DGRS Bull Call Spread Strategy
DGRS (WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Income industry), listed on NASDAQ.
The underlying index is designed using a fundamental weighting methodology, concentrating on U.S. small-capitalization common stocks that both distribute dividends and demonstrate significant growth characteristics. Typically, the fund commits a minimum of 80% of its total assets (excluding collateral derived from securities lending) to either the direct holdings of this index or to other investments possessing substantially equivalent economic profiles. This fund is structured as a non-diversified investment vehicle.
DGRS (WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Income, with a market capitalization of approximately $409.7M, a beta of 0.98 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 46.21-61.89, average daily share volume of 32K, a public-listing history dating back to 2013. These structural characteristics shape how DGRS etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.98 places DGRS roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. DGRS pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a bull call spread on DGRS?
A bull call spread buys an at-the-money call and sells an out-of-the-money call at a higher strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.
DGRS snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $61.63, ATM IV 14.90%, IV rank 1.23%, expected move 4.27%. The bull call spread on DGRS below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this bull call spread structure on DGRS specifically: DGRS IV at 14.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a DGRS bull call spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 4.27% (roughly $2.63 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated DGRS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on DGRS should anchor to the underlying notional of $61.63 per share and to the trader's directional view on DGRS etf.
DGRS bull call spread setup
The DGRS bull call spread below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With DGRS at $61.63 on that close, the first option leg uses a $61.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed DGRS chain at a 35-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 DGRS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $61.00 | $1.55 |
| Sell 1 | Call | $65.00 | $0.29 |
DGRS bull call spread risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$126.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $274.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$126.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $62.26
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 2.175
Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-call strike plus net debit.
DGRS bull call spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bull call spread on DGRS. 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% | -$126.00 |
| $13.64 | -77.9% | -$126.00 |
| $27.26 | -55.8% | -$126.00 |
| $40.89 | -33.7% | -$126.00 |
| $54.51 | -11.5% | -$126.00 |
| $68.14 | +10.6% | +$274.00 |
| $81.76 | +32.7% | +$274.00 |
| $95.39 | +54.8% | +$274.00 |
| $109.02 | +76.9% | +$274.00 |
| $122.64 | +99.0% | +$274.00 |
When traders use bull call spread on DGRS
Bull call spreads on DGRS reduce the cost of a bullish DGRS etf position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
DGRS thesis for this bull call spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for DGRS extends from approximately $59.00 on the downside to $64.26 on the upside. A DGRS bull call spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bullish position; relative to an outright long call on DGRS, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current DGRS IV rank near 1.23% 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 DGRS at 14.90%. As a Financial Services name, DGRS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to DGRS-specific events.
DGRS bull call spread positions are structurally moderately 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. DGRS positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move DGRS alongside the broader basket even when DGRS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bull call spread on DGRS 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 DGRS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bull call spread on DGRS?
- A bull call spread on DGRS is the bull call spread strategy applied to DGRS (etf). The strategy is structurally moderately bullish: A bull call spread buys an at-the-money call and sells an out-of-the-money call at a higher strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With DGRS etf at $61.63 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed DGRS chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are DGRS bull call spread max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-call strike plus net debit. For the DGRS bull call spread priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 14.90%), the computed maximum profit is $274.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$126.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a DGRS bull call spread?
- The breakeven for the DGRS bull call spread priced on this page is roughly $62.26 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The DGRS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 4.27%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a bull call spread on DGRS?
- Bull call spreads on DGRS reduce the cost of a bullish DGRS etf position by selling a higher-strike call; suited to moderate-move theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
- How does current DGRS implied volatility affect this bull call spread?
- DGRS ATM IV is at 14.90% with IV rank near 1.23%, 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.