NEXA Iron Condor Strategy
NEXA (Nexa Resources S.A.), in the Basic Materials sector, (Industrial Materials industry), listed on NYSE.
Nexa Resources S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the zinc mining and smelting business. The company also produces zinc, silver, gold, copper cement, lead, sulfuric acid, sulfur dioxide, copper sulfate, and limestone deposits. It owns and operates five underground polymetallic mines, including three located in the Central Andes of Peru; and two located in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The company also develops the Aripuanã project located in Mato Grosso, Brazil. It exports its products. The company was formerly known as VM Holding S.A. and changed its name to Nexa Resources S.A. in September 2017.
NEXA (Nexa Resources S.A.) trades in the Basic Materials sector, specifically Industrial Materials, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.96B, a trailing P/E of 14.75, a beta of 0.88 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 4.438-16.89, average daily share volume of 1.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 2017, approximately 6K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NEXA stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.88 places NEXA roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. NEXA pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on NEXA?
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 NEXA snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $14.63, ATM IV 73.40%, IV rank 16.58%, expected move 21.04%. The iron condor on NEXA 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 NEXA specifically: NEXA IV at 73.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling NEXA iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 21.04% (roughly $3.08 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 NEXA expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NEXA should anchor to the underlying notional of $14.63 per share and to the trader's directional view on NEXA stock.
NEXA iron condor setup
The NEXA 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 NEXA near $14.63, the first option leg uses a $15.36 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NEXA 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 NEXA shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $15.36 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $16.09 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $13.90 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $13.17 | N/A |
NEXA 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.
NEXA iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on NEXA. 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 NEXA
Iron condors on NEXA are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if NEXA stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
NEXA thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NEXA extends from approximately $11.55 on the downside to $17.71 on the upside. A NEXA iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when NEXA 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 NEXA IV rank near 16.58% 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 NEXA at 73.40%. As a Basic Materials name, NEXA options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NEXA-specific events.
NEXA 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. NEXA positions also carry Basic Materials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NEXA alongside the broader basket even when NEXA-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on NEXA carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical NEXA earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current NEXA chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on NEXA?
- A iron condor on NEXA is the iron condor strategy applied to NEXA (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 NEXA stock trading near $14.63, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NEXA chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NEXA 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 NEXA iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 73.40%), 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 NEXA iron condor?
- The breakeven for the NEXA 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 NEXA market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 21.04%; 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 NEXA?
- Iron condors on NEXA are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if NEXA stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current NEXA implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- NEXA ATM IV is at 73.40% with IV rank near 16.58%, 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.