QRFT Collar Strategy
QRFT (QRAFT AI-Enhanced U.S. Large Cap ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
This actively managed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) employs an investment strategy significantly augmented by artificial intelligence to achieve its financial objectives. The fund primarily allocates its capital, dedicating a minimum of 80% of its net assets (including any funds acquired through borrowing for investment purposes), to securities issued by major U.S.-listed corporations. To guide these investment choices, the adviser leverages Qraft's proprietary AI Quantitative Investment System. This advanced system autonomously constructs and analyzes a comprehensive database, sifting through and refining information based on specific criteria that support a given investment thesis. It's important to note that this fund is classified as non-diversified.
QRFT (QRAFT AI-Enhanced U.S. Large Cap ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $15.8M, a beta of 1.07 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 56.483-70.51, average daily share volume of 2K, a public-listing history dating back to 2019. These structural characteristics shape how QRFT etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.07 places QRFT roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. QRFT pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on QRFT?
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 QRFT snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $69.60, ATM IV 24.40%, IV rank 2.25%, expected move 7.00%. The collar on QRFT 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 17-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on QRFT specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed QRFT IV at 24.40% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.00% (roughly $4.87 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated QRFT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on QRFT should anchor to the underlying notional of $69.60 per share and to the trader's directional view on QRFT etf.
QRFT collar setup
The QRFT 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 QRFT near $69.60, the first option leg uses a $73.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed QRFT chain at a 17-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 QRFT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $69.60 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $73.00 | $0.27 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $66.00 | $0.30 |
QRFT collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$6,963.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $337.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$363.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $69.63
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.928
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.
QRFT collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on QRFT. 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% | -$363.00 |
| $15.40 | -77.9% | -$363.00 |
| $30.79 | -55.8% | -$363.00 |
| $46.17 | -33.7% | -$363.00 |
| $61.56 | -11.5% | -$363.00 |
| $76.95 | +10.6% | +$337.00 |
| $92.34 | +32.7% | +$337.00 |
| $107.72 | +54.8% | +$337.00 |
| $123.11 | +76.9% | +$337.00 |
| $138.50 | +99.0% | +$337.00 |
When traders use collar on QRFT
Collars on QRFT hedge an existing long QRFT 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.
QRFT thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for QRFT extends from approximately $64.73 on the downside to $74.47 on the upside. A QRFT collar hedges an existing long QRFT 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 QRFT IV rank near 2.25% 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 QRFT at 24.40%. As a Financial Services name, QRFT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to QRFT-specific events.
QRFT 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. QRFT positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move QRFT alongside the broader basket even when QRFT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current QRFT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on QRFT?
- A collar on QRFT is the collar strategy applied to QRFT (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 QRFT etf trading near $69.60, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed QRFT chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are QRFT 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 QRFT collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 24.40%), the computed maximum profit is $337.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$363.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a QRFT collar?
- The breakeven for the QRFT collar priced on this page is roughly $69.63 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 QRFT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.00%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on QRFT?
- Collars on QRFT hedge an existing long QRFT 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 QRFT implied volatility affect this collar?
- QRFT ATM IV is at 24.40% with IV rank near 2.25%, 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.