NPWR Iron Condor Strategy
NPWR (NET Power Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Industrial - Machinery industry), listed on NYSE.
NET Power Inc. operates as a clean energy technology company. It invents, develops, and licenses clean power generation technology. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.
NPWR (NET Power Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Industrial - Machinery, with a market capitalization of approximately $204.1M, a beta of 1.03 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.455-5.2, average daily share volume of 786K, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 68 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NPWR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.03 places NPWR 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 NPWR?
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 NPWR snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.16, ATM IV 71.10%, IV rank 10.72%, expected move 20.38%. The iron condor on NPWR 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 NPWR specifically: NPWR IV at 71.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling NPWR iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 20.38% (roughly $0.44 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 NPWR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NPWR should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.16 per share and to the trader's directional view on NPWR stock.
NPWR iron condor setup
The NPWR 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 NPWR near $2.16, the first option leg uses a $2.27 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NPWR 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 NPWR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $2.27 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.38 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $2.05 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $1.94 | N/A |
NPWR 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.
NPWR iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on NPWR. 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 NPWR
Iron condors on NPWR are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if NPWR stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
NPWR thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NPWR extends from approximately $1.72 on the downside to $2.60 on the upside. A NPWR iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when NPWR 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 NPWR IV rank near 10.72% 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 NPWR at 71.10%. As a Industrials name, NPWR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NPWR-specific events.
NPWR 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. NPWR positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NPWR alongside the broader basket even when NPWR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on NPWR carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical NPWR earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current NPWR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on NPWR?
- A iron condor on NPWR is the iron condor strategy applied to NPWR (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 NPWR stock trading near $2.16, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NPWR chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NPWR 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 NPWR iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 71.10%), 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 NPWR iron condor?
- The breakeven for the NPWR 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 NPWR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 20.38%; 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 NPWR?
- Iron condors on NPWR are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if NPWR stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current NPWR implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- NPWR ATM IV is at 71.10% with IV rank near 10.72%, 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.