How are DOL 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 DOL iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 19.80%), the computed maximum profit is $82.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$318.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a DOL iron condor?

The breakeven for the DOL iron condor priced on this page is roughly $68.18 and $76.82 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 DOL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.68%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current DOL implied volatility affect this iron condor?

DOL ATM IV is at 19.80% with IV rank near 18.79%, 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.

DOL Iron Condor Strategy

DOL (WisdomTree True Developed International Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.

The fund normally invests at least 95% of its total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in component securities of the index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such component securities. The index is a fundamentally weighted index that is comprised of the large-capitalization segment of the dividend-paying market in the industrialized world outside the U.S. and Canada. The fund is non-diversified.

DOL (WisdomTree True Developed International Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $794.3M, a beta of 0.93 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 57.92-74.64, average daily share volume of 24K, a public-listing history dating back to 2006. These structural characteristics shape how DOL etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.93 places DOL roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. DOL pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a iron condor on DOL?

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 DOL snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $72.56, ATM IV 19.80%, IV rank 18.79%, expected move 5.68%. The iron condor on DOL 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 DOL specifically: DOL IV at 19.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling DOL iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.68% (roughly $4.12 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 DOL expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on DOL should anchor to the underlying notional of $72.56 per share and to the trader's directional view on DOL etf.

DOL iron condor setup

The DOL 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 DOL near $72.56, the first option leg uses a $76.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed DOL 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 DOL shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Call	$76.00	$0.50
Buy 1	Call	$80.00	$0.07
Sell 1	Put	$69.00	$0.45
Buy 1	Put	$65.00	$0.06

DOL iron condor risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$82.00
Max Profit (per contract): $82.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$318.00
Breakeven(s): $68.18, $76.82
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.258

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.

DOL iron condor payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on DOL. 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%	-$318.00
$16.05	-77.9%	-$318.00
$32.09	-55.8%	-$318.00
$48.14	-33.7%	-$318.00
$64.18	-11.6%	-$318.00
$80.22	+10.6%	-$318.00
$96.26	+32.7%	-$318.00
$112.31	+54.8%	-$318.00
$128.35	+76.9%	-$318.00
$144.39	+99.0%	-$318.00

When traders use iron condor on DOL

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

DOL thesis for this iron condor

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for DOL extends from approximately $68.44 on the downside to $76.68 on the upside. A DOL iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when DOL 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 DOL IV rank near 18.79% 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 DOL at 19.80%. As a Financial Services name, DOL options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to DOL-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a iron condor on DOL?: A iron condor on DOL is the iron condor strategy applied to DOL (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 DOL etf trading near $72.56, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed DOL chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are DOL 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 DOL iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 19.80%), the computed maximum profit is $82.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$318.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a DOL iron condor?: The breakeven for the DOL iron condor priced on this page is roughly $68.18 and $76.82 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 DOL market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.68%; 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 DOL?: Iron condors on DOL are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if DOL etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
How does current DOL implied volatility affect this iron condor?: DOL ATM IV is at 19.80% with IV rank near 18.79%, 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.