TRAK Collar Strategy
TRAK (ReposiTrak, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NYSE.
ReposiTrak, Inc., a software-as-a-service provider, designs, develops, and markets proprietary software products in North America. The company offers ReposiTrak MarketPlace, a supplier discovery and B2B e-commerce solution; ReposiTrak Compliance and Food Safety solutions, which reduces potential regulatory and legal risk from their supply chain partners; and ReposiTrak Supply Chain solutions that enables customers to manage relationships with suppliers. It also provides ScoreTracker, Vendor Managed Inventory, Store Level Ordering and Replenishment, Enterprise Supply Chain Planning, Fresh Market Manager, Audit Management, and ActionManager supply chain solutions to manage inventory, product mix, and labor. In addition, the company offers business-consulting services to suppliers and retailers in the grocery, convenience store, and specialty retail industries, as well as professional consulting services. It primarily serves multi-store retail chains, wholesalers and distributors, and their suppliers. The company was formerly known as Park City Group, Inc. and changed its name to ReposiTrak, Inc. in December 2023.
TRAK (ReposiTrak, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $164.2M, a trailing P/E of 22.67, a beta of 0.78 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 6.94-23.72, average daily share volume of 173K, a public-listing history dating back to 1999, approximately 73 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TRAK stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.78 places TRAK roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. TRAK pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on TRAK?
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 TRAK snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $9.77, ATM IV 30.10%, IV rank 2.38%, expected move 8.63%. The collar on TRAK 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 TRAK specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed TRAK IV at 30.10% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 8.63% (roughly $0.84 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 TRAK expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TRAK should anchor to the underlying notional of $9.77 per share and to the trader's directional view on TRAK stock.
TRAK collar setup
The TRAK 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 TRAK near $9.77, the first option leg uses a $10.26 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TRAK 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 TRAK shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $9.77 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $10.26 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $9.28 | N/A |
TRAK 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.
TRAK collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on TRAK. 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 TRAK
Collars on TRAK hedge an existing long TRAK 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.
TRAK thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TRAK extends from approximately $8.93 on the downside to $10.61 on the upside. A TRAK collar hedges an existing long TRAK 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 TRAK IV rank near 2.38% 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 TRAK at 30.10%. As a Technology name, TRAK options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TRAK-specific events.
TRAK 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. TRAK positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TRAK alongside the broader basket even when TRAK-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current TRAK chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on TRAK?
- A collar on TRAK is the collar strategy applied to TRAK (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 TRAK stock trading near $9.77, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TRAK chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TRAK 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 TRAK collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 30.10%), 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 TRAK collar?
- The breakeven for the TRAK 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 TRAK market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 8.63%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on TRAK?
- Collars on TRAK hedge an existing long TRAK 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 TRAK implied volatility affect this collar?
- TRAK ATM IV is at 30.10% with IV rank near 2.38%, 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.