KOLD Collar Strategy
KOLD (ProShares - UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on AMEX.
The ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas ETF is structured to deliver daily returns that are two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the Bloomberg Natural Gas SubindexSM, excluding any associated fees or operating expenses.
KOLD (ProShares - UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $127.2M, a beta of -3.29 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 13.44-49.47, average daily share volume of 3.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2011. These structural characteristics shape how KOLD etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -3.29 indicates KOLD has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.
What is a collar on KOLD?
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.
KOLD snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $30.45, ATM IV 59.27%, IV rank 0.00%, expected move 16.99%. The collar on KOLD 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 28-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on KOLD specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed KOLD IV at 59.27% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.99% (roughly $5.17 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 KOLD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on KOLD should anchor to the underlying notional of $30.45 per share and to the trader's directional view on KOLD etf.
KOLD collar setup
The KOLD 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 KOLD at $30.45 on that close, the first option leg uses a $32.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed KOLD 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 KOLD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $30.45 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $32.00 | $1.03 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $29.00 | $1.50 |
KOLD collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$3,092.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $107.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$192.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $30.93
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.558
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.
KOLD collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on KOLD. 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% | -$192.50 |
| $6.74 | -77.9% | -$192.50 |
| $13.47 | -55.8% | -$192.50 |
| $20.20 | -33.6% | -$192.50 |
| $26.94 | -11.5% | -$192.50 |
| $33.67 | +10.6% | +$107.50 |
| $40.40 | +32.7% | +$107.50 |
| $47.13 | +54.8% | +$107.50 |
| $53.86 | +76.9% | +$107.50 |
| $60.59 | +99.0% | +$107.50 |
When traders use collar on KOLD
Collars on KOLD hedge an existing long KOLD 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.
KOLD thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for KOLD extends from approximately $25.28 on the downside to $35.62 on the upside. A KOLD collar hedges an existing long KOLD 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 KOLD IV rank near 0.00% 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 KOLD at 59.27%. As a Financial Services name, KOLD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to KOLD-specific events.
KOLD 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. KOLD positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move KOLD alongside the broader basket even when KOLD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current KOLD chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on KOLD?
- A collar on KOLD is the collar strategy applied to KOLD (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 KOLD etf at $30.45 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed KOLD chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are KOLD 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 KOLD collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 59.27%), the computed maximum profit is $107.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$192.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a KOLD collar?
- The breakeven for the KOLD collar priced on this page is roughly $30.93 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 KOLD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 16.99%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on KOLD?
- Collars on KOLD hedge an existing long KOLD 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 KOLD implied volatility affect this collar?
- KOLD ATM IV is at 59.27% with IV rank near 0.00%, 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.