PD Iron Condor Strategy
PD (PagerDuty, Inc.), in the Technology sector, (Software - Application industry), listed on NYSE.
PagerDuty, Inc. offers a digital platform designed for operations management, with its reach extending throughout the United States, Japan, and other international regions. This advanced platform is capable of receiving digital signals from virtually any software-powered system or device. It then leverages robust machine learning capabilities to discern relationships, process incoming data, and forecast potential openings or issues. The company caters to a diverse range of industries, including software and technology, telecommunications, retail, travel and hospitality, media and entertainment, and financial services. PagerDuty, Inc. was established in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.
PD (PagerDuty, Inc.) trades in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Application, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.04B, a trailing P/E of 4.81, a beta of 0.92 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 5.7-17.29, average daily share volume of 2.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2019, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PD stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.92 places PD roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 4.81 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price.
What is a iron condor on PD?
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.
PD snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $11.93, ATM IV 81.60%, IV rank 18.73%, expected move 23.39%. The iron condor on PD below is built from the 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 PD specifically: PD IV at 81.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling PD iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 23.39% (roughly $2.79 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 PD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PD should anchor to the underlying notional of $11.93 per share and to the trader's directional view on PD stock.
PD iron condor setup
The PD 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 PD at $11.93 on that close, the first option leg uses a $12.53 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PD 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 PD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $12.53 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $13.12 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $11.33 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $10.74 | N/A |
PD 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.
PD iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on PD. 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 PD
Iron condors on PD are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if PD stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
PD thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PD extends from approximately $9.14 on the downside to $14.72 on the upside. A PD iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when PD 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 PD IV rank near 18.73% 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 PD at 81.60%. As a Technology name, PD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PD-specific events.
PD 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. PD positions also carry Technology sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PD alongside the broader basket even when PD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on PD carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical PD earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current PD chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on PD?
- A iron condor on PD is the iron condor strategy applied to PD (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 PD stock at $11.93 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PD chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PD 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 PD iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 81.60%), 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 PD iron condor?
- The breakeven for the PD iron condor priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the 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 PD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 23.39%; 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 PD?
- Iron condors on PD are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if PD stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current PD implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- PD ATM IV is at 81.60% with IV rank near 18.73%, 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.