YOLO Collar Strategy
YOLO (AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
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YOLO (AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $29.5M, a beta of 0.89 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.75-4.526, average daily share volume of 58K, a public-listing history dating back to 2019. These structural characteristics shape how YOLO etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.89 places YOLO roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. YOLO pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on YOLO?
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 YOLO snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.86, ATM IV 106.60%, IV rank 18.29%, expected move 30.56%. The collar on YOLO 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 YOLO specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed YOLO IV at 106.60% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 30.56% (roughly $0.87 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 YOLO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on YOLO should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.86 per share and to the trader's directional view on YOLO etf.
YOLO collar setup
The YOLO 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 YOLO near $2.86, the first option leg uses a $3.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed YOLO 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 YOLO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $2.86 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $3.00 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $2.72 | N/A |
YOLO collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
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.
YOLO collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on YOLO. 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.
When traders use collar on YOLO
Collars on YOLO hedge an existing long YOLO 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.
YOLO thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for YOLO extends from approximately $1.99 on the downside to $3.73 on the upside. A YOLO collar hedges an existing long YOLO 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 YOLO IV rank near 18.29% 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 YOLO at 106.60%. As a Financial Services name, YOLO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to YOLO-specific events.
YOLO 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. YOLO positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move YOLO alongside the broader basket even when YOLO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current YOLO chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on YOLO?
- A collar on YOLO is the collar strategy applied to YOLO (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 YOLO etf trading near $2.86, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed YOLO chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are YOLO 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 YOLO collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 106.60%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a YOLO collar?
- The breakeven for the YOLO collar priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 YOLO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 30.56%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on YOLO?
- Collars on YOLO hedge an existing long YOLO 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 YOLO implied volatility affect this collar?
- YOLO ATM IV is at 106.60% with IV rank near 18.29%, 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.