CRDO Iron Condor Strategy
CRDO (Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd), in the Technology sector, (Communication Equipment industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd provides various high-speed connectivity solutions for optical and electrical Ethernet applications in the United States, Mexico, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and internationally. Its products include integrated circuits, active electrical cables, and SerDes chiplets that are based on its serializer/deserializer and digital signal processor technologies. The company also offers intellectual property solutions consist of SerDes IP licensing. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
CRDO (Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Communication Equipment, with a market capitalization of approximately $34.93B, a trailing P/E of 98.36, a beta of 3.18 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 57.21-213.8, average daily share volume of 7.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 2022, approximately 500 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CRDO stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 3.18 indicates CRDO has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 98.36 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.
What is a iron condor on CRDO?
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 CRDO snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $173.88, ATM IV 110.05%, IV rank 78.97%, expected move 31.55%. The iron condor on CRDO 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 CRDO specifically: CRDO IV at 110.05% is rich versus its 1-year range, which favors premium-selling structures like a CRDO iron condor, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 31.55% (roughly $54.86 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 CRDO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CRDO should anchor to the underlying notional of $173.88 per share and to the trader's directional view on CRDO stock.
CRDO iron condor setup
The CRDO 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 CRDO near $173.88, the first option leg uses a $182.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CRDO 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 CRDO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $182.50 | $18.45 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $192.50 | $15.05 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $165.00 | $15.45 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $157.50 | $12.45 |
CRDO iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$640.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $640.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$360.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $158.54, $188.90
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.778
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.
CRDO iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on CRDO. 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% | -$110.00 |
| $38.45 | -77.9% | -$110.00 |
| $76.90 | -55.8% | -$110.00 |
| $115.34 | -33.7% | -$110.00 |
| $153.79 | -11.6% | -$110.00 |
| $192.23 | +10.6% | -$333.36 |
| $230.68 | +32.7% | -$360.00 |
| $269.12 | +54.8% | -$360.00 |
| $307.57 | +76.9% | -$360.00 |
| $346.01 | +99.0% | -$360.00 |
When traders use iron condor on CRDO
Iron condors on CRDO are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if CRDO stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
CRDO thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CRDO extends from approximately $119.02 on the downside to $228.74 on the upside. A CRDO iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when CRDO 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 CRDO IV rank near 78.97% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on CRDO at 110.05%. As a Technology name, CRDO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CRDO-specific events.
CRDO 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. CRDO positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CRDO alongside the broader basket even when CRDO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on CRDO carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical CRDO earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current CRDO chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on CRDO?
- A iron condor on CRDO is the iron condor strategy applied to CRDO (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 CRDO stock trading near $173.88, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CRDO chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CRDO 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 CRDO iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 110.05%), the computed maximum profit is $640.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$360.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CRDO iron condor?
- The breakeven for the CRDO iron condor priced on this page is roughly $158.54 and $188.90 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 CRDO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 31.55%; 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 CRDO?
- Iron condors on CRDO are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if CRDO stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current CRDO implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- CRDO ATM IV is at 110.05% with IV rank near 78.97%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.