FBTC Collar Strategy
FBTC (Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Cryptocurrency industry), listed on CBOE.
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FBTC (Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Cryptocurrency, with a market capitalization of approximately $18.52B, a beta of 2.17 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 54.205-110.25, average daily share volume of 4.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 2024. These structural characteristics shape how FBTC etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.17 indicates FBTC has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a collar on FBTC?
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 FBTC snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $68.84, ATM IV 38.90%, IV rank 13.42%, expected move 11.15%. The collar on FBTC 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 28-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on FBTC specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed FBTC IV at 38.90% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.15% (roughly $7.68 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FBTC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FBTC should anchor to the underlying notional of $68.84 per share and to the trader's directional view on FBTC etf.
FBTC collar setup
The FBTC 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 FBTC near $68.84, the first option leg uses a $72.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FBTC chain at a 28-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 FBTC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $68.84 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $72.50 | $1.58 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $65.50 | $1.35 |
FBTC collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$6,861.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $388.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$311.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $68.62
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.247
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.
FBTC collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on FBTC. 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% | -$311.50 |
| $15.23 | -77.9% | -$311.50 |
| $30.45 | -55.8% | -$311.50 |
| $45.67 | -33.7% | -$311.50 |
| $60.89 | -11.5% | -$311.50 |
| $76.11 | +10.6% | +$388.50 |
| $91.33 | +32.7% | +$388.50 |
| $106.55 | +54.8% | +$388.50 |
| $121.77 | +76.9% | +$388.50 |
| $136.99 | +99.0% | +$388.50 |
When traders use collar on FBTC
Collars on FBTC hedge an existing long FBTC 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.
FBTC thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FBTC extends from approximately $61.16 on the downside to $76.52 on the upside. A FBTC collar hedges an existing long FBTC 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 FBTC IV rank near 13.42% 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 FBTC at 38.90%. As a Financial Services name, FBTC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FBTC-specific events.
FBTC 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. FBTC positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FBTC alongside the broader basket even when FBTC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current FBTC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on FBTC?
- A collar on FBTC is the collar strategy applied to FBTC (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 FBTC etf trading near $68.84, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FBTC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FBTC 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 FBTC collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 38.90%), the computed maximum profit is $388.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$311.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FBTC collar?
- The breakeven for the FBTC collar priced on this page is roughly $68.62 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 FBTC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.15%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on FBTC?
- Collars on FBTC hedge an existing long FBTC 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 FBTC implied volatility affect this collar?
- FBTC ATM IV is at 38.90% with IV rank near 13.42%, 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.