USAI Collar Strategy
USAI (Pacer American Energy Infrastructure ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
Employing a defined strategy, this exchange-traded fund (ETF) offers investors exposure to U.S. and Canadian companies that predominantly derive their financial gains from midstream energy infrastructure endeavors.
USAI (Pacer American Energy Infrastructure ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $111.8M, a beta of 0.28 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 36.492-49.14, average daily share volume of 14K, a public-listing history dating back to 2017. These structural characteristics shape how USAI etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.28 indicates USAI has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. USAI pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on USAI?
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.
USAI snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $47.17, ATM IV 27.00%, IV rank 13.87%, expected move 7.74%. The collar on USAI 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 USAI specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed USAI IV at 27.00% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.74% (roughly $3.65 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 USAI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on USAI should anchor to the underlying notional of $47.17 per share and to the trader's directional view on USAI etf.
USAI collar setup
The USAI 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 USAI at $47.17 on that close, the first option leg uses a $50.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed USAI 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 USAI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $47.17 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $50.00 | $0.61 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $45.00 | $0.73 |
USAI collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$4,729.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $271.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$229.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $47.29
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.183
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.
USAI collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on USAI. 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% | -$229.00 |
| $10.44 | -77.9% | -$229.00 |
| $20.87 | -55.8% | -$229.00 |
| $31.30 | -33.7% | -$229.00 |
| $41.72 | -11.5% | -$229.00 |
| $52.15 | +10.6% | +$271.00 |
| $62.58 | +32.7% | +$271.00 |
| $73.01 | +54.8% | +$271.00 |
| $83.44 | +76.9% | +$271.00 |
| $93.87 | +99.0% | +$271.00 |
When traders use collar on USAI
Collars on USAI hedge an existing long USAI 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.
USAI thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for USAI extends from approximately $43.52 on the downside to $50.82 on the upside. A USAI collar hedges an existing long USAI 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 USAI IV rank near 13.87% 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 USAI at 27.00%. As a Financial Services name, USAI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to USAI-specific events.
USAI 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. USAI positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move USAI alongside the broader basket even when USAI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current USAI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on USAI?
- A collar on USAI is the collar strategy applied to USAI (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 USAI etf at $47.17 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed USAI chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are USAI 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 USAI collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 27.00%), the computed maximum profit is $271.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$229.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a USAI collar?
- The breakeven for the USAI collar priced on this page is roughly $47.29 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 USAI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 7.74%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on USAI?
- Collars on USAI hedge an existing long USAI 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 USAI implied volatility affect this collar?
- USAI ATM IV is at 27.00% with IV rank near 13.87%, 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.