NVMI Iron Condor Strategy
NVMI (Nova Ltd.), in the Technology sector, (Semiconductors industry), listed on NASDAQ.
Nova Ltd. is a global innovator specializing in the design, development, production, and sale of sophisticated process control systems vital for semiconductor manufacturing. Its extensive reach covers key regions such as Israel, Taiwan, the United States, China, and Korea, in addition to other international markets. The company's advanced product range includes a suite of metrology platforms, enabling precise measurements of dimensions, films, materials, and chemical compositions. These capabilities are crucial for ensuring meticulous process control throughout various stages of semiconductor fabrication, including lithography, etching, chemical mechanical planarization, deposition, electrochemical plating, and advanced packaging. Nova serves diverse segments of the integrated circuit manufacturing industry, providing solutions to leading logic, foundry, and memory producers, as well as manufacturers of process equipment. Headquartered in Rehovot, Israel, and established in 1993, the company changed its name to Nova Ltd. in July 2021, having previously been known as Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd.
NVMI (Nova Ltd.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Semiconductors, with a market capitalization of approximately $12.90B, a trailing P/E of 48.17, a beta of 1.78 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 232.73-615.99, average daily share volume of 468K, a public-listing history dating back to 2000, approximately 2K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how NVMI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.78 indicates NVMI has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. The trailing P/E of 48.17 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.
What is a iron condor on NVMI?
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.
NVMI snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $418.59, ATM IV 60.50%, IV rank 25.39%, expected move 17.34%. The iron condor on NVMI below is built from the August 14, 2026 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 NVMI specifically: NVMI IV at 60.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling NVMI iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 17.34% (roughly $72.60 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 NVMI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on NVMI should anchor to the underlying notional of $418.59 per share and to the trader's directional view on NVMI stock.
NVMI iron condor setup
The NVMI iron condor below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With NVMI at $418.59 on that close, the first option leg uses a $440.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed NVMI 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 NVMI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $440.00 | $23.15 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $460.00 | $16.75 |
| Sell 1 | Put | $400.00 | $21.85 |
| Buy 1 | Put | $380.00 | $14.85 |
NVMI iron condor risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$1,340.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $1,340.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$660.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $386.60, $453.40
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 2.030
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.
NVMI iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on NVMI. 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% | -$660.00 |
| $92.56 | -77.9% | -$660.00 |
| $185.11 | -55.8% | -$660.00 |
| $277.66 | -33.7% | -$660.00 |
| $370.22 | -11.6% | -$660.00 |
| $462.77 | +10.6% | -$660.00 |
| $555.32 | +32.7% | -$660.00 |
| $647.87 | +54.8% | -$660.00 |
| $740.42 | +76.9% | -$660.00 |
| $832.97 | +99.0% | -$660.00 |
When traders use iron condor on NVMI
Iron condors on NVMI are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if NVMI stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
NVMI thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for NVMI extends from approximately $345.99 on the downside to $491.19 on the upside. A NVMI iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when NVMI 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 NVMI IV rank near 25.39% 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 NVMI at 60.50%. As a Technology name, NVMI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to NVMI-specific events.
NVMI 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. NVMI positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move NVMI alongside the broader basket even when NVMI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on NVMI carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical NVMI earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current NVMI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on NVMI?
- A iron condor on NVMI is the iron condor strategy applied to NVMI (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 NVMI stock at $418.59 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed NVMI chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are NVMI 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 NVMI iron condor priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 60.50%), the computed maximum profit is $1,340.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$660.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a NVMI iron condor?
- The breakeven for the NVMI iron condor priced on this page is roughly $386.60 and $453.40 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The NVMI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 17.34%; 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 NVMI?
- Iron condors on NVMI are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if NVMI stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current NVMI implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- NVMI ATM IV is at 60.50% with IV rank near 25.39%, 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.