UGE Collar Strategy
UGE (ProShares - Ultra Consumer Staples), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on AMEX.
ProShares Ultra Consumer Staples strives to achieve daily investment returns that are two times (2x) the daily performance of the S&P Consumer Staples Select Sector Index, prior to accounting for any fees and expenses.
UGE (ProShares - Ultra Consumer Staples) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $8.3M, a beta of 0.80 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 15.74-22.26, average daily share volume of 49K, a public-listing history dating back to 2007. These structural characteristics shape how UGE etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.80 places UGE roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. UGE pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on UGE?
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.
UGE snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $17.79, ATM IV 284.50%, IV rank 56.74%, expected move 81.56%. The collar on UGE below is built from the September 29, 2026 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 UGE specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; mid-range UGE IV at 284.50% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 81.56% (roughly $14.51 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 UGE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on UGE should anchor to the underlying notional of $17.79 per share and to the trader's directional view on UGE etf.
UGE collar setup
The UGE collar below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With UGE at $17.79 on that close, the first option leg uses a $19.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed UGE 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 UGE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $17.79 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $19.00 | $0.14 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $17.00 | $0.14 |
UGE collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,779.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $121.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$79.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $17.79
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.532
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.
UGE collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on UGE. 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% | -$79.00 |
| $3.94 | -77.8% | -$79.00 |
| $7.87 | -55.7% | -$79.00 |
| $11.81 | -33.6% | -$79.00 |
| $15.74 | -11.5% | -$79.00 |
| $19.67 | +10.6% | +$121.00 |
| $23.60 | +32.7% | +$121.00 |
| $27.54 | +54.8% | +$121.00 |
| $31.47 | +76.9% | +$121.00 |
| $35.40 | +99.0% | +$121.00 |
When traders use collar on UGE
Collars on UGE hedge an existing long UGE 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.
UGE thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for UGE extends from approximately $3.28 on the downside to $32.30 on the upside. A UGE collar hedges an existing long UGE 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 UGE IV rank near 56.74% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the collar thesis on UGE should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, UGE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to UGE-specific events.
UGE 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. UGE positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move UGE alongside the broader basket even when UGE-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current UGE chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on UGE?
- A collar on UGE is the collar strategy applied to UGE (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 UGE etf at $17.79 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed UGE chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are UGE 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 UGE collar priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 284.50%), the computed maximum profit is $121.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$79.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a UGE collar?
- The breakeven for the UGE collar priced on this page is roughly $17.79 at expiration, derived from the September 29, 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 UGE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 81.56%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on UGE?
- Collars on UGE hedge an existing long UGE 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 UGE implied volatility affect this collar?
- UGE ATM IV is at 284.50% with IV rank near 56.74%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.