UFO Iron Condor Strategy

UFO (Procure Space ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.

The Procure Space ETF, identified by the ticker UFO, is designed to mirror the financial performance of the 'S-Network Space Index' before accounting for the fund's operational costs and fees. This particular index is structured to assess the returns generated by companies primarily involved in various space-related industries.

UFO (Procure Space ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.27B, a beta of 1.86 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 29.24-68.212, average daily share volume of 1.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2019. These structural characteristics shape how UFO etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.86 indicates UFO has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. UFO pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a iron condor on UFO?

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.

UFO snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $48.51, ATM IV 33.60%, IV rank 3.70%, expected move 9.63%. The iron condor on UFO below is built from the August 14, 2026 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 UFO specifically: UFO IV at 33.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling UFO iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.63% (roughly $4.67 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 UFO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on UFO should anchor to the underlying notional of $48.51 per share and to the trader's directional view on UFO etf.

UFO iron condor setup

The UFO iron condor below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With UFO at $48.51 on that close, the first option leg uses a $51.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed UFO 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 UFO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Sell 1Call$51.00$0.95
Buy 1Call$53.00$0.73
Sell 1Put$46.00$0.98
Buy 1Put$44.00$0.40

UFO iron condor risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit
+$80.00
Max Profit (per contract)
$80.00
Max Loss (per contract)
-$120.00
Breakeven(s)
$45.20, $51.80
Risk / Reward Ratio
0.667

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.

UFO iron condor payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on UFO. 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.

UFO iron condor profit and loss curve at expiration with breakevens and current spot markedUFO iron condor payoff at expiration-$100-$50$0$50$20$40$60$80Underlying Price ($)P&L at Expiration ($)BE $45.20BE $51.80Spot $48.51
P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.
Underlying Price% From SpotP&L at Expiration
$0.01-100.0%-$120.00
$10.73-77.9%-$120.00
$21.46-55.8%-$120.00
$32.18-33.7%-$120.00
$42.91-11.5%-$120.00
$53.63+10.6%-$120.00
$64.36+32.7%-$120.00
$75.08+54.8%-$120.00
$85.81+76.9%-$120.00
$96.53+99.0%-$120.00

When traders use iron condor on UFO

Iron condors on UFO are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if UFO etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.

UFO thesis for this iron condor

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for UFO extends from approximately $43.84 on the downside to $53.18 on the upside. A UFO iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when UFO 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 UFO IV rank near 3.70% 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 UFO at 33.60%. As a Financial Services name, UFO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to UFO-specific events.

UFO 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. UFO positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move UFO alongside the broader basket even when UFO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on UFO carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical UFO earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current UFO chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a iron condor on UFO?
A iron condor on UFO is the iron condor strategy applied to UFO (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 UFO etf at $48.51 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed UFO chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are UFO 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 UFO iron condor priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 33.60%), the computed maximum profit is $80.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$120.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a UFO iron condor?
The breakeven for the UFO iron condor priced on this page is roughly $45.20 and $51.80 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 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 UFO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 9.63%; 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 UFO?
Iron condors on UFO are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if UFO etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
How does current UFO implied volatility affect this iron condor?
UFO ATM IV is at 33.60% with IV rank near 3.70%, 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.

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