How are LITE 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 LITE collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 93.17%), the computed maximum profit is $5,144.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$3,356.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a LITE collar?

The breakeven for the LITE collar priced on this page is roughly $853.56 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 LITE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 26.71%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current LITE implied volatility affect this collar?

LITE ATM IV is at 93.17% with IV rank near 47.10%, 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.

LITE Collar Strategy

LITE (Lumentum Holdings Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Communication Equipment industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Lumentum Holdings Inc., established in 2015 and headquartered in San Jose, California, is a global leader in optical and photonic product manufacturing. The company's reach extends across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Lumentum operates through two principal business units: Optical Communications (OpComms) and Commercial Lasers. The OpComms segment develops and supplies components, modules, and subsystems essential for transmitting video, audio, and data across high-capacity fiber optic networks. Its offerings encompass a wide range of products, including tunable transponders, transceivers, and transmitter modules, alongside various tunable lasers, receivers, and modulators. Furthermore, this segment provides critical transport products such as reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs), optical amplifiers, and optical channel monitors.

LITE (Lumentum Holdings Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Communication Equipment, with a market capitalization of approximately $63.56B, a trailing P/E of 132.79, a beta of 1.48 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 88.37-1085.68, average daily share volume of 6.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 7K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how LITE stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.48 indicates LITE has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 132.79 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.

What is a collar on LITE?

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 LITE snapshot

As of June 30, 2026, spot at $860.66, ATM IV 93.17%, IV rank 47.10%, expected move 26.71%. The collar on LITE 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 31-day expiry.

Why this collar structure on LITE specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; mid-range LITE IV at 93.17% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 26.71% (roughly $229.90 on the underlying). The 31-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated LITE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LITE should anchor to the underlying notional of $860.66 per share and to the trader's directional view on LITE stock.

LITE collar setup

The LITE 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 LITE near $860.66, the first option leg uses a $905.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LITE chain at a 31-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 LITE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 100 shares	Stock	$860.66	long
Sell 1	Call	$905.00	$77.00
Buy 1	Put	$820.00	$69.90

LITE collar risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$85,356.00
Max Profit (per contract): $5,144.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$3,356.00
Breakeven(s): $853.56
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.533

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.

LITE collar payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on LITE. 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	-$3,356.00
$190.31	-77.9%	-$3,356.00
$380.60	-55.8%	-$3,356.00
$570.90	-33.7%	-$3,356.00
$761.19	-11.6%	-$3,356.00
$951.49	+10.6%	+$5,144.00
$1,141.78	+32.7%	+$5,144.00
$1,332.08	+54.8%	+$5,144.00
$1,522.37	+76.9%	+$5,144.00
$1,712.67	+99.0%	+$5,144.00

When traders use collar on LITE

Collars on LITE hedge an existing long LITE 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.

LITE thesis for this collar

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LITE extends from approximately $630.76 on the downside to $1,090.56 on the upside. A LITE collar hedges an existing long LITE 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 LITE IV rank near 47.10% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the collar thesis on LITE should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, LITE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LITE-specific events.

LITE 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. LITE positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move LITE alongside the broader basket even when LITE-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current LITE chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a collar on LITE?: A collar on LITE is the collar strategy applied to LITE (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 LITE stock trading near $860.66, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LITE chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are LITE 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 LITE collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 93.17%), the computed maximum profit is $5,144.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$3,356.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a LITE collar?: The breakeven for the LITE collar priced on this page is roughly $853.56 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 LITE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 26.71%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a collar on LITE?: Collars on LITE hedge an existing long LITE 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 LITE implied volatility affect this collar?: LITE ATM IV is at 93.17% with IV rank near 47.10%, 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.