Bond market conditions affect options sellers primarily through two channels: equity market volatility and the opportunity cost of capital. When bond yields…
Trading iron condors in a post-election market is workable — but it requires understanding how volatility behaves after major political events and adjusting…
Iron condor performance is not uniform across all market conditions. The strategy has a specific structural profile: it wins when prices stay range-bound and…
2026 could be a productive year for iron condor traders for a specific reason: the market environment that tends to reward premium-selling strategies —…
Q1 2026 iron condor performance will depend primarily on three factors: how implied volatility behaves after the post-holiday reset, whether the Fed's rate…
Iron condors thrive in specific conditions and struggle in others. As you head into 2026, knowing which conditions favor the strategy and which create…
The options market in 2026 will be shaped by several forces that are already visible at the end of 2025. This is not a forecast — no one can reliably predict…
2025 was a year defined by shifting volatility regimes, persistent rate environment uncertainty, and continued growth in short-dated options activity. For…
Q4 2025 presented iron condor traders with a familiar mix of opportunities and challenges: earnings season in October, end-of-year positioning in November, and…
Looking back across 2025, the iron condor strategy operated in market conditions that tested several of its defining characteristics. This is a market…
VIX options allow traders to buy protection against sharp spikes in market volatility. When the stock market drops suddenly, the VIX — the CBOE Volatility…
Q3 2025 — July through September — is a historically interesting quarter for iron condor traders. It combines a summer slowdown in market activity, a…