Ib Collar

If you're running poor man's covered calls and have earnings coming up, this generates a tactical collar report showing exactly what put protection costs versus what you'd lose in a gap down. It pulls your actual PMCC positions from Interactive Brokers, checks if your structure is healthy or broken, then models short versus medium versus long-dated puts across gap scenarios. The analysis is surprisingly detailed about salvage value and implementation timing. You need TWS or IB Gateway running locally, and it assumes you only collar during high-risk events rather than holding permanent protection. Niche use case, but if you're in that specific situation the week before earnings, it beats spreadsheet guesswork.