HRB Iron Condor Strategy
HRB (H&R Block, Inc.), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Personal Products & Services industry), listed on NYSE.
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HRB (H&R Block, Inc.) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Personal Products & Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.57B, a trailing P/E of 6.31, a beta of 0.30 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 28.16-59.05, average daily share volume of 2.5M, a public-listing history dating back to 1962, approximately 4K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HRB stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.30 indicates HRB has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 6.31 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price. HRB pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on HRB?
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 HRB snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $36.98, ATM IV 36.00%, IV rank 8.29%, expected move 10.32%. The iron condor on HRB 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 HRB specifically: HRB IV at 36.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling HRB iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 10.32% (roughly $3.82 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 HRB expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HRB should anchor to the underlying notional of $36.98 per share and to the trader's directional view on HRB stock.
HRB iron condor setup
The HRB 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 HRB near $36.98, the first option leg uses a $38.83 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HRB 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 HRB shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $38.83 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $40.68 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $35.13 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $33.28 | N/A |
HRB 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.
HRB iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on HRB. 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 HRB
Iron condors on HRB are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if HRB stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
HRB thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HRB extends from approximately $33.16 on the downside to $40.80 on the upside. A HRB iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when HRB 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 HRB IV rank near 8.29% 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 HRB at 36.00%. As a Consumer Cyclical name, HRB options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HRB-specific events.
HRB 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. HRB positions also carry Consumer Cyclical sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HRB alongside the broader basket even when HRB-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on HRB carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical HRB earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current HRB chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on HRB?
- A iron condor on HRB is the iron condor strategy applied to HRB (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 HRB stock trading near $36.98, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HRB chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HRB 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 HRB iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 36.00%), 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 HRB iron condor?
- The breakeven for the HRB 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 HRB market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.32%; 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 HRB?
- Iron condors on HRB are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if HRB stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current HRB implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- HRB ATM IV is at 36.00% with IV rank near 8.29%, 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.