REW Collar Strategy
REW (ProShares - UltraShort Technology), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on AMEX.
This ProShares UltraShort Technology fund endeavors to achieve daily investment outcomes that inversely track, at a two-to-one (2x) ratio, the day-to-day fluctuations of the S&P Technology Select Sector Index. This objective is stated before accounting for any associated fees and operating expenses.
REW (ProShares - UltraShort Technology) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.7M, a beta of -2.62 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 11.03-29, average daily share volume of 32K, a public-listing history dating back to 2007. These structural characteristics shape how REW etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -2.62 indicates REW has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. REW pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on REW?
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.
REW snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $11.13, ATM IV 31.10%, IV rank 2.09%, expected move 8.92%. The collar on REW 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 35-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on REW specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed REW IV at 31.10% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 8.92% (roughly $0.99 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated REW expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on REW should anchor to the underlying notional of $11.13 per share and to the trader's directional view on REW etf.
REW collar setup
The REW 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 REW at $11.13 on that close, the first option leg uses a $12.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed REW chain at a 35-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 REW shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $11.13 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $12.00 | $0.40 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $11.00 | $0.73 |
REW collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,145.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $54.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$45.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $11.46
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.198
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.
REW collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on REW. 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 | -99.9% | -$45.50 |
| $2.47 | -77.8% | -$45.50 |
| $4.93 | -55.7% | -$45.50 |
| $7.39 | -33.6% | -$45.50 |
| $9.85 | -11.5% | -$45.50 |
| $12.31 | +10.6% | +$54.50 |
| $14.77 | +32.7% | +$54.50 |
| $17.23 | +54.8% | +$54.50 |
| $19.69 | +76.9% | +$54.50 |
| $22.15 | +99.0% | +$54.50 |
When traders use collar on REW
Collars on REW hedge an existing long REW 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.
REW thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for REW extends from approximately $10.14 on the downside to $12.12 on the upside. A REW collar hedges an existing long REW 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 REW IV rank near 2.09% 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 REW at 31.10%. As a Financial Services name, REW options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to REW-specific events.
REW 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. REW positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move REW alongside the broader basket even when REW-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current REW chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on REW?
- A collar on REW is the collar strategy applied to REW (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 REW etf at $11.13 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed REW chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are REW 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 REW collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 31.10%), the computed maximum profit is $54.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$45.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a REW collar?
- The breakeven for the REW collar priced on this page is roughly $11.46 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 REW market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 8.92%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on REW?
- Collars on REW hedge an existing long REW 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 REW implied volatility affect this collar?
- REW ATM IV is at 31.10% with IV rank near 2.09%, 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.