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Iron Condor

BEGINNER neutral Capped loss

Profit when a stock goes nowhere.

When to use it

Range-bound, low directional conviction, elevated IV. Sell a bull put spread AND a bear call spread. 21–45 DTE.

Max profit

Total net credit from both spreads.

Max loss

Wider wing width − net credit.

Payoff at expiry
illustrative shape — not to scale
profit zone loss zone X axis = stock price at expiry →
How it's built

Strikes shown low→high. Sell = collect premium · Buy = pay premium for protection or upside.

Hermes-evaluated setups

High-conviction per-ticker applications — setups with a confidence-adjusted win rate ≥ 80% over ≥20 backtested trades (95% lower bound — honest for the sample size, never a raw 100%). Avg P/L is the mean profit/loss per one-contract position.

Ticker Win Rate Avg P/L Sharpe Trades DTE
TMO 92% +$60.00 9.8 43 21
VXX 84% +$43.00 3.2 31 30
DDOG 92% +$37.00 7.4 43 21
HD 89% +$33.00 10.2 31 30
SPY 88% +$29.00 1.2 117 7
ASML 85% +$25.00 1.6 43 21
LOW 84% +$25.00 1.9 31 30
VOO 86% +$25.00 1.1 117 7
NKE 83% +$24.00 2.5 30 30
OXY 84% +$23.00 4.5 31 30
XOP 84% +$22.00 2.4 31 30
ABBV 81% +$22.00 1.7 43 21
CME 88% +$21.00 2.4 43 21
GD 84% +$21.00 1.8 31 30
XBI 84% +$20.00 3.3 31 30
QQQ 92% +$20.00 9.4 43 21
TXN 88% +$20.00 2.0 43 21
PEP 85% +$19.00 2.0 43 21
STRL 85% +$19.00 1.7 43 21
ABNB 81% +$19.00 1.0 43 21
ADBE 83% +$19.00 1.7 30 30
AMGN 88% +$18.00 1.3 43 21
LNG 89% +$18.00 8.7 31 30
NDX 82% +$18.00 0.8 60 14
CI 81% +$17.00 1.1 43 21
SMCI 84% +$16.00 3.3 31 30
QCOM 84% +$16.00 2.0 31 30
COP 89% +$16.00 7.6 31 30
MSTR 88% +$16.00 2.5 43 21
TMUS 81% +$15.00 1.3 43 21
HLT 85% +$15.00 1.2 43 21
MA 88% +$14.00 1.1 43 21
SNOW 85% +$14.00 0.6 63 14
AMD 84% +$14.00 2.1 31 30
XOM 89% +$14.00 8.9 31 30
MSFT 84% +$14.00 1.4 31 30
ULTA 85% +$14.00 1.0 43 21
AMAT 88% +$14.00 1.8 43 21
RTX 88% +$14.00 3.2 43 21
GILD 84% +$14.00 2.6 31 30

Backtested results are not a guarantee of future performance.