Credit, risk and breakeven win rate for nine SPY condor structures
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-10-05, from Iron Condor Win Rate and Expectancy.
| label | credit_dollars | risk_dollars | advertised_win_rate_pct | breakeven_win_rate_pct | condor_count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5 wide, 25 delta | 2.05 | 2.95 | 50.2 | 59.1 | 191 |
| $5 wide, 16 delta | 1.19 | 3.81 | 68.1 | 76.1 | 189 |
| $5 wide, 10 delta | 0.68 | 4.32 | 80.1 | 86.4 | 189 |
| $10 wide, 25 delta | 3.6 | 6.4 | 50.1 | 64 | 191 |
| $10 wide, 16 delta | 2.05 | 7.95 | 68.1 | 79.5 | 182 |
| $10 wide, 10 delta | 1.15 | 8.85 | 80.1 | 88.5 | 188 |
| $20 wide, 25 delta | 5.69 | 14.31 | 50 | 71.5 | 190 |
| $20 wide, 16 delta | 3.19 | 16.81 | 68.1 | 84 | 176 |
| $20 wide, 10 delta | 1.77 | 18.23 | 80.1 | 91.2 | 188 |
- Rows × columns
- 9 × 6
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
label |
text | 9 distinct values | |
credit_dollars |
number | 0.68 to 5.69 | |
risk_dollars |
number | 2.95 to 18.23 | |
advertised_win_rate_pct |
number | 50 to 80.1 | percent |
breakeven_win_rate_pct |
number | 59.1 to 91.2 | percent |
condor_count |
number | 176 to 191 | count |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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WITH chain AS
(
SELECT
date,
expiration_date,
toFloat64(strike_price) AS strike,
toFloat64(option_close) AS premium,
delta,
multiIf(abs(delta) BETWEEN 0.08 AND 0.12, '10 delta',
abs(delta) BETWEEN 0.14 AND 0.18, '16 delta',
abs(delta) BETWEEN 0.22 AND 0.28, '25 delta', '') AS short_bucket
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND date >= '2026-07-01'
AND date < '2026-10-01'
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND option_close > 0
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 28 AND 45
),
wings AS
(
SELECT date, expiration_date, strike, premium, delta, arrayJoin([5, 10, 20]) AS width
FROM chain
),
put_wing AS
(
SELECT
s.date AS d,
s.expiration_date AS e,
s.short_bucket AS b,
l.width AS w,
avg(s.premium - l.premium) AS put_credit,
avg(abs(s.delta)) AS put_delta
FROM chain AS s
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT date, expiration_date, strike + width AS paired_strike, premium, delta, width
FROM wings
) AS l
ON s.date = l.date
AND s.expiration_date = l.expiration_date
AND s.strike = l.paired_strike
WHERE s.delta < 0
AND l.delta < 0
AND s.short_bucket != ''
AND s.premium > l.premium
AND s.premium - l.premium < l.width
GROUP BY d, e, b, w
),
call_wing AS
(
SELECT
s.date AS d,
s.expiration_date AS e,
s.short_bucket AS b,
l.width AS w,
avg(s.premium - l.premium) AS call_credit,
avg(abs(s.delta)) AS call_delta
FROM chain AS s
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT date, expiration_date, strike - width AS paired_strike, premium, delta, width
FROM wings
) AS l
ON s.date = l.date
AND s.expiration_date = l.expiration_date
AND s.strike = l.paired_strike
WHERE s.delta > 0
AND l.delta > 0
AND s.short_bucket != ''
AND s.premium > l.premium
AND s.premium - l.premium < l.width
GROUP BY d, e, b, w
)
SELECT
concat('$', toString(p.w), ' wide, ', p.b) AS label,
round(avg(p.put_credit + c.call_credit), 2) AS credit_dollars,
round(avg(p.w - (p.put_credit + c.call_credit)), 2) AS risk_dollars,
round(100 - 100 * avg(p.put_delta + c.call_delta), 1) AS advertised_win_rate_pct,
round(100 * avg((p.w - (p.put_credit + c.call_credit)) / p.w), 1) AS breakeven_win_rate_pct,
count() AS condor_count
FROM put_wing AS p
INNER JOIN call_wing AS c
ON p.d = c.d AND p.e = c.e AND p.b = c.b AND p.w = c.w
GROUP BY p.w, p.b
ORDER BY p.w ASC, advertised_win_rate_pct ASC
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