{"product_id":"stcov276exyo2","title":"Stocks \u0026 Commodities V. 27:5 (62): Explore Your Options by Tom Gentile","description":"Explore Your Options by Tom Gentile\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOLLAR CONFUSION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI read some messages from other traders about collars and Im confused. My understanding is these were a bearish strategy, but above all theyre for insurance on your stock. What I dont understand is many forum contributors advise that collars are a bullish strategy! Sure, I want my stock to go up ... but if Ive already got stock, then taking out a collar seems impossible to make money in a bullish market (over and above a gain in stock price). If my puts keep expiring worthless, and I have to keep buying my calls back at a higher price and then selling the next month, its going to cost me a fortune! All my profit from the rising stock is being eaten up by rolling up my calls!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour understanding of collars is correct. The trade is created by selling calls and buying puts. Without any stock, the strategy is bearish because both short calls and long puts have negative deltas. Therefore, they will decrease in value as the stock moves higher and increase in value as the stock price moves lower.\nSince the collar consists of long shares and puts along with short calls, it can also be viewed as a protective put (shares protected with puts) along with short calls. Or it can be considered a combination of a protective put and a covered call (buying stock and selling calls). The calls help pay for the puts, but also limits the upside.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52134089163121,"sku":"\\V27\\C05\\095EYO.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_2eca34a3-48a7-44df-945a-36ab7a506328.jpg?v=1739665718","url":"https:\/\/shop.traders.com\/products\/stcov276exyo2","provider":"Stocks \u0026 Commodities","version":"1.0","type":"link"}