COMB Collar Strategy
COMB (GraniteShares Bloomberg Commodity Broad Strategy No K-1 ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The GraniteShares Bloomberg Commodity Broad Strategy No K-1 ETF seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation, primarily through exposure to commodity futures markets.
COMB (GraniteShares Bloomberg Commodity Broad Strategy No K-1 ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $127.9M, a beta of 1.00 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 20.23-28.05, average daily share volume of 80K, a public-listing history dating back to 2017. These structural characteristics shape how COMB etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.00 places COMB roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. COMB pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on COMB?
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 COMB snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $27.41, ATM IV 27.30%, IV rank 2.42%, expected move 7.83%. The collar on COMB 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 COMB specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed COMB IV at 27.30% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.83% (roughly $2.15 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 COMB expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on COMB should anchor to the underlying notional of $27.41 per share and to the trader's directional view on COMB etf.
COMB collar setup
The COMB 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 COMB near $27.41, the first option leg uses a $29.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed COMB 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 COMB shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $27.41 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $29.00 | $0.39 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $26.00 | $0.50 |
COMB collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$2,752.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $148.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$152.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $27.52
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.974
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.
COMB collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on COMB. 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% | -$152.00 |
| $6.07 | -77.9% | -$152.00 |
| $12.13 | -55.8% | -$152.00 |
| $18.19 | -33.6% | -$152.00 |
| $24.25 | -11.5% | -$152.00 |
| $30.31 | +10.6% | +$148.00 |
| $36.37 | +32.7% | +$148.00 |
| $42.43 | +54.8% | +$148.00 |
| $48.49 | +76.9% | +$148.00 |
| $54.54 | +99.0% | +$148.00 |
When traders use collar on COMB
Collars on COMB hedge an existing long COMB 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.
COMB thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for COMB extends from approximately $25.26 on the downside to $29.56 on the upside. A COMB collar hedges an existing long COMB 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 COMB IV rank near 2.42% 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 COMB at 27.30%. As a Financial Services name, COMB options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to COMB-specific events.
COMB 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. COMB positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move COMB alongside the broader basket even when COMB-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current COMB chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on COMB?
- A collar on COMB is the collar strategy applied to COMB (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 COMB etf trading near $27.41, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed COMB chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are COMB 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 COMB collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 27.30%), the computed maximum profit is $148.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$152.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a COMB collar?
- The breakeven for the COMB collar priced on this page is roughly $27.52 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 COMB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.83%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on COMB?
- Collars on COMB hedge an existing long COMB 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 COMB implied volatility affect this collar?
- COMB ATM IV is at 27.30% with IV rank near 2.42%, 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.