NVDD Iron Condor Strategy
NVDD (Direxion Daily NVDA Bear 1X ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
The Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 2X ETF (NVDU) and Direxion Daily NVDA Bear 1X ETF (NVDD) seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 200% and 100% of the inverse (or opposite), respectively, of the performance of the common shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA).
NVDD (Direxion Daily NVDA Bear 1X ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $20.0M, a beta of -1.66 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 30.57-57.35, average daily share volume of 162K, a public-listing history dating back to 2023. These structural characteristics shape how NVDD etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -1.66 indicates NVDD has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. NVDD pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on NVDD?
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 NVDD snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $30.69, ATM IV 46.40%, IV rank 6.54%, expected move 13.30%. The iron condor on NVDD 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 NVDD specifically: NVDD IV at 46.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling NVDD iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 13.30% (roughly $4.08 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 NVDD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NVDD should anchor to the underlying notional of $30.69 per share and to the trader's directional view on NVDD etf.
NVDD iron condor setup
The NVDD 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 NVDD near $30.69, the first option leg uses a $32.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NVDD 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 NVDD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $32.00 | $1.15 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $34.00 | $0.63 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $29.00 | $1.08 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $28.00 | $0.70 |
NVDD iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$90.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $90.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$110.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $28.10, $32.90
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.818
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.
NVDD iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on NVDD. 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% | -$10.00 |
| $6.79 | -77.9% | -$10.00 |
| $13.58 | -55.8% | -$10.00 |
| $20.36 | -33.6% | -$10.00 |
| $27.15 | -11.5% | -$10.00 |
| $33.93 | +10.6% | -$103.31 |
| $40.72 | +32.7% | -$110.00 |
| $47.50 | +54.8% | -$110.00 |
| $54.29 | +76.9% | -$110.00 |
| $61.07 | +99.0% | -$110.00 |
When traders use iron condor on NVDD
Iron condors on NVDD are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if NVDD etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
NVDD thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NVDD extends from approximately $26.61 on the downside to $34.77 on the upside. A NVDD iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when NVDD 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 NVDD IV rank near 6.54% 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 NVDD at 46.40%. As a Financial Services name, NVDD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NVDD-specific events.
NVDD 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. NVDD positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NVDD alongside the broader basket even when NVDD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on NVDD carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical NVDD earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current NVDD chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on NVDD?
- A iron condor on NVDD is the iron condor strategy applied to NVDD (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 NVDD etf trading near $30.69, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NVDD chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NVDD 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 NVDD iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 46.40%), the computed maximum profit is $90.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$110.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a NVDD iron condor?
- The breakeven for the NVDD iron condor priced on this page is roughly $28.10 and $32.90 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 NVDD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 13.30%; 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 NVDD?
- Iron condors on NVDD are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if NVDD etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current NVDD implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- NVDD ATM IV is at 46.40% with IV rank near 6.54%, 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.