EXPO Iron Condor Strategy
EXPO (Exponent, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Consulting Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Exponent, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a science and engineering consulting company worldwide. It operates in two segments, Engineering and Other Scientific, and Environmental and Health. The Engineering and Other Scientific segment provides services in the areas of biomechanics, biomedical engineering and sciences, buildings and structures, civil engineering, construction consulting, data sciences, electrical engineering and computer science, human factors, materials and corrosion engineering, mechanical engineering, polymer science and materials chemistry, thermal sciences, and vehicle engineering. The Environmental and Health segment offers services in the areas of chemical regulation and food safety, ecological and biological sciences, environmental and earth sciences, and health sciences. The company offers approximately 90 technical disciplines to solve pressing and complicated challenges facing stakeholders. It serves clients in chemical, construction, consumer products, energy, food, beverage and nutrition, government, life sciences, insurance, manufacturing, technology, industrial equipment, transportation, and other sectors of the economy.
EXPO (Exponent, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Consulting Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.65B, a trailing P/E of 24.93, a beta of 0.78 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 51.91-81.95, average daily share volume of 496K, a public-listing history dating back to 1990, approximately 966 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how EXPO stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.78 places EXPO roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. EXPO pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on EXPO?
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 EXPO snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $53.83, ATM IV 33.20%, IV rank 3.26%, expected move 9.52%. The iron condor on EXPO 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 EXPO specifically: EXPO IV at 33.20% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling EXPO iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 9.52% (roughly $5.12 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 EXPO expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on EXPO should anchor to the underlying notional of $53.83 per share and to the trader's directional view on EXPO stock.
EXPO iron condor setup
The EXPO 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 EXPO near $53.83, the first option leg uses a $56.52 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed EXPO 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 EXPO shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $56.52 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $59.21 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $51.14 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $48.45 | N/A |
EXPO iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
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.
EXPO iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on EXPO. 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.
When traders use iron condor on EXPO
Iron condors on EXPO are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if EXPO stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
EXPO thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for EXPO extends from approximately $48.71 on the downside to $58.95 on the upside. A EXPO iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when EXPO 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 EXPO IV rank near 3.26% 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 EXPO at 33.20%. As a Industrials name, EXPO options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to EXPO-specific events.
EXPO 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. EXPO positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move EXPO alongside the broader basket even when EXPO-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on EXPO carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical EXPO earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current EXPO chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on EXPO?
- A iron condor on EXPO is the iron condor strategy applied to EXPO (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 EXPO stock trading near $53.83, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed EXPO chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are EXPO 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 EXPO iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 33.20%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a EXPO iron condor?
- The breakeven for the EXPO iron condor priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve 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 EXPO market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 9.52%; 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 EXPO?
- Iron condors on EXPO are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if EXPO stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current EXPO implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- EXPO ATM IV is at 33.20% with IV rank near 3.26%, 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.