GOOX Collar Strategy
GOOX (T-REX 2X Long Alphabet Daily Target ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on CBOE.
Under typical conditions, this exchange-traded fund allocates at least 80% of its net assets, potentially augmented by borrowed capital, to various financial instruments. These instruments are strategically chosen to deliver, on a daily basis, a leveraged return equivalent to 200% of the price movement of Alphabet (GOOG) stock. It is important to note that this fund is not diversified.
GOOX (T-REX 2X Long Alphabet Daily Target ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $48.3M, a beta of 3.10 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 16.85-107.61, average daily share volume of 92K, a public-listing history dating back to 2024. These structural characteristics shape how GOOX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 3.10 indicates GOOX has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. GOOX pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on GOOX?
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.
GOOX snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $72.88, ATM IV 54.90%, IV rank 5.89%, expected move 15.74%. The collar on GOOX 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 GOOX specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed GOOX IV at 54.90% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.74% (roughly $11.47 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 GOOX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GOOX should anchor to the underlying notional of $72.88 per share and to the trader's directional view on GOOX etf.
GOOX collar setup
The GOOX 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 GOOX at $72.88 on that close, the first option leg uses a $77.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GOOX 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 GOOX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $72.88 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $77.00 | $3.45 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $70.00 | $3.30 |
GOOX collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$7,273.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $427.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$273.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $72.73
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.564
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.
GOOX collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on GOOX. 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% | -$273.00 |
| $16.12 | -77.9% | -$273.00 |
| $32.24 | -55.8% | -$273.00 |
| $48.35 | -33.7% | -$273.00 |
| $64.46 | -11.6% | -$273.00 |
| $80.58 | +10.6% | +$427.00 |
| $96.69 | +32.7% | +$427.00 |
| $112.80 | +54.8% | +$427.00 |
| $128.91 | +76.9% | +$427.00 |
| $145.03 | +99.0% | +$427.00 |
When traders use collar on GOOX
Collars on GOOX hedge an existing long GOOX 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.
GOOX thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GOOX extends from approximately $61.41 on the downside to $84.35 on the upside. A GOOX collar hedges an existing long GOOX 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 GOOX IV rank near 5.89% 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 GOOX at 54.90%. As a Financial Services name, GOOX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GOOX-specific events.
GOOX 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. GOOX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GOOX alongside the broader basket even when GOOX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current GOOX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on GOOX?
- A collar on GOOX is the collar strategy applied to GOOX (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 GOOX etf at $72.88 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GOOX chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GOOX 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 GOOX collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.90%), the computed maximum profit is $427.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$273.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a GOOX collar?
- The breakeven for the GOOX collar priced on this page is roughly $72.73 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 GOOX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 15.74%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on GOOX?
- Collars on GOOX hedge an existing long GOOX 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 GOOX implied volatility affect this collar?
- GOOX ATM IV is at 54.90% with IV rank near 5.89%, 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.