IBEX Collar Strategy
IBEX (IBEX Limited), in the Technology sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
IBEX Limited is a global enterprise that specializes in delivering comprehensive, technology-powered solutions designed to manage the entire customer lifecycle for businesses. Their service portfolio is built around three core solutions: ibex Connect: This customer engagement platform covers vital services such as customer care, technical assistance, revenue generation initiatives, and other outsourced back-office functions. It employs an integrated CX model, leveraging various communication channels including voice, email, chat, SMS, and social media. ibex Digital: Focused on client acquisition, this solution encompasses digital marketing strategies, e-commerce technology, and platform development. ibex CX: Dedicated to optimizing the customer experience, this offering provides proprietary software tools designed to effectively measure, monitor, and enhance client-side customer interactions. Operationally, as of October 1, 2021, the company maintained 33 delivery centers dedicated to customer engagement and an additional three for customer acquisition services. IBEX serves a diverse array of sectors, including banking and financial services, logistics and delivery, health tech and wellness, high technology, retail and e-commerce, streaming and entertainment, travel and hospitality, and utilities. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., IBEX Limited was previously known as IBEX Holdings Limited before rebranding in September 2019.
IBEX (IBEX Limited) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $479.7M, a trailing P/E of 10.22, a beta of 0.71 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 25.94-42.99, average daily share volume of 110K, a public-listing history dating back to 2020, approximately 36K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how IBEX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.71 places IBEX roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 10.22 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price.
What is a collar on IBEX?
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.
IBEX snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $35.66, ATM IV 60.60%, IV rank 7.95%, expected move 17.37%. The collar on IBEX below is built from the 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 IBEX specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed IBEX IV at 60.60% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.37% (roughly $6.20 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 IBEX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on IBEX should anchor to the underlying notional of $35.66 per share and to the trader's directional view on IBEX stock.
IBEX collar setup
The IBEX 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 IBEX at $35.66 on that close, the first option leg uses a $37.44 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed IBEX 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 IBEX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $35.66 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $37.44 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $33.88 | N/A |
IBEX 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.
IBEX collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on IBEX. 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 IBEX
Collars on IBEX hedge an existing long IBEX stock 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.
IBEX thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for IBEX extends from approximately $29.46 on the downside to $41.86 on the upside. A IBEX collar hedges an existing long IBEX 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 IBEX IV rank near 7.95% 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 IBEX at 60.60%. As a Technology name, IBEX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to IBEX-specific events.
IBEX 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. IBEX positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move IBEX alongside the broader basket even when IBEX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current IBEX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on IBEX?
- A collar on IBEX is the collar strategy applied to IBEX (stock). 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 IBEX stock at $35.66 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed IBEX chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are IBEX 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 IBEX collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 60.60%), 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 IBEX collar?
- The breakeven for the IBEX collar priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the 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 IBEX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 17.37%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on IBEX?
- Collars on IBEX hedge an existing long IBEX stock 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 IBEX implied volatility affect this collar?
- IBEX ATM IV is at 60.60% with IV rank near 7.95%, 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.