UTEN Collar Strategy
UTEN (US Treasury 10 Year Note ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
UTEN is part of the first single-bond ETF suite. The targeted holding makes this ETF very different from other ETFs holding a basket of 10-year Treasury notes. This is a tool used in portfolio management. The fund tracks an index that holds just the on-the-run 10-year US Treasury notes, which are the most recently issued and most liquid. At each monthly rebalancing, the underlying issue is sold and rolled into a newly selected issue, given that there has been a new public sale or auction by the US Government for 10-year Treasury notes. This roll transition occurs on one day, each month.
UTEN (US Treasury 10 Year Note ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $284.0M, a beta of 1.26 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 42.18-44.889, average daily share volume of 42K, a public-listing history dating back to 2022, approximately 710 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how UTEN etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.26 places UTEN roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. UTEN pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on UTEN?
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.
UTEN snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $42.47, ATM IV 61.80%, IV rank 37.13%, expected move 17.72%. The collar on UTEN 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 UTEN specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; mid-range UTEN IV at 61.80% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.72% (roughly $7.52 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 UTEN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on UTEN should anchor to the underlying notional of $42.47 per share and to the trader's directional view on UTEN etf.
UTEN collar setup
The UTEN 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 UTEN at $42.47 on that close, the first option leg uses a $45.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed UTEN 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 UTEN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $42.47 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $45.00 | $0.25 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $40.00 | $0.24 |
UTEN collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$4,246.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $254.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$246.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $42.46
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.033
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.
UTEN collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on UTEN. 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% | -$246.00 |
| $9.40 | -77.9% | -$246.00 |
| $18.79 | -55.8% | -$246.00 |
| $28.18 | -33.7% | -$246.00 |
| $37.57 | -11.5% | -$246.00 |
| $46.96 | +10.6% | +$254.00 |
| $56.35 | +32.7% | +$254.00 |
| $65.73 | +54.8% | +$254.00 |
| $75.12 | +76.9% | +$254.00 |
| $84.51 | +99.0% | +$254.00 |
When traders use collar on UTEN
Collars on UTEN hedge an existing long UTEN 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.
UTEN thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for UTEN extends from approximately $34.95 on the downside to $49.99 on the upside. A UTEN collar hedges an existing long UTEN 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 UTEN IV rank near 37.13% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the collar thesis on UTEN should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, UTEN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to UTEN-specific events.
UTEN 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. UTEN positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move UTEN alongside the broader basket even when UTEN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current UTEN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on UTEN?
- A collar on UTEN is the collar strategy applied to UTEN (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 UTEN etf at $42.47 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed UTEN chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are UTEN 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 UTEN collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 61.80%), the computed maximum profit is $254.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$246.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a UTEN collar?
- The breakeven for the UTEN collar priced on this page is roughly $42.46 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 UTEN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 17.72%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on UTEN?
- Collars on UTEN hedge an existing long UTEN 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 UTEN implied volatility affect this collar?
- UTEN ATM IV is at 61.80% with IV rank near 37.13%, 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.