GXC Collar Strategy
GXC (State Street SPDR S&P China ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
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GXC (State Street SPDR S&P China ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $490.6M, a beta of 0.76 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 83.2-107.01, average daily share volume of 35K, a public-listing history dating back to 2007. These structural characteristics shape how GXC etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.76 places GXC roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. GXC pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on GXC?
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 GXC snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $94.67, ATM IV 25.10%, IV rank 22.97%, expected move 7.20%. The collar on GXC 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 GXC specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed GXC IV at 25.10% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.20% (roughly $6.81 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 GXC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GXC should anchor to the underlying notional of $94.67 per share and to the trader's directional view on GXC etf.
GXC collar setup
The GXC 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 GXC near $94.67, the first option leg uses a $99.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GXC 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 GXC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $94.67 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $99.00 | $1.78 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $90.00 | $0.85 |
GXC collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$9,374.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $525.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$374.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $93.75
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.403
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.
GXC collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on GXC. 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% | -$374.50 |
| $20.94 | -77.9% | -$374.50 |
| $41.87 | -55.8% | -$374.50 |
| $62.80 | -33.7% | -$374.50 |
| $83.73 | -11.6% | -$374.50 |
| $104.66 | +10.6% | +$525.50 |
| $125.60 | +32.7% | +$525.50 |
| $146.53 | +54.8% | +$525.50 |
| $167.46 | +76.9% | +$525.50 |
| $188.39 | +99.0% | +$525.50 |
When traders use collar on GXC
Collars on GXC hedge an existing long GXC 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.
GXC thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GXC extends from approximately $87.86 on the downside to $101.48 on the upside. A GXC collar hedges an existing long GXC 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 GXC IV rank near 22.97% 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 GXC at 25.10%. As a Financial Services name, GXC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GXC-specific events.
GXC 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. GXC positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GXC alongside the broader basket even when GXC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current GXC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on GXC?
- A collar on GXC is the collar strategy applied to GXC (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 GXC etf trading near $94.67, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GXC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GXC 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 GXC collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 25.10%), the computed maximum profit is $525.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$374.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a GXC collar?
- The breakeven for the GXC collar priced on this page is roughly $93.75 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 GXC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.20%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on GXC?
- Collars on GXC hedge an existing long GXC 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 GXC implied volatility affect this collar?
- GXC ATM IV is at 25.10% with IV rank near 22.97%, 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.