The Iron Condor is an advanced options trading strategy designed to profit from an asset that remains within a specific price range over a certain period. Typically, it involves selling two out-of-the-money options, a call, and a put, while simultaneously purchasing further out-of-the-money call and put options to protect against potential losses. By doing so, the investor creates a "range" in which they can profit from the stock or index's lack of significant movement.

Many Kalshi markets allow you to adopt Iron Condor-like characteristics in a simplified way. One such market type is called a Mutually Exclusive Market, which enables you to buy certain contracts within a ranged value. For example, with the S&P500 daily markets, you can price a contract for a price range from from 4,050 to 4,099.99.

Markets on Kalshi that are Mutually Exclusive include Fed Rates, EUR/USD and other Forex, Weather, and Treasury Yields.

You can also easily create a similar Iron Condor structure in our Above/Below markets, such as our Fed interest rates. For example, if you think interest rates will be 5%, you can buy Yes for Above 4.75% and no for Above 5%. The return profile would look like this:

Markets on Kalshi that are Above/Below include Inflation, Presidential Approval Rating, Unemployment, and WTI Oil.

Reverse Iron Condor

You can also create Reverse Iron Condor structures in two ways:

1. Buying a No on the Mutually Exclusive Market or
2. By pairing a No of inflation above X% contract and and Yes on inflation Y% contract.

An example of buying No for a Mutually Exclusive Market on the S&P 4,050 to 4,099.99 would look like this:

Another example, utilizing Above/Below markets, would be if you think inflation will either be below 5% or above 5%, you can buy the No for above 4.75% and Yes for above 5%.

There are some subtle differences between Iron Condor-like structures on Kalshi and your typical Iron Condor:

1. They are simpler on Kalshi - rather than buying multiple puts and calls, you just buy one contract.
2. There is infinite convexity at the borders, which means even more leverage! (the iron condors have high convexity, but not infinite)
3. No theta decay, it’s either in or out – so you don’t need to rush to sell.
   

While there are some differences, Kalshi’s Mutually Exclusive markets and Above/Below markets have many of the same benefits as an Iron Condor.

1. High upside potential without heavy margin.
2. Fixed profit and losses within a bound range.
3. Short-maturities.

For more example strategies on Kalshi, check out https://kalshi.com/blog.

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