NANR Collar Strategy
NANR (State Street SPDR S&P North American Natural Resources ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The State Street SPDR S&P North American Natural Resources ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P BMI North American Natural Resources Index (the "Index")Seeks to provide exposure to U.S. and Canadian publicly traded large and mid cap companies within the sub-industries of the energy, metals & mining or agriculture categoriesAt each quarterly Index rebalancing, the combined weight of securities of companies in the energy, metals & mining and agriculture categories are set at 45%, 35% and 20%, respectively
NANR (State Street SPDR S&P North American Natural Resources ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $817.3M, a beta of 0.56 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 53.31-86.58, average daily share volume of 75K, a public-listing history dating back to 2015. These structural characteristics shape how NANR etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.56 indicates NANR has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. NANR pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on NANR?
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 NANR snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $82.92, ATM IV 22.40%, IV rank 28.95%, expected move 6.42%. The collar on NANR 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 NANR specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed NANR IV at 22.40% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.42% (roughly $5.33 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 NANR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NANR should anchor to the underlying notional of $82.92 per share and to the trader's directional view on NANR etf.
NANR collar setup
The NANR 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 NANR near $82.92, the first option leg uses a $87.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NANR 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 NANR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $82.92 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $87.00 | $0.66 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $79.00 | $0.87 |
NANR collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$8,313.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $387.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$413.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $83.13
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.937
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.
NANR collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on NANR. 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% | -$413.00 |
| $18.34 | -77.9% | -$413.00 |
| $36.68 | -55.8% | -$413.00 |
| $55.01 | -33.7% | -$413.00 |
| $73.34 | -11.6% | -$413.00 |
| $91.67 | +10.6% | +$387.00 |
| $110.01 | +32.7% | +$387.00 |
| $128.34 | +54.8% | +$387.00 |
| $146.67 | +76.9% | +$387.00 |
| $165.01 | +99.0% | +$387.00 |
When traders use collar on NANR
Collars on NANR hedge an existing long NANR 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.
NANR thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NANR extends from approximately $77.59 on the downside to $88.25 on the upside. A NANR collar hedges an existing long NANR 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 NANR IV rank near 28.95% 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 NANR at 22.40%. As a Financial Services name, NANR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NANR-specific events.
NANR 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. NANR positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NANR alongside the broader basket even when NANR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current NANR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on NANR?
- A collar on NANR is the collar strategy applied to NANR (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 NANR etf trading near $82.92, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NANR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NANR 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 NANR collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 22.40%), the computed maximum profit is $387.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$413.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a NANR collar?
- The breakeven for the NANR collar priced on this page is roughly $83.13 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 NANR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.42%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on NANR?
- Collars on NANR hedge an existing long NANR 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 NANR implied volatility affect this collar?
- NANR ATM IV is at 22.40% with IV rank near 28.95%, 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.