VIVO Collar Strategy
VIVO (VivoPower PLC), in the Energy sector, (Solar industry), listed on NASDAQ.
VivoPower International PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a sustainable energy solutions company in the United Kingdom, Australia, South East Asia, and the United States. It operates through Critical Power Services, Electric Vehicles, Sustainable Energy Solutions, and Solar Development segments. The Critical Power Services segment offers energy infrastructure generation and distribution solutions, including the design, supply, installation, and maintenance of power and control systems to a range of government, commercial, and industrial customers. The Electric Vehicles segment designs and builds ruggedized light electric vehicle solutions for customers in the mining, infrastructure, utilities, and government services sectors. The Sustainable Energy Solutions segment engages in the design, evaluation, sale, and implementation of renewable energy infrastructure; and evaluates solar, battery, and microgrid solutions. The Solar Development segment engages in the origination, development, construction, financing, operation, optimization, and sale of photovoltaic solar projects.
VIVO (VivoPower PLC) trades in the Energy sector, specifically Solar, with a market capitalization of approximately $71.0M, a trailing P/E of 4.38, a beta of -1.07 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.2-8.88, average daily share volume of 1.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 92 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how VIVO stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -1.07 indicates VIVO has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 4.38 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price.
What is a collar on VIVO?
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 VIVO snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $4.46, ATM IV 195.20%, IV rank 38.79%, expected move 55.96%. The collar on VIVO 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 VIVO specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; mid-range VIVO IV at 195.20% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 55.96% (roughly $2.50 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 VIVO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on VIVO should anchor to the underlying notional of $4.46 per share and to the trader's directional view on VIVO stock.
VIVO collar setup
The VIVO 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 VIVO near $4.46, the first option leg uses a $4.68 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed VIVO 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 VIVO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $4.46 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $4.68 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $4.24 | N/A |
VIVO 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.
VIVO collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on VIVO. 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 VIVO
Collars on VIVO hedge an existing long VIVO 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.
VIVO thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for VIVO extends from approximately $1.96 on the downside to $6.96 on the upside. A VIVO collar hedges an existing long VIVO 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 VIVO IV rank near 38.79% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the collar thesis on VIVO should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Energy name, VIVO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to VIVO-specific events.
VIVO 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. VIVO positions also carry Energy sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move VIVO alongside the broader basket even when VIVO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current VIVO chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on VIVO?
- A collar on VIVO is the collar strategy applied to VIVO (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 VIVO stock trading near $4.46, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed VIVO chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are VIVO 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 VIVO collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 195.20%), 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 VIVO collar?
- The breakeven for the VIVO 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 VIVO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 55.96%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on VIVO?
- Collars on VIVO hedge an existing long VIVO 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 VIVO implied volatility affect this collar?
- VIVO ATM IV is at 195.20% with IV rank near 38.79%, 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.