CLIX Long Call Strategy
CLIX (ProShares - Long Online/Short Stores ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should track the performance of the index. The index consists of long positions in the online retailers included in the ProShares Online Retail Index and short positions in the "bricks and mortar" retailers included in the Solactive-ProShares Bricks and Mortar Retail Store Index. The fund is non-diversified.
CLIX (ProShares - Long Online/Short Stores ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $7.3M, a beta of 0.98 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 48.27-62.855, average daily share volume of 1K, a public-listing history dating back to 2017. These structural characteristics shape how CLIX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.98 places CLIX roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. CLIX pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a long call on CLIX?
A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration.
Current CLIX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $58.20, ATM IV 22.70%, IV rank 21.01%, expected move 6.51%. The long call on CLIX 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 63-day expiry.
Why this long call structure on CLIX specifically: CLIX IV at 22.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CLIX long call, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.51% (roughly $3.79 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CLIX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CLIX should anchor to the underlying notional of $58.20 per share and to the trader's directional view on CLIX etf.
CLIX long call setup
The CLIX long call below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CLIX near $58.20, the first option leg uses a $58.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CLIX chain at a 63-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 CLIX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $58.00 | $2.33 |
CLIX long call risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$232.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$232.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $60.33
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- Unbounded
Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium.
CLIX long call payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the long call on CLIX. 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% | -$232.50 |
| $12.88 | -77.9% | -$232.50 |
| $25.74 | -55.8% | -$232.50 |
| $38.61 | -33.7% | -$232.50 |
| $51.48 | -11.5% | -$232.50 |
| $64.35 | +10.6% | +$402.12 |
| $77.21 | +32.7% | +$1,688.84 |
| $90.08 | +54.8% | +$2,975.57 |
| $102.95 | +76.9% | +$4,262.29 |
| $115.82 | +99.0% | +$5,549.01 |
When traders use long call on CLIX
Long calls on CLIX express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of CLIX catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
CLIX thesis for this long call
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CLIX extends from approximately $54.41 on the downside to $61.99 on the upside. A CLIX long call expresses a directional view that the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration, ideally with implied volatility holding or expanding to preserve extrinsic value through the hold period. Current CLIX IV rank near 21.01% 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 CLIX at 22.70%. As a Financial Services name, CLIX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CLIX-specific events.
CLIX long call positions are structurally bullish; 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. CLIX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CLIX alongside the broader basket even when CLIX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a long call on CLIX are particularly exposed to IV-crush risk through scheduled events (earnings, FDA decisions, central-bank meetings) where IV typically contracts post-event regardless of the directional outcome. Always rebuild the position from current CLIX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a long call on CLIX?
- A long call on CLIX is the long call strategy applied to CLIX (etf). The strategy is structurally bullish: A long call buys upside exposure with a fixed maximum loss equal to the premium paid; profit accrues if the underlying closes above the strike plus premium at expiration. With CLIX etf trading near $58.20, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CLIX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CLIX long call max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit is unbounded; max loss equals the premium paid times 100. Breakeven is strike plus premium. For the CLIX long call priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 22.70%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$232.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CLIX long call?
- The breakeven for the CLIX long call priced on this page is roughly $60.33 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 CLIX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.51%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a long call on CLIX?
- Long calls on CLIX express a bullish thesis with defined risk; traders use them ahead of CLIX catalysts (earnings, product launches, macro events) when the expected upside justifies the premium and theta decay.
- How does current CLIX implied volatility affect this long call?
- CLIX ATM IV is at 22.70% with IV rank near 21.01%, 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.