AVNV Iron Condor Strategy
AVNV (Avantis All International Markets Value ETF 9), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
Designed to provide exposure to a broadly diversified set of companies and sectors and across international developed and emerging market countries while focusing on securities we believe have higher expected returns*–companies trading at lower valuations with higher profitability ratios. The strategy pursues its objective through investing in a series of other Avantis exchange-traded funds (ETFs).Pursues the benefits associated with indexing (diversification, low turnover, transparency of exposures), but with the ability to add value by making investment decisions using information in current prices.Efficient portfolio management and trading process that is designed to enhance returns while seeking to reduce unnecessary risks and transaction costs for investors.
AVNV (Avantis All International Markets Value ETF 9) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $56.1M, a beta of 0.60 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 62.27-85.75, average daily share volume of 10K, a public-listing history dating back to 2023. These structural characteristics shape how AVNV etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.60 indicates AVNV has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. AVNV pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on AVNV?
An iron condor sells a call spread and a put spread at strikes outside spot, collecting net premium that is kept if the underlying stays inside the inner short strikes.
Current AVNV snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $83.67, ATM IV 22.40%, IV rank 16.87%, expected move 6.42%. The iron condor on AVNV 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 iron condor structure on AVNV specifically: AVNV IV at 22.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling AVNV iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.42% (roughly $5.37 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 AVNV expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AVNV should anchor to the underlying notional of $83.67 per share and to the trader's directional view on AVNV etf.
AVNV iron condor setup
The AVNV iron condor below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With AVNV near $83.67, the first option leg uses a $88.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AVNV 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 AVNV shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $88.00 | $0.85 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $92.00 | $0.25 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $79.00 | $0.64 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $75.00 | $0.15 |
AVNV iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$109.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $109.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$291.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $77.91, $89.09
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.375
Max profit equals the net credit times 100 inside the inner strikes; max loss equals wing width minus credit times 100. Two breakevens at inner strikes plus and minus the credit.
AVNV iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on AVNV. 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 | -100.0% | -$291.00 |
| $18.51 | -77.9% | -$291.00 |
| $37.01 | -55.8% | -$291.00 |
| $55.51 | -33.7% | -$291.00 |
| $74.01 | -11.6% | -$291.00 |
| $92.50 | +10.6% | -$291.00 |
| $111.00 | +32.7% | -$291.00 |
| $129.50 | +54.8% | -$291.00 |
| $148.00 | +76.9% | -$291.00 |
| $166.50 | +99.0% | -$291.00 |
When traders use iron condor on AVNV
Iron condors on AVNV are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if AVNV etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
AVNV thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AVNV extends from approximately $78.30 on the downside to $89.04 on the upside. A AVNV iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when AVNV stays inside the inner short strikes through expiration; the wing width should reflect the trader's tolerance for the maximum loss scenario where the underlying breaches an outer strike. Current AVNV IV rank near 16.87% 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 AVNV at 22.40%. As a Financial Services name, AVNV options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AVNV-specific events.
AVNV iron condor positions are structurally neutral / range-bound; 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. AVNV positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AVNV alongside the broader basket even when AVNV-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on AVNV carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical AVNV earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current AVNV chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on AVNV?
- A iron condor on AVNV is the iron condor strategy applied to AVNV (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral / range-bound: An iron condor sells a call spread and a put spread at strikes outside spot, collecting net premium that is kept if the underlying stays inside the inner short strikes. With AVNV etf trading near $83.67, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AVNV chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are AVNV iron condor max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals the net credit times 100 inside the inner strikes; max loss equals wing width minus credit times 100. Two breakevens at inner strikes plus and minus the credit. For the AVNV iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 22.40%), the computed maximum profit is $109.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$291.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a AVNV iron condor?
- The breakeven for the AVNV iron condor priced on this page is roughly $77.91 and $89.09 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 AVNV market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.42%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a iron condor on AVNV?
- Iron condors on AVNV are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if AVNV etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current AVNV implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- AVNV ATM IV is at 22.40% with IV rank near 16.87%, 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.