USPX Collar Strategy
USPX (Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Morningstar US Target Market Exposure Index.
USPX (Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.90B, a beta of 1.01 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 50.7-64.88, average daily share volume of 131K, a public-listing history dating back to 2016. These structural characteristics shape how USPX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.01 places USPX roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. USPX pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on USPX?
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 USPX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $64.62, ATM IV 24.80%, IV rank 2.24%, expected move 7.11%. The collar on USPX 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 34-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on USPX specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed USPX IV at 24.80% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.11% (roughly $4.59 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated USPX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on USPX should anchor to the underlying notional of $64.62 per share and to the trader's directional view on USPX etf.
USPX collar setup
The USPX 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 USPX near $64.62, the first option leg uses a $68.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed USPX chain at a 34-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 USPX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $64.62 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $68.00 | $0.81 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $61.00 | $0.61 |
USPX collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$6,442.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $358.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$342.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $64.42
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.047
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.
USPX collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on USPX. 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% | -$342.00 |
| $14.30 | -77.9% | -$342.00 |
| $28.58 | -55.8% | -$342.00 |
| $42.87 | -33.7% | -$342.00 |
| $57.16 | -11.5% | -$342.00 |
| $71.44 | +10.6% | +$358.00 |
| $85.73 | +32.7% | +$358.00 |
| $100.02 | +54.8% | +$358.00 |
| $114.30 | +76.9% | +$358.00 |
| $128.59 | +99.0% | +$358.00 |
When traders use collar on USPX
Collars on USPX hedge an existing long USPX 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.
USPX thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for USPX extends from approximately $60.03 on the downside to $69.21 on the upside. A USPX collar hedges an existing long USPX 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 USPX IV rank near 2.24% 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 USPX at 24.80%. As a Financial Services name, USPX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to USPX-specific events.
USPX 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. USPX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move USPX alongside the broader basket even when USPX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current USPX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on USPX?
- A collar on USPX is the collar strategy applied to USPX (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 USPX etf trading near $64.62, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed USPX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are USPX 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 USPX collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 24.80%), the computed maximum profit is $358.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$342.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a USPX collar?
- The breakeven for the USPX collar priced on this page is roughly $64.42 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 USPX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.11%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on USPX?
- Collars on USPX hedge an existing long USPX 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 USPX implied volatility affect this collar?
- USPX ATM IV is at 24.80% with IV rank near 2.24%, 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.