GUNR Collar Strategy
GUNR (FlexShares Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Global industry), listed on AMEX.
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GUNR (FlexShares Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Global, with a market capitalization of approximately $7.56B, a beta of 0.52 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 38.53-56.35, average daily share volume of 544K, a public-listing history dating back to 2011. These structural characteristics shape how GUNR etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.52 indicates GUNR has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. GUNR pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on GUNR?
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 GUNR snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $54.53, ATM IV 19.30%, IV rank 1.24%, expected move 5.53%. The collar on GUNR 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 GUNR specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed GUNR IV at 19.30% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.53% (roughly $3.02 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 GUNR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GUNR should anchor to the underlying notional of $54.53 per share and to the trader's directional view on GUNR etf.
GUNR collar setup
The GUNR 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 GUNR near $54.53, the first option leg uses a $57.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GUNR 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 GUNR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $54.53 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $57.00 | $0.43 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $52.00 | $0.27 |
GUNR collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$5,437.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $263.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$237.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $54.37
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.110
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.
GUNR collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on GUNR. 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% | -$237.00 |
| $12.07 | -77.9% | -$237.00 |
| $24.12 | -55.8% | -$237.00 |
| $36.18 | -33.7% | -$237.00 |
| $48.23 | -11.5% | -$237.00 |
| $60.29 | +10.6% | +$263.00 |
| $72.34 | +32.7% | +$263.00 |
| $84.40 | +54.8% | +$263.00 |
| $96.46 | +76.9% | +$263.00 |
| $108.51 | +99.0% | +$263.00 |
When traders use collar on GUNR
Collars on GUNR hedge an existing long GUNR 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.
GUNR thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GUNR extends from approximately $51.51 on the downside to $57.55 on the upside. A GUNR collar hedges an existing long GUNR 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 GUNR IV rank near 1.24% 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 GUNR at 19.30%. As a Financial Services name, GUNR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GUNR-specific events.
GUNR 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. GUNR positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GUNR alongside the broader basket even when GUNR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current GUNR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on GUNR?
- A collar on GUNR is the collar strategy applied to GUNR (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 GUNR etf trading near $54.53, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GUNR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GUNR 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 GUNR collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 19.30%), the computed maximum profit is $263.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$237.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a GUNR collar?
- The breakeven for the GUNR collar priced on this page is roughly $54.37 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 GUNR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.53%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on GUNR?
- Collars on GUNR hedge an existing long GUNR 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 GUNR implied volatility affect this collar?
- GUNR ATM IV is at 19.30% with IV rank near 1.24%, 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.