How are DGRS 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 DGRS collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 14.90%), the computed maximum profit is $322.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$278.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a DGRS collar?

The breakeven for the DGRS collar priced on this page is roughly $61.78 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.

How does current DGRS implied volatility affect this collar?

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.

DGRS Collar 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 collar on DGRS?

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.

DGRS snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $61.63, ATM IV 14.90%, IV rank 1.23%, expected move 4.27%. The collar 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 collar structure on DGRS specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed DGRS IV at 14.90% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, 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 collar setup

The DGRS collar 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 $65.00 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 100 shares	Stock	$61.63	long
Sell 1	Call	$65.00	$0.29
Buy 1	Put	$59.00	$0.44

DGRS collar risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$6,178.00
Max Profit (per contract): $322.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$278.00
Breakeven(s): $61.78
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.158

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.

DGRS collar payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	-$278.00
$13.64	-77.9%	-$278.00
$27.26	-55.8%	-$278.00
$40.89	-33.7%	-$278.00
$54.51	-11.5%	-$278.00
$68.14	+10.6%	+$322.00
$81.76	+32.7%	+$322.00
$95.39	+54.8%	+$322.00
$109.02	+76.9%	+$322.00
$122.64	+99.0%	+$322.00

When traders use collar on DGRS

Collars on DGRS hedge an existing long DGRS 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.

DGRS thesis for this collar

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 collar hedges an existing long DGRS 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 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 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. 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. Always rebuild the position from current DGRS chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a collar on DGRS?: A collar on DGRS is the collar strategy applied to DGRS (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 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 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 DGRS collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 14.90%), the computed maximum profit is $322.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$278.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a DGRS collar?: The breakeven for the DGRS collar priced on this page is roughly $61.78 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 collar on DGRS?: Collars on DGRS hedge an existing long DGRS 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 DGRS implied volatility affect this collar?: 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.