FDRS Iron Condor Strategy
FDRS (Founder-Led ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on NASDAQ.
The FDRS ETF invests in a portfolio comprising the top 50 U.S. companies that remain under the leadership of at least one of their founders. While these companies can have any market capitalization, their individual weighting within the portfolio is determined by their market value, with no single stock accounting for more than 10% of the total. The fund's underlying index is reviewed and adjusted quarterly, specifically on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. Classified as non-diversified, this fund may, at times, exhibit significant concentration in particular sectors or industries.
FDRS (Founder-Led ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $11.1M, a beta of 1.34 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 19.37-25.75, average daily share volume of 75K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how FDRS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.34 indicates FDRS 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 FDRS?
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.
FDRS snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $25.05, ATM IV 13.10%, IV rank 0.15%, expected move 3.76%. The iron condor on FDRS below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this iron condor structure on FDRS specifically: FDRS IV at 13.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling FDRS iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 3.76% (roughly $0.94 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FDRS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FDRS should anchor to the underlying notional of $25.05 per share and to the trader's directional view on FDRS stock.
FDRS iron condor setup
The FDRS iron condor below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With FDRS at $25.05 on that close, 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 FDRS chain at a 35-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 FDRS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $26.00 | $0.37 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $28.00 | $0.05 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $24.00 | $0.27 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $23.00 | $0.09 |
FDRS iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$50.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $50.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$150.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $23.50, $26.50
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.333
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.
FDRS iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on FDRS. 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% | -$50.00 |
| $5.55 | -77.9% | -$50.00 |
| $11.09 | -55.7% | -$50.00 |
| $16.62 | -33.6% | -$50.00 |
| $22.16 | -11.5% | -$50.00 |
| $27.70 | +10.6% | -$119.79 |
| $33.24 | +32.7% | -$150.00 |
| $38.77 | +54.8% | -$150.00 |
| $44.31 | +76.9% | -$150.00 |
| $49.85 | +99.0% | -$150.00 |
When traders use iron condor on FDRS
Iron condors on FDRS are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if FDRS stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
FDRS thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FDRS extends from approximately $24.11 on the downside to $25.99 on the upside. A FDRS iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when FDRS 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 FDRS IV rank near 0.15% 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 FDRS at 13.10%. As a Financial Services name, FDRS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FDRS-specific events.
FDRS 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. FDRS positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FDRS alongside the broader basket even when FDRS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on FDRS carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical FDRS earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current FDRS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on FDRS?
- A iron condor on FDRS is the iron condor strategy applied to FDRS (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 FDRS stock at $25.05 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FDRS chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FDRS 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 FDRS iron condor priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 13.10%), the computed maximum profit is $50.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$150.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FDRS iron condor?
- The breakeven for the FDRS iron condor priced on this page is roughly $23.50 and $26.50 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The FDRS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 3.76%; 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 FDRS?
- Iron condors on FDRS are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if FDRS stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current FDRS implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- FDRS ATM IV is at 13.10% with IV rank near 0.15%, 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.