How are CC 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 CC iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 61.73%), the computed maximum profit is $62.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$37.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a CC iron condor?

The breakeven for the CC iron condor priced on this page is roughly $21.38 and $25.13 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 CC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 17.70%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current CC implied volatility affect this iron condor?

CC ATM IV is at 61.73% with IV rank near 24.75%, 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.

CC Iron Condor Strategy

CC (The Chemours Company), in the Basic Materials sector, (Chemicals - Specialty industry), listed on NYSE.

The Chemours Company provides performance chemicals in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. It operates through four segments: Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, Advanced Performance Materials, and Chemical Solutions. The Titanium Technologies segment provides TiO2 pigment under the Ti-Pure and BaiMax brands for delivering whiteness, brightness, opacity, and protection in various of applications, such as architectural and industrial coatings, flexible and rigid plastic packaging, polyvinylchloride, laminate papers used for furniture and building materials, coated paper, and coated paperboard used for packaging. The Thermal & Specialized Solutions segment offers of refrigerants, thermal management solutions, propellants, foam blowing agents, and specialty solvents. The Advanced Performance Materials segment products portfolio includes various industrial resins, specialty products, membranes, and coatings for consumer electronics, semiconductors, digital communications, transportation, energy, oil and gas, and medical, and others applications. The Chemical Solutions segment comprises a portfolio of industrial chemicals used as raw materials and catalysts for gold production, clean and disinfect, oil and gas, water treatment, electronics, and automotive applications.

CC (The Chemours Company) trades in the Basic Materials sector, specifically Chemicals - Specialty, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.79B, a beta of 1.46 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 9.13-28.67, average daily share volume of 3.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 6K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 1.46 indicates CC has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. CC pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a iron condor on CC?

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 CC snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $23.30, ATM IV 61.73%, IV rank 24.75%, expected move 17.70%. The iron condor on CC 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 28-day expiry.

Why this iron condor structure on CC specifically: CC IV at 61.73% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling CC iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.70% (roughly $4.12 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CC should anchor to the underlying notional of $23.30 per share and to the trader's directional view on CC stock.

CC iron condor setup

The CC 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 CC near $23.30, the first option leg uses a $24.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CC chain at a 28-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 CC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Call	$24.50	$1.15
Buy 1	Call	$25.50	$0.85
Sell 1	Put	$22.00	$0.98
Buy 1	Put	$21.00	$0.65

CC iron condor risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$62.50
Max Profit (per contract): $62.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$37.50
Breakeven(s): $21.38, $25.13
Risk / Reward Ratio: 1.667

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.

CC iron condor payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on CC. 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%	-$37.50
$5.16	-77.9%	-$37.50
$10.31	-55.7%	-$37.50
$15.46	-33.6%	-$37.50
$20.61	-11.5%	-$37.50
$25.76	+10.6%	-$37.50
$30.91	+32.7%	-$37.50
$36.06	+54.8%	-$37.50
$41.22	+76.9%	-$37.50
$46.37	+99.0%	-$37.50

When traders use iron condor on CC

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

CC thesis for this iron condor

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CC extends from approximately $19.18 on the downside to $27.42 on the upside. A CC iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when CC 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 CC IV rank near 24.75% 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 CC at 61.73%. As a Basic Materials name, CC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CC-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a iron condor on CC?: A iron condor on CC is the iron condor strategy applied to CC (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 CC stock trading near $23.30, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are CC 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 CC iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 61.73%), the computed maximum profit is $62.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$37.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a CC iron condor?: The breakeven for the CC iron condor priced on this page is roughly $21.38 and $25.13 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 CC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 17.70%; 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 CC?: Iron condors on CC are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if CC stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
How does current CC implied volatility affect this iron condor?: CC ATM IV is at 61.73% with IV rank near 24.75%, 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.