WEED Iron Condor Strategy
WEED (Roundhill Investments - Cannabis ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
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WEED (Roundhill Investments - Cannabis ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $9.9M, a beta of 1.05 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 12.712-31.047, average daily share volume of 22K, a public-listing history dating back to 2022. These structural characteristics shape how WEED etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.05 places WEED roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a iron condor on WEED?
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.
WEED snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $20.27, ATM IV 54.80%, IV rank 7.06%, expected move 15.71%. The iron condor on WEED 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 WEED specifically: WEED IV at 54.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling WEED iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.71% (roughly $3.18 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 WEED expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on WEED should anchor to the underlying notional of $20.27 per share and to the trader's directional view on WEED etf.
WEED iron condor setup
The WEED 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 WEED at $20.27 on that close, the first option leg uses a $21.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed WEED 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 WEED shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $21.00 | $1.23 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $22.00 | $1.10 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $19.00 | $1.08 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $18.00 | $0.72 |
WEED iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$48.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $48.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$52.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $18.52, $21.48
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.923
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.
WEED iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on WEED. 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% | -$52.00 |
| $4.49 | -77.8% | -$52.00 |
| $8.97 | -55.7% | -$52.00 |
| $13.45 | -33.6% | -$52.00 |
| $17.93 | -11.5% | -$52.00 |
| $22.41 | +10.6% | -$52.00 |
| $26.89 | +32.7% | -$52.00 |
| $31.37 | +54.8% | -$52.00 |
| $35.86 | +76.9% | -$52.00 |
| $40.34 | +99.0% | -$52.00 |
When traders use iron condor on WEED
Iron condors on WEED are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if WEED etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
WEED thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for WEED extends from approximately $17.09 on the downside to $23.45 on the upside. A WEED iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when WEED 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 WEED IV rank near 7.06% 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 WEED at 54.80%. As a Financial Services name, WEED options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to WEED-specific events.
WEED 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. WEED positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move WEED alongside the broader basket even when WEED-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on WEED carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical WEED earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current WEED chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on WEED?
- A iron condor on WEED is the iron condor strategy applied to WEED (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 WEED etf at $20.27 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed WEED chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are WEED 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 WEED iron condor priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.80%), the computed maximum profit is $48.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$52.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a WEED iron condor?
- The breakeven for the WEED iron condor priced on this page is roughly $18.52 and $21.48 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 WEED market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 15.71%; 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 WEED?
- Iron condors on WEED are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if WEED etf stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current WEED implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- WEED ATM IV is at 54.80% with IV rank near 7.06%, 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.