HAYW Iron Condor Strategy
HAYW (Hayward Holdings, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Electrical Equipment & Parts industry), listed on NYSE.
Hayward Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of pool equipment and associated automation systems in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers residential and commercial pool equipment, including pumps, filters, heaters, automatic pool cleaners, LED lighting, Internet of things enabled controls, alternate sanitizers, and water features. It sells its products through specialty distributors, retailers, and buying groups. Hayward Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
HAYW (Hayward Holdings, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Electrical Equipment & Parts, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.99B, a trailing P/E of 18.68, a beta of 1.14 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 13.04-17.73, average daily share volume of 2.5M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HAYW stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.14 places HAYW roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a iron condor on HAYW?
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 HAYW snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $13.62, ATM IV 60.10%, IV rank 13.38%, expected move 17.23%. The iron condor on HAYW 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 HAYW specifically: HAYW IV at 60.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling HAYW iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.23% (roughly $2.35 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 HAYW expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HAYW should anchor to the underlying notional of $13.62 per share and to the trader's directional view on HAYW stock.
HAYW iron condor setup
The HAYW 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 HAYW near $13.62, the first option leg uses a $14.30 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HAYW 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 HAYW shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $14.30 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $14.98 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $12.94 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $12.26 | N/A |
HAYW 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.
HAYW iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on HAYW. 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 HAYW
Iron condors on HAYW are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if HAYW stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
HAYW thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HAYW extends from approximately $11.27 on the downside to $15.97 on the upside. A HAYW iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when HAYW 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 HAYW IV rank near 13.38% 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 HAYW at 60.10%. As a Industrials name, HAYW options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HAYW-specific events.
HAYW 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. HAYW positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HAYW alongside the broader basket even when HAYW-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on HAYW carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical HAYW earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current HAYW chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on HAYW?
- A iron condor on HAYW is the iron condor strategy applied to HAYW (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 HAYW stock trading near $13.62, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HAYW chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HAYW 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 HAYW iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 60.10%), 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 HAYW iron condor?
- The breakeven for the HAYW 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 HAYW market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 17.23%; 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 HAYW?
- Iron condors on HAYW are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if HAYW stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current HAYW implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- HAYW ATM IV is at 60.10% with IV rank near 13.38%, 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.