CCK Iron Condor Strategy

CCK (Crown Holdings, Inc.), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Packaging & Containers industry), listed on NYSE.

Crown Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells packaging products and equipment for consumer goods and industrial products in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers products for consumer goods, including steel and aluminum cans for food and beverage industries. The company also provides products for industrial products, such as steel and plastic strap consumables and equipment, paper-based protective packaging, and plastic film consumables and equipment to metals, food and beverage, construction, agricultural, corrugated, and general industries. In addition, it offers other consumer products, glass bottles for beverage products, steel crowns, aluminum caps, steel strap, plastic strap, industrial film, and other related products, as well as equipment and tools, such as manual, semi-automatic, and automatic equipment and tools used in end of line manufacturing applications to apply industrial solutions consumables. Crown Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Yardley, Pennsylvania.

CCK (Crown Holdings, Inc.) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Packaging & Containers, with a market capitalization of approximately $11.20B, a trailing P/E of 15.61, a beta of 0.65 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 89.21-116.62, average daily share volume of 1.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 23K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CCK stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.65 indicates CCK has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. CCK pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a iron condor on CCK?

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 CCK snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $96.51, ATM IV 26.90%, IV rank 38.86%, expected move 7.71%. The iron condor on CCK 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 CCK specifically: CCK IV at 26.90% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so the credit collected on a CCK iron condor sits in line with its long-run distribution, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.71% (roughly $7.44 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 CCK expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CCK should anchor to the underlying notional of $96.51 per share and to the trader's directional view on CCK stock.

CCK iron condor setup

The CCK 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 CCK near $96.51, the first option leg uses a $100.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CCK 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 CCK shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Sell 1Call$100.00$2.13
Buy 1Call$105.00$0.80
Sell 1Put$92.50$1.50
Buy 1Put$85.00$0.58

CCK iron condor risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit
+$225.00
Max Profit (per contract)
$225.00
Max Loss (per contract)
-$525.00
Breakeven(s)
$90.25, $102.25
Risk / Reward Ratio
0.429

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.

CCK iron condor payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on CCK. 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 SpotP&L at Expiration
$0.01-100.0%-$525.00
$21.35-77.9%-$525.00
$42.69-55.8%-$525.00
$64.02-33.7%-$525.00
$85.36-11.6%-$488.88
$106.70+10.6%-$275.00
$128.04+32.7%-$275.00
$149.37+54.8%-$275.00
$170.71+76.9%-$275.00
$192.05+99.0%-$275.00

When traders use iron condor on CCK

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

CCK thesis for this iron condor

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CCK extends from approximately $89.07 on the downside to $103.95 on the upside. A CCK iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when CCK 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 CCK IV rank near 38.86% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the iron condor thesis on CCK should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Consumer Cyclical name, CCK options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CCK-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a iron condor on CCK?
A iron condor on CCK is the iron condor strategy applied to CCK (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 CCK stock trading near $96.51, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CCK chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are CCK 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 CCK iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 26.90%), the computed maximum profit is $225.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$525.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a CCK iron condor?
The breakeven for the CCK iron condor priced on this page is roughly $90.25 and $102.25 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 CCK market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 7.71%; 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 CCK?
Iron condors on CCK are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if CCK stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
How does current CCK implied volatility affect this iron condor?
CCK ATM IV is at 26.90% with IV rank near 38.86%, 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.

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