PLD Collar Strategy
PLD (Prologis, Inc.), in the Real Estate sector, (REIT - Industrial industry), listed on NYSE.
Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 984 million square feet (91 million square meters) in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 5,500 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.
PLD (Prologis, Inc.) trades in the Real Estate sector, specifically REIT - Industrial, with a market capitalization of approximately $132.39B, a trailing P/E of 35.57, a beta of 1.35 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 103.02-145.44, average daily share volume of 3.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 1997, approximately 3K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PLD stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.35 indicates PLD 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 35.57 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. PLD pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on PLD?
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 PLD snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $140.49, ATM IV 24.10%, IV rank 17.91%, expected move 6.91%. The collar on PLD 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 PLD specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed PLD IV at 24.10% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.91% (roughly $9.71 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 PLD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PLD should anchor to the underlying notional of $140.49 per share and to the trader's directional view on PLD stock.
PLD collar setup
The PLD 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 PLD near $140.49, the first option leg uses a $150.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PLD 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 PLD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $140.49 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $150.00 | $0.85 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $135.00 | $2.10 |
PLD collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$14,174.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $826.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$674.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $141.74
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.226
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.
PLD collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on PLD. 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 | -100.0% | -$674.00 |
| $31.07 | -77.9% | -$674.00 |
| $62.13 | -55.8% | -$674.00 |
| $93.20 | -33.7% | -$674.00 |
| $124.26 | -11.6% | -$674.00 |
| $155.32 | +10.6% | +$826.00 |
| $186.38 | +32.7% | +$826.00 |
| $217.44 | +54.8% | +$826.00 |
| $248.51 | +76.9% | +$826.00 |
| $279.57 | +99.0% | +$826.00 |
When traders use collar on PLD
Collars on PLD hedge an existing long PLD 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.
PLD thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PLD extends from approximately $130.78 on the downside to $150.20 on the upside. A PLD collar hedges an existing long PLD 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 PLD IV rank near 17.91% 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 PLD at 24.10%. As a Real Estate name, PLD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PLD-specific events.
PLD 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. PLD positions also carry Real Estate sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PLD alongside the broader basket even when PLD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current PLD chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on PLD?
- A collar on PLD is the collar strategy applied to PLD (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 PLD stock trading near $140.49, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PLD chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PLD 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 PLD collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 24.10%), the computed maximum profit is $826.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$674.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a PLD collar?
- The breakeven for the PLD collar priced on this page is roughly $141.74 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 PLD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.91%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on PLD?
- Collars on PLD hedge an existing long PLD 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 PLD implied volatility affect this collar?
- PLD ATM IV is at 24.10% with IV rank near 17.91%, 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.