HRI Iron Condor Strategy
HRI (Herc Holdings Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Rental & Leasing Services industry), listed on NYSE.
Herc Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental supplier in the United States and internationally. It rents aerial, earthmoving, material handling, trucks and trailers, air compressors, compaction, and lighting equipment. The company offers ProSolutions, an industry specific solution-based services, which include power generation, climate control, remediation and restoration, pump, trench shoring, and studio and production equipment; and ProContractor professional grade tools. In addition, it provides various services, including repair, maintenance, equipment management, and safety training; and equipment re-rental and on-site support services, as well as ancillary services, such as equipment transport, rental protection, cleaning, refueling, and labor. Further, the company sells used equipment and contractor supplies, such as construction consumables, tools, small equipment, and safety supplies. It serves non-residential and residential construction, specialty trade, restoration, remediation and environment, and facility maintenance contractors; industrial manufacturing industries, including refineries and petrochemical, automotive and aerospace, power, metals and mining, agriculture, pulp, paper and wood, and food and beverage industries; infrastructure and government sectors; and commercial facilities, commercial warehousing, education, healthcare, data centers, hospitality, retail, special event management and non-account customers.
HRI (Herc Holdings Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Rental & Leasing Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $5.63B, a trailing P/E of 114.88, a beta of 1.87 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 88.45-188.35, average daily share volume of 593K, a public-listing history dating back to 2006, approximately 10K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how HRI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.87 indicates HRI 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 114.88 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. HRI pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on HRI?
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.
HRI snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $173.13, ATM IV 49.70%, IV rank 17.56%, expected move 14.25%. The iron condor on HRI 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 HRI specifically: HRI IV at 49.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling HRI iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 14.25% (roughly $24.67 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 HRI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on HRI should anchor to the underlying notional of $173.13 per share and to the trader's directional view on HRI stock.
HRI iron condor setup
The HRI 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 HRI at $173.13 on that close, the first option leg uses a $180.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed HRI 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 HRI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $180.00 | $7.05 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $190.00 | $3.78 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $165.00 | $7.60 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $155.00 | $4.65 |
HRI iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$622.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $622.50
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$377.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $158.78, $186.23
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.649
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.
HRI iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on HRI. 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% | -$377.50 |
| $38.29 | -77.9% | -$377.50 |
| $76.57 | -55.8% | -$377.50 |
| $114.85 | -33.7% | -$377.50 |
| $153.13 | -11.6% | -$377.50 |
| $191.40 | +10.6% | -$377.50 |
| $229.68 | +32.7% | -$377.50 |
| $267.96 | +54.8% | -$377.50 |
| $306.24 | +76.9% | -$377.50 |
| $344.52 | +99.0% | -$377.50 |
When traders use iron condor on HRI
Iron condors on HRI are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if HRI stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
HRI thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for HRI extends from approximately $148.46 on the downside to $197.80 on the upside. A HRI iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when HRI 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 HRI IV rank near 17.56% 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 HRI at 49.70%. As a Industrials name, HRI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to HRI-specific events.
HRI 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. HRI positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move HRI alongside the broader basket even when HRI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on HRI carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical HRI earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current HRI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on HRI?
- A iron condor on HRI is the iron condor strategy applied to HRI (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 HRI stock at $173.13 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed HRI chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are HRI 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 HRI iron condor priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 49.70%), the computed maximum profit is $622.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$377.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a HRI iron condor?
- The breakeven for the HRI iron condor priced on this page is roughly $158.78 and $186.23 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 HRI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 14.25%; 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 HRI?
- Iron condors on HRI are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if HRI stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current HRI implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- HRI ATM IV is at 49.70% with IV rank near 17.56%, 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.