PATX Collar Strategy
PATX (Tradr 2X Long PATH Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on CBOE.
PATX is a leveraged exchange-traded fund engineered to provide twice (200%) the daily investment returns of UiPath, Inc. (PATH), prior to fees and expenses. It's intended as a short-term, tactical instrument. To achieve this, the fund primarily engages in total return swap agreements with leading global financial institutions, effectively mirroring PATH's daily price fluctuations. Should swaps become impractical or less efficient, PATX has the flexibility to utilize FLEX call options or even directly hold shares of PATH stock. Investors should be aware that holding PATX for periods exceeding a single trading day necessitates diligent monitoring and frequent rebalancing to aim for the intended 2x daily leverage. Failure to do so can significantly diverge returns from the target.
PATX (Tradr 2X Long PATH Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.9M, a beta of -0.09 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 5.96-24.88, average daily share volume of 85K, a public-listing history dating back to 2026. These structural characteristics shape how PATX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -0.09 indicates PATX 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 PATX?
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.
PATX snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $15.80, ATM IV 162.00%, IV rank 42.28%, expected move 46.44%. The collar on PATX below is built from the August 14, 2026 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 PATX specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; mid-range PATX IV at 162.00% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 46.44% (roughly $7.34 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 PATX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PATX should anchor to the underlying notional of $15.80 per share and to the trader's directional view on PATX stock.
PATX collar setup
The PATX collar below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With PATX at $15.80 on that close, the first option leg uses a $17.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PATX 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 PATX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $15.80 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $17.00 | $2.75 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $15.00 | $2.60 |
PATX collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,565.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $135.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$65.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $15.65
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 2.077
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.
PATX collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on PATX. 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.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -99.9% | -$65.00 |
| $3.50 | -77.8% | -$65.00 |
| $6.99 | -55.7% | -$65.00 |
| $10.49 | -33.6% | -$65.00 |
| $13.98 | -11.5% | -$65.00 |
| $17.47 | +10.6% | +$135.00 |
| $20.96 | +32.7% | +$135.00 |
| $24.46 | +54.8% | +$135.00 |
| $27.95 | +76.9% | +$135.00 |
| $31.44 | +99.0% | +$135.00 |
When traders use collar on PATX
Collars on PATX hedge an existing long PATX 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.
PATX thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PATX extends from approximately $8.46 on the downside to $23.14 on the upside. A PATX collar hedges an existing long PATX 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 PATX IV rank near 42.28% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the collar thesis on PATX should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, PATX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PATX-specific events.
PATX 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. PATX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PATX alongside the broader basket even when PATX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current PATX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on PATX?
- A collar on PATX is the collar strategy applied to PATX (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 PATX stock at $15.80 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PATX chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PATX 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 PATX collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 162.00%), the computed maximum profit is $135.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$65.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a PATX collar?
- The breakeven for the PATX collar priced on this page is roughly $15.65 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 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 PATX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 46.44%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on PATX?
- Collars on PATX hedge an existing long PATX 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 PATX implied volatility affect this collar?
- PATX ATM IV is at 162.00% with IV rank near 42.28%, 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.