NEWP Collar Strategy
NEWP (New Pacific Metals Corp.), in the Basic Materials sector, (Other Precious Metals industry), listed on AMEX.
New Pacific Metals Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Bolivia and Canada. It explores for silver, gold, lead, and zinc deposits. The company's flagship property is the Silver Sand property, which cover an area of 5.42 square kilometers located in the Potosí Department, Bolivia. It also owns Silverstrike property located in southwest of La Paz, Bolivia; and Carangas property located in La Ruta de la Plata. The company was formerly known as New Pacific Holdings Corp. and changed its name to New Pacific Metals Corp. in July 2017. New Pacific Metals Corp. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
NEWP (New Pacific Metals Corp.) trades in the Basic Materials sector, specifically Other Precious Metals, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.10B, a beta of 2.54 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.11-6.31, average daily share volume of 1.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 2008, approximately 32 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NEWP stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.54 indicates NEWP has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a collar on NEWP?
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 NEWP snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $5.14, ATM IV 76.30%, IV rank 17.19%, expected move 21.87%. The collar on NEWP 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 NEWP specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed NEWP IV at 76.30% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 21.87% (roughly $1.12 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 NEWP expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NEWP should anchor to the underlying notional of $5.14 per share and to the trader's directional view on NEWP stock.
NEWP collar setup
The NEWP 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 NEWP near $5.14, the first option leg uses a $5.40 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NEWP 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 NEWP shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $5.14 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $5.40 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $4.88 | N/A |
NEWP 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.
NEWP collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on NEWP. 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 NEWP
Collars on NEWP hedge an existing long NEWP 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.
NEWP thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NEWP extends from approximately $4.02 on the downside to $6.26 on the upside. A NEWP collar hedges an existing long NEWP 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 NEWP IV rank near 17.19% 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 NEWP at 76.30%. As a Basic Materials name, NEWP options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NEWP-specific events.
NEWP 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. NEWP positions also carry Basic Materials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NEWP alongside the broader basket even when NEWP-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current NEWP chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on NEWP?
- A collar on NEWP is the collar strategy applied to NEWP (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 NEWP stock trading near $5.14, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NEWP chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NEWP 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 NEWP collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 76.30%), 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 NEWP collar?
- The breakeven for the NEWP 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 NEWP market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 21.87%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on NEWP?
- Collars on NEWP hedge an existing long NEWP 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 NEWP implied volatility affect this collar?
- NEWP ATM IV is at 76.30% with IV rank near 17.19%, 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.