IT Collar Strategy
IT (Gartner, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NYSE.
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IT (Gartner, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $9.67B, a trailing P/E of 13.61, a beta of 0.91 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 139.18-450.6, average daily share volume of 1.5M, a public-listing history dating back to 1993, approximately 21K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how IT stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.91 places IT roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a collar on IT?
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 IT snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $145.80, ATM IV 48.70%, IV rank 36.29%, expected move 13.96%. The collar on IT 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 IT specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; mid-range IT IV at 48.70% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 13.96% (roughly $20.36 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 IT expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on IT should anchor to the underlying notional of $145.80 per share and to the trader's directional view on IT stock.
IT collar setup
The IT 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 IT near $145.80, the first option leg uses a $155.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed IT 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 IT shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $145.80 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $155.00 | $4.75 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $140.00 | $6.10 |
IT collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$14,715.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $785.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$715.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $147.15
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.098
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.
IT collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on IT. 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% | -$715.00 |
| $32.25 | -77.9% | -$715.00 |
| $64.48 | -55.8% | -$715.00 |
| $96.72 | -33.7% | -$715.00 |
| $128.95 | -11.6% | -$715.00 |
| $161.19 | +10.6% | +$785.00 |
| $193.43 | +32.7% | +$785.00 |
| $225.66 | +54.8% | +$785.00 |
| $257.90 | +76.9% | +$785.00 |
| $290.13 | +99.0% | +$785.00 |
When traders use collar on IT
Collars on IT hedge an existing long IT 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.
IT thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for IT extends from approximately $125.44 on the downside to $166.16 on the upside. A IT collar hedges an existing long IT 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 IT IV rank near 36.29% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the collar thesis on IT should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, IT options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to IT-specific events.
IT 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. IT positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move IT alongside the broader basket even when IT-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current IT chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on IT?
- A collar on IT is the collar strategy applied to IT (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 IT stock trading near $145.80, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed IT chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are IT 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 IT collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 48.70%), the computed maximum profit is $785.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$715.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a IT collar?
- The breakeven for the IT collar priced on this page is roughly $147.15 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 IT market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 13.96%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on IT?
- Collars on IT hedge an existing long IT 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 IT implied volatility affect this collar?
- IT ATM IV is at 48.70% with IV rank near 36.29%, 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.