FEX Iron Condor Strategy
FEX (First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
The First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield, before fees and expenses, of an equity index called the Nasdaq AlphaDEX Large Cap Core Index.
FEX (First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.50B, a beta of 0.96 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 102.83-132.85, average daily share volume of 19K, a public-listing history dating back to 2007. These structural characteristics shape how FEX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.96 places FEX roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. FEX pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on FEX?
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 FEX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $130.13, ATM IV 12.40%, IV rank 9.01%, expected move 3.55%. The iron condor on FEX 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 FEX specifically: FEX IV at 12.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling FEX iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 3.55% (roughly $4.63 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 FEX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FEX should anchor to the underlying notional of $130.13 per share and to the trader's directional view on FEX etf.
FEX iron condor setup
The FEX 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 FEX near $130.13, the first option leg uses a $135.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FEX 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 FEX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $135.00 | $1.77 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $145.00 | $0.23 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $124.00 | $1.14 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $117.00 | $0.21 |
FEX iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$247.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $247.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$753.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $121.53, $137.47
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.328
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.
FEX iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on FEX. 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% | -$453.00 |
| $28.78 | -77.9% | -$453.00 |
| $57.55 | -55.8% | -$453.00 |
| $86.32 | -33.7% | -$453.00 |
| $115.10 | -11.6% | -$453.00 |
| $143.87 | +10.6% | -$639.68 |
| $172.64 | +32.7% | -$753.00 |
| $201.41 | +54.8% | -$753.00 |
| $230.18 | +76.9% | -$753.00 |
| $258.95 | +99.0% | -$753.00 |
When traders use iron condor on FEX
Iron condors on FEX are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if FEX etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
FEX thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FEX extends from approximately $125.50 on the downside to $134.76 on the upside. A FEX iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when FEX 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 FEX IV rank near 9.01% 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 FEX at 12.40%. As a Financial Services name, FEX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FEX-specific events.
FEX 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. FEX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FEX alongside the broader basket even when FEX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on FEX carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical FEX earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current FEX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on FEX?
- A iron condor on FEX is the iron condor strategy applied to FEX (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 FEX etf trading near $130.13, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FEX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FEX 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 FEX iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 12.40%), the computed maximum profit is $247.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$753.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FEX iron condor?
- The breakeven for the FEX iron condor priced on this page is roughly $121.53 and $137.47 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 FEX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 3.55%; 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 FEX?
- Iron condors on FEX are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if FEX etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current FEX implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- FEX ATM IV is at 12.40% with IV rank near 9.01%, 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.