OBDC Iron Condor Strategy
OBDC (Blue Owl Capital Corporation), in the Financial Services sector, (Financial - Credit Services industry), listed on NYSE.
Owl Rock Capital Corporation is a business development company. The fund makes investments in senior secured or unsecured loans, subordinated loans or mezzanine loans and also considers equity-related securities including warrants and preferred stocks also pursues preferred equity investments and common equity investments. Within private equity, it seeks to invest in growth, acquisitions, market or product expansion, refinancings and recapitalizations. It seeks to invest in middle market companies based in the United States, with EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million annually and/or annual revenue of $50 million and $2.5 billion at the time of investment.
OBDC (Blue Owl Capital Corporation) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Financial - Credit Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $5.54B, a trailing P/E of 15.46, a beta of 0.69 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 10.52-15.185, average daily share volume of 5.9M, a public-listing history dating back to 2019. These structural characteristics shape how OBDC stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.69 indicates OBDC has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. OBDC pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a iron condor on OBDC?
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 OBDC snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $11.23, ATM IV 18.30%, IV rank 5.43%, expected move 5.25%. The iron condor on OBDC 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 OBDC specifically: OBDC IV at 18.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling OBDC iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.25% (roughly $0.59 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 OBDC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on OBDC should anchor to the underlying notional of $11.23 per share and to the trader's directional view on OBDC stock.
OBDC iron condor setup
The OBDC 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 OBDC near $11.23, the first option leg uses a $11.79 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed OBDC 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 OBDC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $11.79 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $12.35 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $10.67 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $10.11 | N/A |
OBDC 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.
OBDC iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on OBDC. 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 OBDC
Iron condors on OBDC are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if OBDC stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
OBDC thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for OBDC extends from approximately $10.64 on the downside to $11.82 on the upside. A OBDC iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when OBDC 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 OBDC IV rank near 5.43% 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 OBDC at 18.30%. As a Financial Services name, OBDC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to OBDC-specific events.
OBDC 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. OBDC positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move OBDC alongside the broader basket even when OBDC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on OBDC carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical OBDC earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current OBDC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on OBDC?
- A iron condor on OBDC is the iron condor strategy applied to OBDC (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 OBDC stock trading near $11.23, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed OBDC chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are OBDC 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 OBDC iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 18.30%), 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 OBDC iron condor?
- The breakeven for the OBDC 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 OBDC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 5.25%; 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 OBDC?
- Iron condors on OBDC are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if OBDC stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current OBDC implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- OBDC ATM IV is at 18.30% with IV rank near 5.43%, 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.