FDMO Iron Condor Strategy
FDMO (Fidelity Momentum Factor ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
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FDMO (Fidelity Momentum Factor ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $845.8M, a beta of 1.17 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 70.04-94.83, average daily share volume of 81K, a public-listing history dating back to 2016. These structural characteristics shape how FDMO etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.17 places FDMO roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. FDMO pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on FDMO?
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 FDMO snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $93.46, ATM IV 19.30%, IV rank 2.60%, expected move 5.53%. The iron condor on FDMO 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 FDMO specifically: FDMO IV at 19.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling FDMO iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.53% (roughly $5.17 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 FDMO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FDMO should anchor to the underlying notional of $93.46 per share and to the trader's directional view on FDMO etf.
FDMO iron condor setup
The FDMO 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 FDMO near $93.46, the first option leg uses a $98.13 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FDMO 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 FDMO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $98.13 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $102.81 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $88.79 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $84.11 | N/A |
FDMO iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
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.
FDMO iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on FDMO. 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.
When traders use iron condor on FDMO
Iron condors on FDMO are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if FDMO etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
FDMO thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FDMO extends from approximately $88.29 on the downside to $98.63 on the upside. A FDMO iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when FDMO 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 FDMO IV rank near 2.60% 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 FDMO at 19.30%. As a Financial Services name, FDMO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FDMO-specific events.
FDMO 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. FDMO positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FDMO alongside the broader basket even when FDMO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on FDMO carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical FDMO earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current FDMO chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on FDMO?
- A iron condor on FDMO is the iron condor strategy applied to FDMO (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 FDMO etf trading near $93.46, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FDMO chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FDMO 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 FDMO iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 19.30%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FDMO iron condor?
- The breakeven for the FDMO iron condor priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 FDMO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.53%; 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 FDMO?
- Iron condors on FDMO are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if FDMO etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current FDMO implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- FDMO ATM IV is at 19.30% with IV rank near 2.60%, 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.