IVVD Collar Strategy
IVVD (Invivyd, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Biotechnology industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Adagio Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical firm in its clinical development phase, operates within the United States, specializing in the discovery, progression, and marketing of antibody-derived solutions for infectious diseases. The company's leading drug candidate, ADG20 (adintrevimab), is a neutralizing antibody currently undergoing Phase 3 clinical investigation for both the management and prevention of coronavirus disease. Adagio Therapeutics maintains collaborative agreements with Adimab, LLC to facilitate the identification and enhancement of its exclusive antibodies. Furthermore, it partners with the Scripps Research Institute to conduct studies aimed at uncovering potential vaccine solutions for the prophylaxis, detection, or therapy of influenza or beta coronaviruses. Incorporated in 2020, the company's base of operations is in Waltham, Massachusetts.
IVVD (Invivyd, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Biotechnology, with a market capitalization of approximately $262.7M, a beta of 0.63 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.483-3.07, average daily share volume of 4.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 99 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how IVVD stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.63 indicates IVVD has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.
What is a collar on IVVD?
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 IVVD snapshot
As of June 30, 2026, spot at $0.88, ATM IV 162.90%, IV rank 29.93%, expected move 46.70%. The collar on IVVD 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 17-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on IVVD specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed IVVD IV at 162.90% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 46.70% (roughly $0.41 on the underlying). The 17-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated IVVD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on IVVD should anchor to the underlying notional of $0.88 per share and to the trader's directional view on IVVD stock.
IVVD collar setup
The IVVD 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 IVVD near $0.88, the first option leg uses a $0.92 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed IVVD chain at a 17-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 IVVD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $0.88 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $0.92 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $0.84 | N/A |
IVVD 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.
IVVD collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on IVVD. 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 IVVD
Collars on IVVD hedge an existing long IVVD 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.
IVVD thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for IVVD extends from approximately $0.47 on the downside to $1.29 on the upside. A IVVD collar hedges an existing long IVVD 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 IVVD IV rank near 29.93% 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 IVVD at 162.90%. As a Healthcare name, IVVD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to IVVD-specific events.
IVVD 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. IVVD positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move IVVD alongside the broader basket even when IVVD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current IVVD chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on IVVD?
- A collar on IVVD is the collar strategy applied to IVVD (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 IVVD stock trading near $0.88, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed IVVD chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are IVVD 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 IVVD collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 162.90%), 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 IVVD collar?
- The breakeven for the IVVD 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 IVVD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 46.70%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on IVVD?
- Collars on IVVD hedge an existing long IVVD 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 IVVD implied volatility affect this collar?
- IVVD ATM IV is at 162.90% with IV rank near 29.93%, 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.