SRTY Collar Strategy
SRTY (ProShares - UltraPro Short Russell2000), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on AMEX.
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SRTY (ProShares - UltraPro Short Russell2000) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $64.5M, a beta of -3.59 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 20.815-61, average daily share volume of 2.5M, a public-listing history dating back to 2010. These structural characteristics shape how SRTY etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -3.59 indicates SRTY has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. SRTY pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on SRTY?
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.
SRTY snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $20.52, ATM IV 51.10%, IV rank 8.03%, expected move 14.65%. The collar on SRTY 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 SRTY specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed SRTY IV at 51.10% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 14.65% (roughly $3.01 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 SRTY expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on SRTY should anchor to the underlying notional of $20.52 per share and to the trader's directional view on SRTY etf.
SRTY collar setup
The SRTY 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 SRTY at $20.52 on that close, the first option leg uses a $22.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed SRTY 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 SRTY shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $20.52 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $22.00 | $0.83 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $19.00 | $0.50 |
SRTY collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$2,019.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $180.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$119.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $20.20
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.510
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.
SRTY collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on SRTY. 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% | -$119.50 |
| $4.55 | -77.8% | -$119.50 |
| $9.08 | -55.7% | -$119.50 |
| $13.62 | -33.6% | -$119.50 |
| $18.15 | -11.5% | -$119.50 |
| $22.69 | +10.6% | +$180.50 |
| $27.23 | +32.7% | +$180.50 |
| $31.76 | +54.8% | +$180.50 |
| $36.30 | +76.9% | +$180.50 |
| $40.83 | +99.0% | +$180.50 |
When traders use collar on SRTY
Collars on SRTY hedge an existing long SRTY 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.
SRTY thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for SRTY extends from approximately $17.51 on the downside to $23.53 on the upside. A SRTY collar hedges an existing long SRTY 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 SRTY IV rank near 8.03% 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 SRTY at 51.10%. As a Financial Services name, SRTY options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to SRTY-specific events.
SRTY 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. SRTY positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move SRTY alongside the broader basket even when SRTY-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current SRTY chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on SRTY?
- A collar on SRTY is the collar strategy applied to SRTY (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 SRTY etf at $20.52 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed SRTY chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are SRTY 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 SRTY collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 51.10%), the computed maximum profit is $180.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$119.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a SRTY collar?
- The breakeven for the SRTY collar priced on this page is roughly $20.20 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 SRTY market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 14.65%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on SRTY?
- Collars on SRTY hedge an existing long SRTY 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 SRTY implied volatility affect this collar?
- SRTY ATM IV is at 51.10% with IV rank near 8.03%, 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.