URA Collar Strategy
URA (Global X - Uranium ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Global industry), listed on AMEX.
The Global X Uranium ETF (URA) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Global Uranium & Nuclear Components Total Return Index.
URA (Global X - Uranium ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Global, with a market capitalization of approximately $5.32B, a beta of 1.48 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 27.26-62.28, average daily share volume of 4.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2010. These structural characteristics shape how URA etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.48 indicates URA has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. URA pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on URA?
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 URA snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $49.89, ATM IV 52.45%, IV rank 69.90%, expected move 15.04%. The collar on URA 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 28-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on URA specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; mid-range URA IV at 52.45% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.04% (roughly $7.50 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated URA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on URA should anchor to the underlying notional of $49.89 per share and to the trader's directional view on URA etf.
URA collar setup
The URA 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 URA near $49.89, the first option leg uses a $52.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed URA chain at a 28-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 URA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $49.89 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $52.50 | $2.00 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $47.50 | $1.60 |
URA collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$4,949.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $301.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$199.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $49.49
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.513
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.
URA collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on URA. 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% | -$199.00 |
| $11.04 | -77.9% | -$199.00 |
| $22.07 | -55.8% | -$199.00 |
| $33.10 | -33.7% | -$199.00 |
| $44.13 | -11.5% | -$199.00 |
| $55.16 | +10.6% | +$301.00 |
| $66.19 | +32.7% | +$301.00 |
| $77.22 | +54.8% | +$301.00 |
| $88.25 | +76.9% | +$301.00 |
| $99.28 | +99.0% | +$301.00 |
When traders use collar on URA
Collars on URA hedge an existing long URA 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.
URA thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for URA extends from approximately $42.39 on the downside to $57.39 on the upside. A URA collar hedges an existing long URA 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 URA IV rank near 69.90% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the collar thesis on URA should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, URA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to URA-specific events.
URA 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. URA positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move URA alongside the broader basket even when URA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current URA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on URA?
- A collar on URA is the collar strategy applied to URA (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 URA etf trading near $49.89, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed URA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are URA 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 URA collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 52.45%), the computed maximum profit is $301.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$199.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a URA collar?
- The breakeven for the URA collar priced on this page is roughly $49.49 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 URA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.04%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on URA?
- Collars on URA hedge an existing long URA 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 URA implied volatility affect this collar?
- URA ATM IV is at 52.45% with IV rank near 69.90%, 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.