TTC Collar Strategy
TTC (The Toro Company), in the Industrials sector, (Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories industry), listed on NYSE.
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TTC (The Toro Company) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories, with a market capitalization of approximately $9.32B, a trailing P/E of 27.84, a beta of 0.70 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 67.64-105.19, average daily share volume of 763K, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 9K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how TTC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.70 indicates TTC has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. TTC pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on TTC?
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.
TTC snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $98.02, ATM IV 31.60%, IV rank 6.33%, expected move 9.06%. The collar on TTC 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 TTC specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed TTC IV at 31.60% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.06% (roughly $8.88 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 TTC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TTC should anchor to the underlying notional of $98.02 per share and to the trader's directional view on TTC stock.
TTC collar setup
The TTC 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 TTC at $98.02 on that close, the first option leg uses a $105.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TTC 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 TTC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $98.02 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $105.00 | $1.43 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $95.00 | $3.10 |
TTC collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$9,969.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $530.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$469.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $99.70
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.130
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.
TTC collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on TTC. 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% | -$469.50 |
| $21.68 | -77.9% | -$469.50 |
| $43.35 | -55.8% | -$469.50 |
| $65.02 | -33.7% | -$469.50 |
| $86.70 | -11.6% | -$469.50 |
| $108.37 | +10.6% | +$530.50 |
| $130.04 | +32.7% | +$530.50 |
| $151.71 | +54.8% | +$530.50 |
| $173.38 | +76.9% | +$530.50 |
| $195.05 | +99.0% | +$530.50 |
When traders use collar on TTC
Collars on TTC hedge an existing long TTC 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.
TTC thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TTC extends from approximately $89.14 on the downside to $106.90 on the upside. A TTC collar hedges an existing long TTC 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 TTC IV rank near 6.33% 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 TTC at 31.60%. As a Industrials name, TTC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TTC-specific events.
TTC 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. TTC positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TTC alongside the broader basket even when TTC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current TTC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on TTC?
- A collar on TTC is the collar strategy applied to TTC (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 TTC stock at $98.02 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TTC chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TTC 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 TTC collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 31.60%), the computed maximum profit is $530.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$469.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a TTC collar?
- The breakeven for the TTC collar priced on this page is roughly $99.70 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 TTC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 9.06%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on TTC?
- Collars on TTC hedge an existing long TTC 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 TTC implied volatility affect this collar?
- TTC ATM IV is at 31.60% with IV rank near 6.33%, 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.