OGG Collar Strategy
OGG (Osisko Gold Group Inc.), in the Basic Materials sector, (Gold industry), listed on NYSE.
Osisko Gold Group Inc. is a continental North American gold development company focused on past-producing mining camps with district-scale potential. Its objective is to become an intermediate gold producer through the development of its flagship, fully permitted, 100%-owned Cariboo Gold Project, located in central British Columbia, Canada. Its project pipeline is complemented by the Tintic Project, located in the historic East Tintic mining district in Utah, U.S.A.
OGG (Osisko Gold Group Inc.) trades in the Basic Materials sector, specifically Gold, with a market capitalization of approximately $847.1M, a beta of 1.88 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 2.18-4.795, average daily share volume of 2.8M, a public-listing history dating back to 2026, approximately 102 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how OGG stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.88 indicates OGG 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 OGG?
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.
OGG snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $2.82, ATM IV 66.00%, expected move 18.92%. The collar on OGG below is built from the end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on OGG specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for OGG is inferred from ATM IV at 66.00% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 18.92% (roughly $0.53 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated OGG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on OGG should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.82 per share and to the trader's directional view on OGG stock.
OGG collar setup
The OGG 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 OGG at $2.82 on that close, the first option leg uses a $2.96 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed OGG chain at a 35-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 OGG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $2.82 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $2.96 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $2.68 | N/A |
OGG 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.
OGG collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on OGG. 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 OGG
Collars on OGG hedge an existing long OGG 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.
OGG thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for OGG extends from approximately $2.29 on the downside to $3.35 on the upside. A OGG collar hedges an existing long OGG 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. As a Basic Materials name, OGG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to OGG-specific events.
OGG 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. OGG positions also carry Basic Materials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move OGG alongside the broader basket even when OGG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current OGG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on OGG?
- A collar on OGG is the collar strategy applied to OGG (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 OGG stock at $2.82 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed OGG chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are OGG 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 OGG collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 66.00%), 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 OGG collar?
- The breakeven for the OGG collar priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The OGG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 18.92%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on OGG?
- Collars on OGG hedge an existing long OGG 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 OGG implied volatility affect this collar?
- Current OGG ATM IV is 66.00%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.