How are UNH 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 UNH iron condor priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 25.37%), the computed maximum profit is $555.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,444.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a UNH iron condor?

The breakeven for the UNH iron condor priced on this page is roughly $374.45 and $425.56 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 UNH market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 7.27%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current UNH implied volatility affect this iron condor?

UNH ATM IV is at 25.37% with IV rank near 0.79%, 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.

UNH Iron Condor Strategy

UNH (UnitedHealth Group Incorporated), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Healthcare Plans industry), listed on NYSE.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) operates as a comprehensive healthcare enterprise across the United States, structuring its diverse services into four key divisions: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment provides a wide array of health benefit plans and consumer-focused services. These offerings cater to a broad spectrum of clients, including large national corporations, public sector employers, mid-sized and small businesses, and individual consumers. It also delivers specialized health coverage and wellness programs tailored for individuals aged 50 and older, addressing their needs for preventive and acute care, chronic disease management, and other age-specific health issues. This division further encompasses Medicaid plans, children's health insurance, dental benefits, and various hospital and clinical services. Optum Health focuses on delivering direct healthcare solutions and management services.

UNH (UnitedHealth Group Incorporated) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Healthcare Plans, with a market capitalization of approximately $368.33B, a trailing P/E of 26.02, a beta of 0.63 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 255.97-461.62, average daily share volume of 7.0M, a public-listing history dating back to 1984, approximately 390K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how UNH stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 0.63 indicates UNH has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. UNH pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a iron condor on UNH?

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.

UNH snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $402.21, ATM IV 25.37%, IV rank 0.79%, expected move 7.27%. The iron condor on UNH 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 28-day expiry.

Why this iron condor structure on UNH specifically: UNH IV at 25.37% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling UNH iron condor collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.27% (roughly $29.26 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated UNH expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on UNH should anchor to the underlying notional of $402.21 per share and to the trader's directional view on UNH stock.

UNH iron condor setup

The UNH 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 UNH at $402.21 on that close, the first option leg uses a $420.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed UNH chain at a 28-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 UNH shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Sell 1	Call	$420.00	$4.75
Buy 1	Call	$440.00	$1.41
Sell 1	Put	$380.00	$3.13
Buy 1	Put	$360.00	$0.91

UNH iron condor risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: +$555.50
Max Profit (per contract): $555.50
Max Loss (per contract): -$1,444.50
Breakeven(s): $374.45, $425.56
Risk / Reward Ratio: 0.385

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.

UNH iron condor payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the iron condor on UNH. 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	-$1,444.50
$88.94	-77.9%	-$1,444.50
$177.87	-55.8%	-$1,444.50
$266.80	-33.7%	-$1,444.50
$355.73	-11.6%	-$1,444.50
$444.66	+10.6%	-$1,444.50
$533.59	+32.7%	-$1,444.50
$622.52	+54.8%	-$1,444.50
$711.45	+76.9%	-$1,444.50
$800.38	+99.0%	-$1,444.50

When traders use iron condor on UNH

Iron condors on UNH are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if UNH stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.

UNH thesis for this iron condor

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for UNH extends from approximately $372.95 on the downside to $431.47 on the upside. A UNH iron condor is a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that pays off when UNH 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 UNH IV rank near 0.79% 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 UNH at 25.37%. As a Healthcare name, UNH options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to UNH-specific events.

UNH 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. UNH positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move UNH alongside the broader basket even when UNH-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a iron condor on UNH carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical UNH earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current UNH chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a iron condor on UNH?: A iron condor on UNH is the iron condor strategy applied to UNH (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 UNH stock at $402.21 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed UNH chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are UNH 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 UNH iron condor priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 25.37%), the computed maximum profit is $555.50 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,444.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a UNH iron condor?: The breakeven for the UNH iron condor priced on this page is roughly $374.45 and $425.56 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 UNH market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 7.27%; 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 UNH?: Iron condors on UNH are a delta-neutral premium-collection structure that profits if UNH stock stays inside the inner short strikes; short strikes typically sit near 1 standard deviation from spot.
How does current UNH implied volatility affect this iron condor?: UNH ATM IV is at 25.37% with IV rank near 0.79%, 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.