LILAK Iron Condor Strategy
LILAK (Liberty Latin America Ltd.), in the Communication Services sector, (Telecommunications Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Liberty Latin America Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides fixed, mobile, and subsea telecommunications services. The company operates through C&W Caribbean and Networks, C&W Panama, Liberty Puerto Rico, VTR, and Costa Rica segments. It offers communications and entertainment services, including video, broadband internet, fixed-line telephony, and mobile services to residential and business customers; and business products and services that include enterprise-grade connectivity, data center, hosting, and managed solutions, as well as information technology solutions for small and medium enterprises, international companies, and governmental agencies. The company also operates a sub-sea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network that connects approximately 40 markets. It provides its services in approximately 20 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Chile, and Costa Rica under the brands of C&W, VTR, Liberty Puerto Rico, Cabletica, BTC, UTS, Flow, and Móvil. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
LILAK (Liberty Latin America Ltd.) trades in the Communication Services sector, specifically Telecommunications Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.55B, a beta of 0.75 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 4.89-9.13, average daily share volume of 879K, a public-listing history dating back to 2015, approximately 10K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how LILAK stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.75 places LILAK 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 LILAK?
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 LILAK snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $7.36, ATM IV 110.70%, IV rank 55.42%, expected move 31.74%. The iron condor on LILAK 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 LILAK specifically: LILAK IV at 110.70% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so the credit collected on a LILAK iron condor sits in line with its long-run distribution, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 31.74% (roughly $2.34 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 LILAK expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LILAK should anchor to the underlying notional of $7.36 per share and to the trader's directional view on LILAK stock.
LILAK iron condor setup
The LILAK 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 LILAK near $7.36, the first option leg uses a $7.73 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LILAK 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 LILAK shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $7.73 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $8.10 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $6.99 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $6.62 | N/A |
LILAK 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.
LILAK iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on LILAK. 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 LILAK
Iron condors on LILAK are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if LILAK stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
LILAK thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LILAK extends from approximately $5.02 on the downside to $9.70 on the upside. A LILAK iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when LILAK 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 LILAK IV rank near 55.42% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the iron condor thesis on LILAK should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Communication Services name, LILAK options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LILAK-specific events.
LILAK 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. LILAK positions also carry Communication Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move LILAK alongside the broader basket even when LILAK-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on LILAK carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical LILAK earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current LILAK chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on LILAK?
- A iron condor on LILAK is the iron condor strategy applied to LILAK (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 LILAK stock trading near $7.36, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LILAK chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are LILAK 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 LILAK iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 110.70%), 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 LILAK iron condor?
- The breakeven for the LILAK 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 LILAK market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 31.74%; 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 LILAK?
- Iron condors on LILAK are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if LILAK stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current LILAK implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- LILAK ATM IV is at 110.70% with IV rank near 55.42%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.