CLIX Butterfly Strategy
CLIX (ProShares - Long Online/Short Stores ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should track the performance of the index. The index consists of long positions in the online retailers included in the ProShares Online Retail Index and short positions in the "bricks and mortar" retailers included in the Solactive-ProShares Bricks and Mortar Retail Store Index. The fund is non-diversified.
CLIX (ProShares - Long Online/Short Stores ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $7.3M, a beta of 0.98 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 48.27-62.855, average daily share volume of 1K, a public-listing history dating back to 2017. These structural characteristics shape how CLIX etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.98 places CLIX roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. CLIX pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on CLIX?
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.
Current CLIX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $58.20, ATM IV 22.70%, IV rank 21.01%, expected move 6.51%. The butterfly on CLIX below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 63-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on CLIX specifically: CLIX IV at 22.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a CLIX butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.51% (roughly $3.79 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CLIX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CLIX should anchor to the underlying notional of $58.20 per share and to the trader's directional view on CLIX etf.
CLIX butterfly setup
The CLIX butterfly below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CLIX near $58.20, the first option leg uses a $55.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CLIX chain at a 63-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 CLIX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $55.00 | $4.40 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $58.00 | $2.33 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $61.00 | $1.06 |
CLIX butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$81.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $210.26
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$81.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $55.81, $60.19
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 2.596
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.
CLIX butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on CLIX. 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% | -$81.00 |
| $12.88 | -77.9% | -$81.00 |
| $25.74 | -55.8% | -$81.00 |
| $38.61 | -33.7% | -$81.00 |
| $51.48 | -11.5% | -$81.00 |
| $64.35 | +10.6% | -$81.00 |
| $77.21 | +32.7% | -$81.00 |
| $90.08 | +54.8% | -$81.00 |
| $102.95 | +76.9% | -$81.00 |
| $115.82 | +99.0% | -$81.00 |
When traders use butterfly on CLIX
Butterflies on CLIX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect CLIX 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.
CLIX thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CLIX extends from approximately $54.41 on the downside to $61.99 on the upside. A CLIX long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if CLIX settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current CLIX IV rank near 21.01% 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 CLIX at 22.70%. As a Financial Services name, CLIX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CLIX-specific events.
CLIX 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. CLIX positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CLIX alongside the broader basket even when CLIX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CLIX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on CLIX?
- A butterfly on CLIX is the butterfly strategy applied to CLIX (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 CLIX etf trading near $58.20, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CLIX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CLIX 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 CLIX butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 22.70%), the computed maximum profit is $210.26 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$81.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CLIX butterfly?
- The breakeven for the CLIX butterfly priced on this page is roughly $55.81 and $60.19 at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current CLIX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 6.51%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on CLIX?
- Butterflies on CLIX are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect CLIX 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 CLIX implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- CLIX ATM IV is at 22.70% with IV rank near 21.01%, 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.