YANG Collar Strategy
YANG (Direxion Daily FTSE China Bear 3X ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
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YANG (Direxion Daily FTSE China Bear 3X ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $159.9M, a beta of -1.04 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 19.94-38.13, average daily share volume of 1.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2009. These structural characteristics shape how YANG etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -1.04 indicates YANG has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. YANG pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on YANG?
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 YANG snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $27.98, ATM IV 63.30%, IV rank 24.53%, expected move 18.15%. The collar on YANG 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 YANG specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed YANG IV at 63.30% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 18.15% (roughly $5.08 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 YANG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on YANG should anchor to the underlying notional of $27.98 per share and to the trader's directional view on YANG etf.
YANG collar setup
The YANG 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 YANG near $27.98, the first option leg uses a $29.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed YANG 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 YANG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $27.98 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $29.00 | $1.70 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $27.00 | $1.58 |
YANG collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$2,785.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $114.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$85.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $27.86
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.339
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.
YANG collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on YANG. 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% | -$85.50 |
| $6.20 | -77.9% | -$85.50 |
| $12.38 | -55.8% | -$85.50 |
| $18.57 | -33.6% | -$85.50 |
| $24.75 | -11.5% | -$85.50 |
| $30.94 | +10.6% | +$114.50 |
| $37.12 | +32.7% | +$114.50 |
| $43.31 | +54.8% | +$114.50 |
| $49.49 | +76.9% | +$114.50 |
| $55.68 | +99.0% | +$114.50 |
When traders use collar on YANG
Collars on YANG hedge an existing long YANG 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.
YANG thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for YANG extends from approximately $22.90 on the downside to $33.06 on the upside. A YANG collar hedges an existing long YANG 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 YANG IV rank near 24.53% 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 YANG at 63.30%. As a Financial Services name, YANG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to YANG-specific events.
YANG 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. YANG positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move YANG alongside the broader basket even when YANG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current YANG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on YANG?
- A collar on YANG is the collar strategy applied to YANG (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 YANG etf trading near $27.98, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed YANG chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are YANG 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 YANG collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 63.30%), the computed maximum profit is $114.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$85.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a YANG collar?
- The breakeven for the YANG collar priced on this page is roughly $27.86 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 YANG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 18.15%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on YANG?
- Collars on YANG hedge an existing long YANG 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 YANG implied volatility affect this collar?
- YANG ATM IV is at 63.30% with IV rank near 24.53%, 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.