INOD Iron Condor Strategy

INOD (Innodata Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Information Technology Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.

Innodata Inc. operates as a global data engineering company in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Digital Data Solutions (DDS), Synodex, and Agility. The DDS segment offers AI-enabled software platforms and managed services to companies that require data for training AI and machine learning (ML) algorithms, and AI digital transformation solutions to help companies apply AI/ML for problems relating to analyzing and deriving insights from documents. This segment provides a range of data engineering support services, including data annotation, data transformation, data transformation, data curation, data hygiene, data consolidation, data compliance, and master data management. The Synodex segment offers an industry platform that transforms medical records into useable digital data with its proprietary data models or client data models. The Agility segment provides an industry platform that provides marketing communications and public relations professionals to target and distribute content to journalists and social media influencers; and to monitor and analyze global news channels, such as print, web, radio, and TV, as well as social media channels.

INOD (Innodata Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Information Technology Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.94B, a trailing P/E of 74.69, a beta of 2.40 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 33.44-114.77, average daily share volume of 1.5M, a public-listing history dating back to 1993, approximately 7K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how INOD stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 2.40 indicates INOD 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 74.69 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.

What is a iron condor on INOD?

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 INOD snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $96.38, ATM IV 84.44%, IV rank 29.74%, expected move 24.21%. The iron condor on INOD 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 28-day expiry.

Why this iron condor structure on INOD specifically: INOD IV at 84.44% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling INOD iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 24.21% (roughly $23.33 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated INOD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on INOD should anchor to the underlying notional of $96.38 per share and to the trader's directional view on INOD stock.

INOD iron condor setup

The INOD 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 INOD near $96.38, the first option leg uses a $101.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed INOD chain at a 28-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 INOD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Sell 1Call$101.00$7.15
Buy 1Call$105.00$5.45
Sell 1Put$92.00$6.80
Buy 1Put$87.00$5.20

INOD iron condor risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit
+$330.00
Max Profit (per contract)
$330.00
Max Loss (per contract)
-$170.00
Breakeven(s)
$88.70, $104.30
Risk / Reward Ratio
1.941

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.

INOD iron condor payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on INOD. 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 SpotP&L at Expiration
$0.01-100.0%-$170.00
$21.32-77.9%-$170.00
$42.63-55.8%-$170.00
$63.94-33.7%-$170.00
$85.25-11.6%-$170.00
$106.56+10.6%-$70.00
$127.86+32.7%-$70.00
$149.17+54.8%-$70.00
$170.48+76.9%-$70.00
$191.79+99.0%-$70.00

When traders use iron condor on INOD

Iron condors on INOD are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if INOD stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.

INOD thesis for this iron condor

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for INOD extends from approximately $73.05 on the downside to $119.71 on the upside. A INOD iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when INOD 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 INOD IV rank near 29.74% 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 INOD at 84.44%. As a Technology name, INOD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to INOD-specific events.

INOD 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. INOD positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move INOD alongside the broader basket even when INOD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on INOD carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical INOD earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current INOD chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a iron condor on INOD?
A iron condor on INOD is the iron condor strategy applied to INOD (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 INOD stock trading near $96.38, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed INOD chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are INOD 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 INOD iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 84.44%), the computed maximum profit is $330.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$170.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a INOD iron condor?
The breakeven for the INOD iron condor priced on this page is roughly $88.70 and $104.30 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 INOD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 24.21%; 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 INOD?
Iron condors on INOD are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if INOD stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
How does current INOD implied volatility affect this iron condor?
INOD ATM IV is at 84.44% with IV rank near 29.74%, 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.

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