LKFN Iron Condor Strategy
LKFN (Lakeland Financial Corporation), in the Financial Services sector, (Banks - Regional industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Lakeland Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Lake City Bank that provides various banking products and services. The company accepts various deposit products, such as noninterest bearing, interest-bearing checking, savings, money market, NOW, and demand deposits. Its loan products include commercial and industrial, commercial real estate and multi-family residential, agri-business and agricultural, consumer 1-4 family mortgage, and other consumer loans. The company also offers retail and merchant credit card services; corporate treasury management, wealth advisory, and trust services; retail brokerage services, including various financial and investment products, such as annuities and life insurance; and mobile business banking and on-line treasury management services. It serves commercial real estate, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, retail, wholesale, finance and insurance, accommodation and food services, and health care industries. As of December 31, 2021, the company operated 51 offices in fifteen counties, including 45 offices in northern Indiana and six offices in central Indiana.
LKFN (Lakeland Financial Corporation) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Banks - Regional, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.45B, a trailing P/E of 13.42, a beta of 0.74 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 54.36-69.4, average daily share volume of 175K, a public-listing history dating back to 1997, approximately 647 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how LKFN stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.74 places LKFN roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. LKFN pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on LKFN?
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 LKFN snapshot
As of May 14, 2026, spot at $58.25, ATM IV 39.40%, IV rank 4.51%, expected move 11.30%. The iron condor on LKFN 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 35-day expiry.
Why this iron condor structure on LKFN specifically: LKFN IV at 39.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling LKFN iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.30% (roughly $6.58 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 LKFN expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LKFN should anchor to the underlying notional of $58.25 per share and to the trader's directional view on LKFN stock.
LKFN iron condor setup
The LKFN 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 LKFN near $58.25, the first option leg uses a $61.16 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LKFN 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 LKFN shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $61.16 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $64.08 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $55.34 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $52.43 | N/A |
LKFN 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.
LKFN iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on LKFN. 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 LKFN
Iron condors on LKFN are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if LKFN stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
LKFN thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LKFN extends from approximately $51.67 on the downside to $64.83 on the upside. A LKFN iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when LKFN 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 LKFN IV rank near 4.51% 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 LKFN at 39.40%. As a Financial Services name, LKFN options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LKFN-specific events.
LKFN 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. LKFN positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move LKFN alongside the broader basket even when LKFN-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on LKFN carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical LKFN earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current LKFN chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on LKFN?
- A iron condor on LKFN is the iron condor strategy applied to LKFN (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 LKFN stock trading near $58.25, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LKFN chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are LKFN 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 LKFN iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 39.40%), 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 LKFN iron condor?
- The breakeven for the LKFN 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 LKFN market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.30%; 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 LKFN?
- Iron condors on LKFN are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if LKFN stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current LKFN implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- LKFN ATM IV is at 39.40% with IV rank near 4.51%, 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.