TLTI Iron Condor Strategy
TLTI (NEOS Enhanced Income 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
The NEOS Enhanced Income 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to generate monthly income in a tax efficient manner.
TLTI (NEOS Enhanced Income 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.4M, a beta of 0.03 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 44.1-48.7, average daily share volume of 9K, a public-listing history dating back to 2024. These structural characteristics shape how TLTI etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.03 indicates TLTI has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. TLTI pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on TLTI?
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 TLTI snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $44.43, ATM IV 15.10%, IV rank 2.61%, expected move 4.33%. The iron condor on TLTI 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 TLTI specifically: TLTI IV at 15.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling TLTI iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 4.33% (roughly $1.92 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 TLTI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on TLTI should anchor to the underlying notional of $44.43 per share and to the trader's directional view on TLTI etf.
TLTI iron condor setup
The TLTI 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 TLTI near $44.43, the first option leg uses a $46.65 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed TLTI 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 TLTI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $46.65 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $48.87 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $42.21 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $39.99 | N/A |
TLTI 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.
TLTI iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on TLTI. 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 TLTI
Iron condors on TLTI are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if TLTI etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
TLTI thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for TLTI extends from approximately $42.51 on the downside to $46.35 on the upside. A TLTI iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when TLTI 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 TLTI IV rank near 2.61% 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 TLTI at 15.10%. As a Financial Services name, TLTI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to TLTI-specific events.
TLTI 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. TLTI positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move TLTI alongside the broader basket even when TLTI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on TLTI carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical TLTI earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current TLTI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on TLTI?
- A iron condor on TLTI is the iron condor strategy applied to TLTI (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 TLTI etf trading near $44.43, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed TLTI chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are TLTI 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 TLTI iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 15.10%), 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 TLTI iron condor?
- The breakeven for the TLTI 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 TLTI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 4.33%; 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 TLTI?
- Iron condors on TLTI are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if TLTI etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current TLTI implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- TLTI ATM IV is at 15.10% with IV rank near 2.61%, 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.