WULF Collar Strategy
WULF (TeraWulf Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NASDAQ.
TeraWulf Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns, develops, operates digital infrastructure in the United States. It also develops and operates bitcoin mining facilities for bitcoin mining and high-performance computing workloads, leveraging clean, cost-effective, and reliable energy. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Easton, Maryland.
WULF (TeraWulf Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $8.52B, a beta of 4.29 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 6.74-29.84, average daily share volume of 32.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 1994, approximately 141 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how WULF stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 4.29 indicates WULF has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. WULF pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a collar on WULF?
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.
WULF snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $17.38, ATM IV 84.44%, IV rank 11.03%, expected move 24.21%. The collar on WULF 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 28-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on WULF specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; compressed WULF IV at 84.44% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 24.21% (roughly $4.21 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated WULF expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on WULF should anchor to the underlying notional of $17.38 per share and to the trader's directional view on WULF stock.
WULF collar setup
The WULF 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 WULF at $17.38 on that close, the first option leg uses a $18.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed WULF chain at a 28-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 WULF shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $17.38 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $18.00 | $1.35 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $16.50 | $1.14 |
WULF collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$1,716.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $83.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$66.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $17.17
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.256
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.
WULF collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on WULF. 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% | -$66.50 |
| $3.85 | -77.8% | -$66.50 |
| $7.69 | -55.7% | -$66.50 |
| $11.54 | -33.6% | -$66.50 |
| $15.38 | -11.5% | -$66.50 |
| $19.22 | +10.6% | +$83.50 |
| $23.06 | +32.7% | +$83.50 |
| $26.90 | +54.8% | +$83.50 |
| $30.74 | +76.9% | +$83.50 |
| $34.59 | +99.0% | +$83.50 |
When traders use collar on WULF
Collars on WULF hedge an existing long WULF 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.
WULF thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WULF extends from approximately $13.17 on the downside to $21.59 on the upside. A WULF collar hedges an existing long WULF 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 WULF IV rank near 11.03% 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 WULF at 84.44%. As a Technology name, WULF options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to WULF-specific events.
WULF 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. WULF positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move WULF alongside the broader basket even when WULF-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current WULF chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on WULF?
- A collar on WULF is the collar strategy applied to WULF (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 WULF stock at $17.38 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed WULF chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are WULF 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 WULF collar priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 84.44%), the computed maximum profit is $83.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$66.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a WULF collar?
- The breakeven for the WULF collar priced on this page is roughly $17.17 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 WULF market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 24.21%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on WULF?
- Collars on WULF hedge an existing long WULF 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 WULF implied volatility affect this collar?
- WULF ATM IV is at 84.44% with IV rank near 11.03%, 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.