How are LOW 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 LOW iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 35.25%), the computed maximum profit is $385.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$615.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a LOW iron condor?

The breakeven for the LOW iron condor priced on this page is roughly $206.15 and $238.85 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 LOW market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.10%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current LOW implied volatility affect this iron condor?

LOW ATM IV is at 35.25% with IV rank near 92.23%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.

LOW Iron Condor Strategy

LOW (Lowe's Companies, Inc.), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Home Improvement industry), listed on NYSE.

Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. The company offers a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. It provides home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lawn and garden, lumber, kitchens and bath, tools, paint, millwork, hardware, flooring, rough plumbing, building materials, decor, lighting, and electrical. It also offers installation services through independent contractors in various product categories; extended protection plans; and in-warranty and out-of-warranty repair services. The company sells its national brand-name merchandise and private brand products to homeowners, renters, and professional customers. As of January 28, 2022, it operated 1,971 home improvement and hardware stores.

LOW (Lowe's Companies, Inc.) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Home Improvement, with a market capitalization of approximately $123.43B, a trailing P/E of 18.51, a beta of 0.90 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 210.33-293.06, average daily share volume of 2.7M, a public-listing history dating back to 1980, approximately 300K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how LOW stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.90 places LOW roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. LOW pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a iron condor on LOW?

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 LOW snapshot

As of May 14, 2026, spot at $222.85, ATM IV 35.25%, IV rank 92.23%, expected move 10.10%. The iron condor on LOW 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 LOW specifically: LOW IV at 35.25% is rich versus its 1-year range, which favors premium-selling structures like a LOW iron condor, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 10.10% (roughly $22.52 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 LOW expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on LOW should anchor to the underlying notional of $222.85 per share and to the trader's directional view on LOW stock.

LOW iron condor setup

The LOW 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 LOW near $222.85, the first option leg uses a $235.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed LOW 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 LOW shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Call	$235.00	$3.05
Buy 1	Call	$245.00	$1.75
Sell 1	Put	$210.00	$4.80
Buy 1	Put	$200.00	$2.25

LOW iron condor risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$385.00
Max Profit (per contract): $385.00
Max Loss (per contract): -$615.00
Breakeven(s): $206.15, $238.85
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.626

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.

LOW iron condor payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on LOW. 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%	-$615.00
$49.28	-77.9%	-$615.00
$98.55	-55.8%	-$615.00
$147.83	-33.7%	-$615.00
$197.10	-11.6%	-$615.00
$246.37	+10.6%	-$615.00
$295.64	+32.7%	-$615.00
$344.92	+54.8%	-$615.00
$394.19	+76.9%	-$615.00
$443.46	+99.0%	-$615.00

When traders use iron condor on LOW

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

LOW thesis for this iron condor

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for LOW extends from approximately $200.33 on the downside to $245.37 on the upside. A LOW iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when LOW 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 LOW IV rank near 92.23% sits in the upper third of its 1-year distribution, which historically reverts; this raises the bar for premium-buying structures and lowers it for premium-selling structures on LOW at 35.25%. As a Consumer Cyclical name, LOW options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to LOW-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a iron condor on LOW?: A iron condor on LOW is the iron condor strategy applied to LOW (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 LOW stock trading near $222.85, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed LOW chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are LOW 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 LOW iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 35.25%), the computed maximum profit is $385.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$615.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a LOW iron condor?: The breakeven for the LOW iron condor priced on this page is roughly $206.15 and $238.85 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 LOW market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 10.10%; 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 LOW?: Iron condors on LOW are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if LOW stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
How does current LOW implied volatility affect this iron condor?: LOW ATM IV is at 35.25% with IV rank near 92.23%, which is elevated relative to its 1-year range. Premium-selling structures (covered call, cash-secured put, iron condor) generally look more attractive when IV rank is high; premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are more expensive in that regime.