AVLV Butterfly Strategy
AVLV (Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
American Century ETF Trust - Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by American Century Investment Management Inc. The fund invests in public equity markets of the United States. It invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund invests in value stocks of large cap companies, within the market capitalization range of the Russell 1000 Value Index. It seeks to benchmark the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 1000 and the Russell 1000 Value Index.
AVLV (Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $13.45B, a beta of 0.86 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 70.1-95.315, average daily share volume of 1.4M, a public-listing history dating back to 2021, approximately 15 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how AVLV etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.86 places AVLV roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. AVLV pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on AVLV?
A long call butterfly buys one lower-strike call, sells two ATM calls, and buys one higher-strike call, paying a small net debit for a defined-risk position that maxes out if the underlying pins the middle strike at expiration.
AVLV snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $95.03, ATM IV 18.60%, IV rank 1.56%, expected move 5.33%. The butterfly on AVLV below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on AVLV specifically: AVLV IV at 18.60% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a AVLV butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.33% (roughly $5.07 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated AVLV expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on AVLV should anchor to the underlying notional of $95.03 per share and to the trader's directional view on AVLV etf.
AVLV butterfly setup
The AVLV butterfly below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With AVLV at $95.03 on that close, the first option leg uses a $90.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed AVLV chain at a 35-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 AVLV shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $90.00 | $5.30 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $95.00 | $2.28 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $100.00 | $0.57 |
AVLV butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$131.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $324.75
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$131.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $91.31, $98.69
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 2.479
Max profit equals the wing width minus net debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins the middle strike); max loss equals the net debit times 100. Two breakevens at lower-wing plus debit and upper-wing minus debit.
AVLV butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on AVLV. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | -$131.00 |
| $21.02 | -77.9% | -$131.00 |
| $42.03 | -55.8% | -$131.00 |
| $63.04 | -33.7% | -$131.00 |
| $84.05 | -11.6% | -$131.00 |
| $105.06 | +10.6% | -$131.00 |
| $126.07 | +32.7% | -$131.00 |
| $147.08 | +54.8% | -$131.00 |
| $168.09 | +76.9% | -$131.00 |
| $189.10 | +99.0% | -$131.00 |
When traders use butterfly on AVLV
Butterflies on AVLV are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect AVLV to settle near a specific level at expiration (often the prior close, a round number, or the max-pain strike) and want defined-risk exposure to that outcome.
AVLV thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for AVLV extends from approximately $89.96 on the downside to $100.10 on the upside. A AVLV long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if AVLV settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current AVLV IV rank near 1.56% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on AVLV at 18.60%. As a Financial Services name, AVLV options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to AVLV-specific events.
AVLV butterfly positions are structurally neutral / pin (limited-risk, limited-reward); the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. AVLV positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move AVLV alongside the broader basket even when AVLV-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current AVLV chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on AVLV?
- A butterfly on AVLV is the butterfly strategy applied to AVLV (etf). The strategy is structurally neutral / pin (limited-risk, limited-reward): A long call butterfly buys one lower-strike call, sells two ATM calls, and buys one higher-strike call, paying a small net debit for a defined-risk position that maxes out if the underlying pins the middle strike at expiration. With AVLV etf at $95.03 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed AVLV chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are AVLV butterfly max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals the wing width minus net debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins the middle strike); max loss equals the net debit times 100. Two breakevens at lower-wing plus debit and upper-wing minus debit. For the AVLV butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 18.60%), the computed maximum profit is $324.75 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$131.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a AVLV butterfly?
- The breakeven for the AVLV butterfly priced on this page is roughly $91.31 and $98.69 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The AVLV market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 5.33%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on AVLV?
- Butterflies on AVLV are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect AVLV to settle near a specific level at expiration (often the prior close, a round number, or the max-pain strike) and want defined-risk exposure to that outcome.
- How does current AVLV implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- AVLV ATM IV is at 18.60% with IV rank near 1.56%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.