REK Iron Condor Strategy
REK (ProShares - Short Real Estate), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on AMEX.
The ProShares Short Real Estate fund is structured to provide daily investment returns that move in the exact opposite direction (-1x) of the day-to-day performance of the S&P Real Estate Select SectorSM Index. This objective is measured before any management fees and operational expenses are taken into account.
REK (ProShares - Short Real Estate) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $9.9M, a beta of -0.88 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 14.89-17.64, average daily share volume of 10K, a public-listing history dating back to 2010. These structural characteristics shape how REK etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -0.88 indicates REK has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. REK pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on REK?
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.
REK snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $15.30, ATM IV 18.40%, IV rank 4.94%, expected move 5.28%. The iron condor on REK 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 REK specifically: REK IV at 18.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling REK iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.28% (roughly $0.81 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 REK expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on REK should anchor to the underlying notional of $15.30 per share and to the trader's directional view on REK etf.
REK iron condor setup
The REK 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 REK at $15.30 on that close, the first option leg uses a $16.07 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed REK 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 REK shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $16.07 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $16.83 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $14.54 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $13.77 | N/A |
REK 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.
REK iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on REK. 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 REK
Iron condors on REK are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if REK etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
REK thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for REK extends from approximately $14.49 on the downside to $16.11 on the upside. A REK iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when REK 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 REK IV rank near 4.94% 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 REK at 18.40%. As a Financial Services name, REK options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to REK-specific events.
REK 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. REK positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move REK alongside the broader basket even when REK-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on REK carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical REK earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current REK chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on REK?
- A iron condor on REK is the iron condor strategy applied to REK (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 REK etf at $15.30 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed REK chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are REK 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 REK iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 18.40%), 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 REK iron condor?
- The breakeven for the REK 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 REK market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 5.28%; 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 REK?
- Iron condors on REK are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if REK etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current REK implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- REK ATM IV is at 18.40% with IV rank near 4.94%, 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.