How are BOX 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 BOX iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.90%), the computed maximum profit is $57.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$42.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a BOX iron condor?

The breakeven for the BOX iron condor priced on this page is roughly $22.43 and $26.58 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 BOX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.74%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current BOX implied volatility affect this iron condor?

BOX ATM IV is at 54.90% with IV rank near 69.21%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.

BOX Iron Condor Strategy

BOX (Box, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Infrastructure industry), listed on NYSE.

Box, Inc. provides a cloud content management platform that enables organizations of various sizes to manage and share their content from anywhere on any device. The company's Software-as-a-Service platform enables users to collaborate on content internally and with external parties, automate content-driven business processes, develop custom applications, and implement data protection, security, and compliance features to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, internal policies, and industry standards and regulations. It offers web, mobile, and desktop applications for cloud content management on a platform for developing custom applications, as well as industry-specific capabilities. As of January 31, 2022, the company had approximately 100,000 paying organizations, and its solution was offered in 25 languages. It serves financial services, health care, government, and legal services industries in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Box.net, Inc. and changed its name to Box, Inc. in November 2011.

BOX (Box, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Infrastructure, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.28B, a trailing P/E of 33.50, a beta of 1.41 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 21.34-38.8, average daily share volume of 2.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 3K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how BOX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.41 indicates BOX has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.

What is a iron condor on BOX?

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 BOX snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $24.64, ATM IV 54.90%, IV rank 69.21%, expected move 15.74%. The iron condor on BOX 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 BOX specifically: BOX IV at 54.90% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so the credit collected on a BOX iron condor sits in line with its long-run distribution, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 15.74% (roughly $3.88 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 BOX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on BOX should anchor to the underlying notional of $24.64 per share and to the trader's directional view on BOX stock.

BOX iron condor setup

The BOX 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 BOX near $24.64, the first option leg uses a $26.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed BOX 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 BOX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Call	$26.00	$1.15
Buy 1	Call	$27.00	$0.83
Sell 1	Put	$23.00	$0.93
Buy 1	Put	$22.00	$0.68

BOX iron condor risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$57.50
Max Profit (per contract): $57.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$42.50
Breakeven(s): $22.43, $26.58
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.353

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.

BOX iron condor payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on BOX. 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%	-$42.50
$5.46	-77.9%	-$42.50
$10.90	-55.7%	-$42.50
$16.35	-33.6%	-$42.50
$21.80	-11.5%	-$42.50
$27.24	+10.6%	-$42.50
$32.69	+32.7%	-$42.50
$38.14	+54.8%	-$42.50
$43.59	+76.9%	-$42.50
$49.03	+99.0%	-$42.50

When traders use iron condor on BOX

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

BOX thesis for this iron condor

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for BOX extends from approximately $20.76 on the downside to $28.52 on the upside. A BOX iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when BOX 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 BOX IV rank near 69.21% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the iron condor thesis on BOX should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Technology name, BOX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to BOX-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a iron condor on BOX?: A iron condor on BOX is the iron condor strategy applied to BOX (stock). 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 BOX stock trading near $24.64, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed BOX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are BOX 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 BOX iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 54.90%), the computed maximum profit is $57.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$42.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a BOX iron condor?: The breakeven for the BOX iron condor priced on this page is roughly $22.43 and $26.58 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 BOX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 15.74%; 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 BOX?: Iron condors on BOX are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if BOX stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
How does current BOX implied volatility affect this iron condor?: BOX ATM IV is at 54.90% with IV rank near 69.21%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.