EEV Collar Strategy
EEV (ProShares - UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
EEV (ProShares - UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.9M, a beta of -1.49 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 11.58-28.8, average daily share volume of 86K, a public-listing history dating back to 2007. These structural characteristics shape how EEV etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -1.49 indicates EEV has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. EEV pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on EEV?
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 EEV snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $12.56, ATM IV 57.40%, IV rank 9.07%, expected move 16.46%. The collar on EEV 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 EEV specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed EEV IV at 57.40% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.46% (roughly $2.07 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 EEV expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on EEV should anchor to the underlying notional of $12.56 per share and to the trader's directional view on EEV etf.
EEV collar setup
The EEV 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 EEV near $12.56, the first option leg uses a $13.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed EEV 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 EEV shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $12.56 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $13.00 | $0.80 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $12.00 | $0.58 |
EEV collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,233.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $66.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$33.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $12.33
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.985
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.
EEV collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on EEV. 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 | -99.9% | -$33.50 |
| $2.79 | -77.8% | -$33.50 |
| $5.56 | -55.7% | -$33.50 |
| $8.34 | -33.6% | -$33.50 |
| $11.11 | -11.5% | -$33.50 |
| $13.89 | +10.6% | +$66.50 |
| $16.67 | +32.7% | +$66.50 |
| $19.44 | +54.8% | +$66.50 |
| $22.22 | +76.9% | +$66.50 |
| $24.99 | +99.0% | +$66.50 |
When traders use collar on EEV
Collars on EEV hedge an existing long EEV 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.
EEV thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for EEV extends from approximately $10.49 on the downside to $14.63 on the upside. A EEV collar hedges an existing long EEV 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 EEV IV rank near 9.07% 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 EEV at 57.40%. As a Financial Services name, EEV options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to EEV-specific events.
EEV 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. EEV positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move EEV alongside the broader basket even when EEV-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current EEV chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on EEV?
- A collar on EEV is the collar strategy applied to EEV (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 EEV etf trading near $12.56, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed EEV chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are EEV 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 EEV collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 57.40%), the computed maximum profit is $66.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$33.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a EEV collar?
- The breakeven for the EEV collar priced on this page is roughly $12.33 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 EEV market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.46%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on EEV?
- Collars on EEV hedge an existing long EEV 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 EEV implied volatility affect this collar?
- EEV ATM IV is at 57.40% with IV rank near 9.07%, 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.