PRTS Iron Condor Strategy
PRTS (CarParts.com, Inc.), in the Consumer Cyclical sector, (Specialty Retail industry), listed on NASDAQ.
CarParts.com, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online provider of aftermarket auto parts and accessories in the United States and the Philippines. It offers replacement parts, such as parts for the exterior of an automobile; mirror products; engine and chassis components, as well as other mechanical and electrical parts; and performance parts and accessories to individual consumers through its network of e-commerce websites and online marketplaces. The company also sells auto parts to collision repair shops; markets Kool-Vue products to auto parts wholesale distributors; and aftermarket catalytic converters under the Evan Fischer brand. Its flagship websites include www.carparts.com, www.jcwhitney.com, www.autopartswarehouse.com and www.usautoparts.com. The company was formerly known as U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. and changed its name to CarParts.com, Inc. in July 2020.
PRTS (CarParts.com, Inc.) trades in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically Specialty Retail, with a market capitalization of approximately $50.7M, a beta of 0.84 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 0.37-1.36, average daily share volume of 662K, a public-listing history dating back to 2007, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PRTS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.84 places PRTS 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 PRTS?
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 PRTS snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $0.68, ATM IV 30.50%, IV rank 4.43%, expected move 8.74%. The iron condor on PRTS 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 PRTS specifically: PRTS IV at 30.50% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling PRTS iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 8.74% (roughly $0.06 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 PRTS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PRTS should anchor to the underlying notional of $0.68 per share and to the trader's directional view on PRTS stock.
PRTS iron condor setup
The PRTS 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 PRTS near $0.68, the first option leg uses a $0.71 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PRTS 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 PRTS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Call | $0.71 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $0.75 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $0.65 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $0.61 | N/A |
PRTS 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.
PRTS iron condor payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on PRTS. 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 PRTS
Iron condors on PRTS are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if PRTS stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
PRTS thesis for this iron condor
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PRTS extends from approximately $0.62 on the downside to $0.74 on the upside. A PRTS iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when PRTS 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 PRTS IV rank near 4.43% 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 PRTS at 30.50%. As a Consumer Cyclical name, PRTS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PRTS-specific events.
PRTS 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. PRTS positions also carry Consumer Cyclical sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PRTS alongside the broader basket even when PRTS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on PRTS carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical PRTS earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current PRTS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a iron condor on PRTS?
- A iron condor on PRTS is the iron condor strategy applied to PRTS (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 PRTS stock trading near $0.68, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PRTS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PRTS 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 PRTS iron condor priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 30.50%), 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 PRTS iron condor?
- The breakeven for the PRTS 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 PRTS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 8.74%; 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 PRTS?
- Iron condors on PRTS are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if PRTS stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
- How does current PRTS implied volatility affect this iron condor?
- PRTS ATM IV is at 30.50% with IV rank near 4.43%, 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.