How are COPJ 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 COPJ iron condor priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 45.80%), the computed maximum profit is $160.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$140.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a COPJ iron condor?

The breakeven for the COPJ iron condor priced on this page is roughly $40.40 and $47.60 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 COPJ market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 13.13%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current COPJ implied volatility affect this iron condor?

COPJ ATM IV is at 45.80% with IV rank near 6.57%, 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.

COPJ Iron Condor Strategy

COPJ (Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Under typical circumstances, the fund commits a minimum of 80% of its total assets to the securities comprising its tracking index. This index is designed to mirror the financial performance of companies that generate at least 50% of their income or hold at least 50% of their assets in activities related to copper, specifically mining, exploration, development, and production. The index generally consists of 25 to 45 component firms. It is structured as a non-diversified investment vehicle.

COPJ (Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $25.3M, a beta of 1.27 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 25.57-53.945, average daily share volume of 94K, a public-listing history dating back to 2023. These structural characteristics shape how COPJ etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.27 places COPJ roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. COPJ pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a iron condor on COPJ?

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.

COPJ snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $44.26, ATM IV 45.80%, IV rank 6.57%, expected move 13.13%. The iron condor on COPJ 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 35-day expiry.

Why this iron condor structure on COPJ specifically: COPJ IV at 45.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling COPJ iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 13.13% (roughly $5.81 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated COPJ expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on COPJ should anchor to the underlying notional of $44.26 per share and to the trader's directional view on COPJ etf.

COPJ iron condor setup

The COPJ iron condor 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 COPJ at $44.26 on that close, the first option leg uses a $46.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed COPJ chain at a 35-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 COPJ shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Call	$46.00	$1.83
Buy 1	Call	$49.00	$0.93
Sell 1	Put	$42.00	$1.53
Buy 1	Put	$40.00	$0.83

COPJ iron condor risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$160.00
Max Profit (per contract): $160.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$140.00
Breakeven(s): $40.40, $47.60
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.143

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.

COPJ iron condor payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on COPJ. 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	-$40.00
$9.80	-77.9%	-$40.00
$19.58	-55.8%	-$40.00
$29.37	-33.7%	-$40.00
$39.15	-11.5%	-$40.00
$48.94	+10.6%	-$133.51
$58.72	+32.7%	-$140.00
$68.51	+54.8%	-$140.00
$78.29	+76.9%	-$140.00
$88.08	+99.0%	-$140.00

When traders use iron condor on COPJ

Iron condors on COPJ are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if COPJ etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.

COPJ thesis for this iron condor

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for COPJ extends from approximately $38.45 on the downside to $50.07 on the upside. A COPJ iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when COPJ 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 COPJ IV rank near 6.57% 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 COPJ at 45.80%. As a Financial Services name, COPJ options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to COPJ-specific events.

COPJ 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. COPJ positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move COPJ alongside the broader basket even when COPJ-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on COPJ carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical COPJ earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current COPJ chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a iron condor on COPJ?: A iron condor on COPJ is the iron condor strategy applied to COPJ (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 COPJ etf at $44.26 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed COPJ chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are COPJ 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 COPJ iron condor priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 45.80%), the computed maximum profit is $160.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$140.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a COPJ iron condor?: The breakeven for the COPJ iron condor priced on this page is roughly $40.40 and $47.60 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 COPJ market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 13.13%; 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 COPJ?: Iron condors on COPJ are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if COPJ etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
How does current COPJ implied volatility affect this iron condor?: COPJ ATM IV is at 45.80% with IV rank near 6.57%, 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.