TSL Collar Strategy
TSL (GraniteShares 1.25x Long Tsla Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
TSL is a short-term tactical tool that aims to deliver 1.25x the price return, less fees and expenses, for a single day of Tesla stock. Purchasers holding shares for longer than a day need to monitor and frequently rebalance their position to attempt to achieve the 1.25x multiple. At the adviser's discretion, the fund may utilize standardized exchange-traded and FLEX call and put options with 1-week to 1-month terms. It may either buy deep in-the-money calls or use a synthetic forward options strategy. Aside from the leverage, the shares take on added volatility due to the lack of diversification. Purchasers should conduct their own stock research prior to initiating a position and trade with conviction.
TSL (GraniteShares 1.25x Long Tsla Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $28.9M, a beta of 2.26 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 11.11-21.31, average daily share volume of 1.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 2022, approximately 631 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TSL etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.26 indicates TSL has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. TSL pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on TSL?
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 TSL snapshot
As of June 29, 2026, spot at $16.30, ATM IV 57.30%, IV rank 7.64%, expected move 16.43%. The collar on TSL 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 18-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on TSL specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed TSL IV at 57.30% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 16.43% (roughly $2.68 on the underlying). The 18-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated TSL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TSL should anchor to the underlying notional of $16.30 per share and to the trader's directional view on TSL etf.
TSL collar setup
The TSL 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 TSL near $16.30, the first option leg uses a $17.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TSL chain at a 18-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 TSL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $16.30 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $17.00 | $0.43 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $15.00 | $0.48 |
TSL collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,635.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $65.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$135.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $16.35
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.481
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.
TSL collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on TSL. 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% | -$135.00 |
| $3.61 | -77.8% | -$135.00 |
| $7.22 | -55.7% | -$135.00 |
| $10.82 | -33.6% | -$135.00 |
| $14.42 | -11.5% | -$135.00 |
| $18.02 | +10.6% | +$65.00 |
| $21.63 | +32.7% | +$65.00 |
| $25.23 | +54.8% | +$65.00 |
| $28.83 | +76.9% | +$65.00 |
| $32.44 | +99.0% | +$65.00 |
When traders use collar on TSL
Collars on TSL hedge an existing long TSL 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.
TSL thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TSL extends from approximately $13.62 on the downside to $18.98 on the upside. A TSL collar hedges an existing long TSL 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 TSL IV rank near 7.64% 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 TSL at 57.30%. As a Financial Services name, TSL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TSL-specific events.
TSL 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. TSL positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TSL alongside the broader basket even when TSL-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current TSL chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on TSL?
- A collar on TSL is the collar strategy applied to TSL (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 TSL etf trading near $16.30, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TSL chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TSL 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 TSL collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 57.30%), the computed maximum profit is $65.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$135.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a TSL collar?
- The breakeven for the TSL collar priced on this page is roughly $16.35 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 TSL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 16.43%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on TSL?
- Collars on TSL hedge an existing long TSL 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 TSL implied volatility affect this collar?
- TSL ATM IV is at 57.30% with IV rank near 7.64%, 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.