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Double Plateau Calculator

Calculate Double Plateau profit, loss and breakevens using your own entry prices.

Your position

Illustrative starting values · USD

Use one stock or ETF and the same expiration for every option leg. Prices are per share.

Stock quantities are shares. Option quantities are contracts. Enter the total fees for the entire position once.

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How to use the Double Plateau calculator

Build the lower put Condor with +1 $80 put, −1 $85 put, −1 $90 put and +1 $95 put. Build the upper Call Condor with +1 $105 call, −1 $110 call, −1 $115 call and +1 $120 call. Use one expiration and equal quantities.

Understanding the payoff

Results add the payoff of each displayed leg, including quantities, entry prices and fees.

These formulas describe the standard strategy before fees. The results above include the total fees entered and are calculated from your actual legs.

Worked example

Assume XYZ starts at $100. Each Condor costs $1 per share-equivalent, so the eight-leg position costs $200. At $87, the lower Condor has $500 intrinsic value and the upper one expires worthless: profit is $300. The same profit occurs at $112. At $100 both Condors expire worthless, losing $200. Below $80 or above $120 the net intrinsic value is also zero.

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Assumptions and limits

This is an expiration payoff estimate, not a live option quote or a prediction. It assumes all option legs expire together on one stock or ETF, the stock price cannot be negative, and options settle at intrinsic value. The default multiplier is 100 shares per contract; adjust it for the contract being modeled. Early assignment, exercise decisions, dividends, interest, taxes, and slippage can change realized results. Cash requirements and broker margin are separate from maximum loss. Different expirations, futures options, and adjusted contracts with non-cash deliverables are not supported.

Method: add each leg’s intrinsic value at expiration, subtract its entry cost with the correct buy/sell sign, and subtract total fees. See Cboe’s worked spread example on Fidelity for a reference calculation.