Collar Vs Long Strangle (Buy Strangle) Options Trading Strategy Comparison

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Collar Vs Long Strangle (Buy Strangle)

	Collar	Long Strangle (Buy Strangle)


About Strategy	A Collar is similar to Covered Call but involves another position of buying a Put Option to cover the fall in the price of the underlying. It involves buying an ATM Put Option & selling an OTM Call Option of the underlying asset. It is a low risk strategy since the Put Option minimizes the downside risk. However, the rewards are also limited and is perfect for conservatively Bullish market view. Suppose you are holding shares of SBI currently trading at Rs 250. You can deploy a collar strategy by selling a Call Option of strike price Rs 300 while at the same time purchasing a Rs 200 strike price Put option. If the price rises to Rs 300, your benefit from increase in value of your holdings and you will lose net premiums. If the price falls... Read More	The Long Strangle (or Buy Strangle or Option Strangle) is a neutral strategy wherein Slightly OTM Put Options and Slightly OTM Call are bought simultaneously with same underlying asset and expiry date. This strategy can be used when the trader expects that the underlying stock will experience significant volatility in the near term. It is a limited risk and unlimited reward strategy. The maximum loss is the net premium paid while maximum profit is achieved when the underlying moves either significantly upwards or downwards at expiration. The usual Long Strangle Strategy looks like as below for NIFTY current index value at 10400 (NIFTY Spot Price): Options Strangle Orders OrdersNIFTY Strike Price Buy 1 Slightly OTM PutN... Read More
Market View	Bullish	Neutral
Strategy Level	Advance	Beginners
Options Type	Call + Put + Underlying	Call + Put
Number of Positions	3	2
Risk Profile	Limited	Limited
Reward Profile	Limited	Unlimited
Breakeven Point	Price of Features - Call Premium + Put Premium	two break-even points

When and how to use Collar and Long Strangle (Buy Strangle)?

	Collar	Long Strangle (Buy Strangle)
When to use?	The Collar strategy is perfect if you're Bullish for the underlying you're holding but are concerned with risk and want to protect your losses.	A Long Strangle is meant for special scenarios where you foresee a lot of volatility in the market due to election results, budget, policy change, annual result announcements etc.
Market View	Bullish When you are of the view that the price of the underlying will move up but also want to protect the downside.	Neutral When you are unsure of the direction of the underlying but expecting high volatility in it.
Action	Buy Underlying Buy 1 ATM Put Option Sell 1 OTM Call Option	Buy OTM Call Option Buy OTM Put Option Suppose Nifty is currently at 10400 and you expect the price to move sharply but are unsure about the direction. In such a scenario, you can execute long strangle strategy by buying Nifty at 10600 and at 10800. The net premium paid will be your maximum loss while the profit will depend on how high or low the index moves.
Breakeven Point	Price of Features - Call Premium + Put Premium	two break-even points A Options Strangle strategy has two break-even points. Lower Breakeven Point = Strike Price of Put - Net Premium Upper Breakeven Point = Strike Price of Call + Net Premium

Compare Risks and Rewards (Collar Vs Long Strangle (Buy Strangle))

	Collar	Long Strangle (Buy Strangle)
Risks	Limited You will incur maximum losses when price of the underlying is less than the strike price of the Put Option. Max Loss = Purchase Price of Underlying - Strike Price of Long Put - Net Premium Received	Limited Max Loss = Net Premium Paid The maximum loss is limited to the net premium paid in the long strangle strategy. It occurs when the price of the underlying is trading between the strike price of Options.
Rewards	Limited You will incur maximum profit when price of underlying is greater than the strike price of call option. Max Profit = Strike Price of Short Call - Purchase Price of Underlying + Net Premium Received	Unlimited Maximum profit is achieved when the underlying moves significantly up and down at expiration. Profit = Price of Underlying - Strike Price of Long Call - Net Premium Paid Or Profit = Strike Price of Long Put - Price of Underlying - Net Premium Paid
Maximum Profit Scenario	Underlying goes up and Call option exercised	One Option exercised
Maximum Loss Scenario	Underlying goes down and Put option exercised	Both Option not exercised

Pros & Cons or Collar and Long Strangle (Buy Strangle)

	Collar	Long Strangle (Buy Strangle)
Advantages	It protects the losses on underlying asset.
Disadvantage	The profit is limited	The strategy requires significant price movements in the underlying to gain profits.
Simillar Strategies	Covered Put Bull, Call Spread, Bull Put Spread	Long Straddle, Short Strangle

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