OZEM Covered Call Strategy
OZEM (Roundhill Investments - GLP-1 & Weight Loss ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Roundhill believes that weight loss drugs, including GLP-1 agonists, represent one of the most revolutionary advancements in the global pharmaceuticals industry. The Roundhill GLP-1 & Weight Loss ETF (“OZEM”) is the world’s first GLP-1 ETF. OZEM is an actively-managed ETF.
OZEM (Roundhill Investments - GLP-1 & Weight Loss ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $40.9M, a beta of 0.44 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 23.09-37.15, average daily share volume of 21K, a public-listing history dating back to 2024. These structural characteristics shape how OZEM etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.44 indicates OZEM has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. OZEM pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a covered call on OZEM?
A covered call pairs long stock with a short out-of-the-money call, collecting premium and capping upside above the short strike in exchange for income.
Current OZEM snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $30.97, ATM IV 26.40%, IV rank 1.97%, expected move 7.57%. The covered call on OZEM 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 covered call structure on OZEM specifically: OZEM IV at 26.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling OZEM covered call collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.57% (roughly $2.34 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 OZEM expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on OZEM should anchor to the underlying notional of $30.97 per share and to the trader's directional view on OZEM etf.
OZEM covered call setup
The OZEM covered call below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With OZEM near $30.97, the first option leg uses a $33.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed OZEM 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 OZEM shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $30.97 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $33.00 | $0.25 |
OZEM covered call risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$3,072.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $228.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$3,071.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $30.72
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.074
Max profit equals short-strike minus cost basis plus premium times 100; max loss is cost basis minus premium (at zero). Breakeven is cost basis minus premium.
OZEM covered call payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the covered call on OZEM. 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% | -$3,071.00 |
| $6.86 | -77.9% | -$2,386.35 |
| $13.70 | -55.8% | -$1,701.69 |
| $20.55 | -33.6% | -$1,017.04 |
| $27.40 | -11.5% | -$332.39 |
| $34.24 | +10.6% | +$228.00 |
| $41.09 | +32.7% | +$228.00 |
| $47.94 | +54.8% | +$228.00 |
| $54.78 | +76.9% | +$228.00 |
| $61.63 | +99.0% | +$228.00 |
When traders use covered call on OZEM
Covered calls on OZEM are an income strategy run on existing OZEM etf positions; traders typically sell calls at 25-35 delta with 30-45 days to expiration to balance premium against upside cap.
OZEM thesis for this covered call
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for OZEM extends from approximately $28.63 on the downside to $33.31 on the upside. A OZEM covered call collects premium on an existing long OZEM position, trading off upside above the short call strike for immediate income; the short strike selection should reflect the trader's view on whether OZEM will breach that level within the expiration window. Current OZEM IV rank near 1.97% 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 OZEM at 26.40%. As a Financial Services name, OZEM options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to OZEM-specific events.
OZEM covered call positions are structurally neutral to slightly bullish; 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. OZEM positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move OZEM alongside the broader basket even when OZEM-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a covered call on OZEM carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical OZEM earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current OZEM chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a covered call on OZEM?
- A covered call on OZEM is the covered call strategy applied to OZEM (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A covered call pairs long stock with a short out-of-the-money call, collecting premium and capping upside above the short strike in exchange for income. With OZEM etf trading near $30.97, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed OZEM chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are OZEM covered call max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals short-strike minus cost basis plus premium times 100; max loss is cost basis minus premium (at zero). Breakeven is cost basis minus premium. For the OZEM covered call priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 26.40%), the computed maximum profit is $228.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$3,071.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a OZEM covered call?
- The breakeven for the OZEM covered call priced on this page is roughly $30.72 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 OZEM market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.57%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a covered call on OZEM?
- Covered calls on OZEM are an income strategy run on existing OZEM etf positions; traders typically sell calls at 25-35 delta with 30-45 days to expiration to balance premium against upside cap.
- How does current OZEM implied volatility affect this covered call?
- OZEM ATM IV is at 26.40% with IV rank near 1.97%, 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.