MDWD Collar Strategy

MDWD (MediWound Ltd.), in the Healthcare sector, (Biotechnology industry), listed on NASDAQ.

MediWound Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, develops, manufactures, and commercializes novel, bio-therapeutic, and non-surgical solutions for tissue repair and regeneration in the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, and internationally. The company markets NexoBrid, a biopharmaceutical product for the removal of eschar in patients with deep partial- and full-thickness thermal burns to burn centers and hospitals burn units. It also develops EscharEx, a bromelain-based, bioactive enzymatic therapy for the treatment of chronic wounds and other hard-to-heal wounds; and MW005, a topically applied biological product candidate to treat non-melanoma skin cancers. MediWound Ltd. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

MDWD (MediWound Ltd.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Biotechnology, with a market capitalization of approximately $165.0M, a beta of 0.15 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 13.54-21.255, average daily share volume of 97K, a public-listing history dating back to 2014, approximately 121 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how MDWD stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.15 indicates MDWD 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 MDWD?

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 MDWD snapshot

As of June 29, 2026, spot at $15.05, ATM IV 18.10%, IV rank 0.00%, expected move 5.19%. The collar on MDWD 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 81-day expiry.

Why this collar structure on MDWD specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed MDWD IV at 18.10% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.19% (roughly $0.78 on the underlying). The 81-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated MDWD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on MDWD should anchor to the underlying notional of $15.05 per share and to the trader's directional view on MDWD stock.

MDWD collar setup

The MDWD 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 MDWD near $15.05, the first option leg uses a $16.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed MDWD chain at a 81-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 MDWD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 100 sharesStock$15.05long
Sell 1Call$16.00$1.29
Buy 1Put$14.00$1.09

MDWD collar risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit
-$1,485.00
Max Profit (per contract)
$115.00
Max Loss (per contract)
-$85.00
Breakeven(s)
$14.85
Risk / Reward Ratio
1.353

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.

MDWD collar payoff curve

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

MDWD collar profit and loss curve at expiration with breakevens and current spot markedMDWD collar payoff at expiration-$50$0$50$100$5$10$15$20$25$30Underlying Price ($)P&L at Expiration ($)BE $14.85Spot $15.05
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 SpotP&L at Expiration
$0.01-99.9%-$85.00
$3.34-77.8%-$85.00
$6.66-55.7%-$85.00
$9.99-33.6%-$85.00
$13.32-11.5%-$85.00
$16.64+10.6%+$115.00
$19.97+32.7%+$115.00
$23.30+54.8%+$115.00
$26.62+76.9%+$115.00
$29.95+99.0%+$115.00

When traders use collar on MDWD

Collars on MDWD hedge an existing long MDWD 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.

MDWD thesis for this collar

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for MDWD extends from approximately $14.27 on the downside to $15.83 on the upside. A MDWD collar hedges an existing long MDWD 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 MDWD IV rank near 0.00% 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 MDWD at 18.10%. As a Healthcare name, MDWD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to MDWD-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a collar on MDWD?
A collar on MDWD is the collar strategy applied to MDWD (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 MDWD stock trading near $15.05, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed MDWD chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are MDWD 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 MDWD collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 18.10%), the computed maximum profit is $115.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$85.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a MDWD collar?
The breakeven for the MDWD collar priced on this page is roughly $14.85 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 MDWD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.19%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a collar on MDWD?
Collars on MDWD hedge an existing long MDWD 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 MDWD implied volatility affect this collar?
MDWD ATM IV is at 18.10% with IV rank near 0.00%, 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.

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