WCBR Iron Condor Strategy
WCBR (WisdomTree Cybersecurity Fund), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
The index is designed to provide exposure to equity securities of exchange-listed companies globally, which are primarily involved in cybersecurity and security-oriented technology that generate a meaningful part of their revenue from cybersecurity activities and are experiencing revenue growth. To the extent the index concentrates in the securities of a particular industry or group of industries, the fund will concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent as the index. It is non-diversified.
WCBR (WisdomTree Cybersecurity Fund) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $139.3M, a beta of 0.69 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 22.49-32.71, average daily share volume of 39K, a public-listing history dating back to 2021. These structural characteristics shape how WCBR etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.69 indicates WCBR has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. WCBR pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on WCBR?
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 WCBR snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $29.82, ATM IV 31.70%, IV rank 26.33%, expected move 9.09%. The iron condor on WCBR 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 63-day expiry.
Why this iron condor structure on WCBR specifically: WCBR IV at 31.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling WCBR iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.09% (roughly $2.71 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated WCBR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on WCBR should anchor to the underlying notional of $29.82 per share and to the trader's directional view on WCBR etf.
WCBR iron condor setup
The WCBR 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 WCBR near $29.82, the first option leg uses a $31.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed WCBR chain at a 63-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 WCBR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $31.00 | $1.68 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $33.00 | $0.97 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $28.00 | $1.05 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $27.00 | $0.75 |
WCBR iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$100.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $100.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$99.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $32.01
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.010
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.
WCBR iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on WCBR. 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% | +$0.50 |
| $6.60 | -77.9% | +$0.50 |
| $13.19 | -55.8% | +$0.50 |
| $19.79 | -33.6% | +$0.50 |
| $26.38 | -11.5% | +$0.50 |
| $32.97 | +10.6% | -$96.63 |
| $39.56 | +32.7% | -$99.50 |
| $46.16 | +54.8% | -$99.50 |
| $52.75 | +76.9% | -$99.50 |
| $59.34 | +99.0% | -$99.50 |
When traders use iron condor on WCBR
Iron condors on WCBR are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if WCBR etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
WCBR thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WCBR extends from approximately $27.11 on the downside to $32.53 on the upside. A WCBR iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when WCBR 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 WCBR IV rank near 26.33% 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 WCBR at 31.70%. As a Financial Services name, WCBR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to WCBR-specific events.
WCBR 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. WCBR positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move WCBR alongside the broader basket even when WCBR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on WCBR carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical WCBR earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current WCBR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on WCBR?
- A iron condor on WCBR is the iron condor strategy applied to WCBR (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 WCBR etf trading near $29.82, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed WCBR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are WCBR 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 WCBR iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 31.70%), the computed maximum profit is $100.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$99.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a WCBR iron condor?
- The breakeven for the WCBR iron condor priced on this page is roughly $32.01 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 WCBR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 9.09%; 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 WCBR?
- Iron condors on WCBR are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if WCBR etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current WCBR implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- WCBR ATM IV is at 31.70% with IV rank near 26.33%, 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.