HGER Iron Condor Strategy
HGER (Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER)), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NYSE.
The Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER) seeks to construct a diverse portfolio of commodities, specifically targeting those most responsive to U.S. consumer price inflation. Its selection methodology begins by pinpointing the 24 most actively traded commodity futures. These are then thoroughly assessed for their economic relevance and inherent quality, taking into account factors like market liquidity (open interest), associated costs (holding and trading), and their sensitivity to inflation. The underlying index generally includes a minimum of 15 commodity futures. Most of these assets are allocated weights ranging from 2% to 20%, with gold being an exception, potentially accounting for up to 40% of the portfolio. An exclusive, in-house developed "scarcity debasement" metric evaluates the prevailing inflationary conditions; this evaluation then informs the precise weighting of gold within the portfolio.
HGER (Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER)) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.02B, a beta of 0.78 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 24.18-33.74, average daily share volume of 1.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2022. These structural characteristics shape how HGER etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.78 places HGER roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. HGER pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on HGER?
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.
HGER snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $33.63, ATM IV 25.30%, IV rank 14.43%, expected move 7.25%. The iron condor on HGER below is built from the 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 HGER specifically: HGER IV at 25.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling HGER iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.25% (roughly $2.44 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 HGER expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HGER should anchor to the underlying notional of $33.63 per share and to the trader's directional view on HGER etf.
HGER iron condor setup
The HGER 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 HGER at $33.63 on that close, the first option leg uses a $35.31 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HGER 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 HGER shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $35.31 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $36.99 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $31.95 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $30.27 | N/A |
HGER 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.
HGER iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on HGER. 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 HGER
Iron condors on HGER are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if HGER etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
HGER thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HGER extends from approximately $31.19 on the downside to $36.07 on the upside. A HGER iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when HGER 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 HGER IV rank near 14.43% 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 HGER at 25.30%. As a Financial Services name, HGER options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HGER-specific events.
HGER 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. HGER positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HGER alongside the broader basket even when HGER-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on HGER carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical HGER earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current HGER chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on HGER?
- A iron condor on HGER is the iron condor strategy applied to HGER (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 HGER etf at $33.63 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HGER chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HGER 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 HGER iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 25.30%), 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 HGER iron condor?
- The breakeven for the HGER iron condor priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the 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 HGER market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 7.25%; 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 HGER?
- Iron condors on HGER are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if HGER etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current HGER implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- HGER ATM IV is at 25.30% with IV rank near 14.43%, 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.