chain at a 34-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 AVGV shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $83.17 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $87.00 | $0.58 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $79.00 | $0.43 |
AVGV collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$8,302.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $398.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$402.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $83.02
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.990
Max profit roughly equals short-call strike minus cost basis plus net premium; max loss roughly equals cost basis minus long-put strike minus net premium. Breakeven shifts by the net premium.
AVGV collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on AVGV. 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% | -$402.00 |
| $18.40 | -77.9% | -$402.00 |
| $36.79 | -55.8% | -$402.00 |
| $55.17 | -33.7% | -$402.00 |
| $73.56 | -11.6% | -$402.00 |
| $91.95 | +10.6% | +$398.00 |
| $110.34 | +32.7% | +$398.00 |
| $128.73 | +54.8% | +$398.00 |
| $147.12 | +76.9% | +$398.00 |
| $165.50 | +99.0% | +$398.00 |
When traders use collar on AVGV
Collars on AVGV hedge an existing long AVGV etf position; the long put sets a floor while the short call finances it, often run as a near-zero-cost hedge during expected volatility windows.
AVGV thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AVGV extends from approximately $78.90 on the downside to $87.44 on the upside. A AVGV collar hedges an existing long AVGV position with a protective put while financing the put cost via a short call; when the premiums roughly offset, the collar acts as a near-zero-cost insurance band around the current spot. Current AVGV IV rank near 20.95% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on AVGV at 17.90%. As a Financial Services name, AVGV options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AVGV-specific events.
AVGV collar positions are structurally neutral (protective); 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. AVGV positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AVGV alongside the broader basket even when AVGV-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current AVGV chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on AVGV?
- A collar on AVGV is the collar strategy applied to AVGV (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral (protective): A collar pairs long stock with a protective out-of-the-money put financed by a short out-of-the-money call, capping both tails of the position around the current spot. With AVGV etf trading near $83.17, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AVGV chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are AVGV collar max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit roughly equals short-call strike minus cost basis plus net premium; max loss roughly equals cost basis minus long-put strike minus net premium. Breakeven shifts by the net premium. For the AVGV collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 17.90%), the computed maximum profit is $398.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$402.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a AVGV collar?
- The breakeven for the AVGV collar priced on this page is roughly $83.02 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 AVGV market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.13%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on AVGV?
- Collars on AVGV hedge an existing long AVGV etf position; the long put sets a floor while the short call finances it, often run as a near-zero-cost hedge during expected volatility windows.
- How does current AVGV implied volatility affect this collar?
- AVGV ATM IV is at 17.90% with IV rank near 20.95%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.