CORD Butterfly Strategy
CORD (ETF Opportunities Trust - T-Rex 2x Inverse CRWV Daily Target ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.
CORD is designed for making bearish bets on the stock price of CoreWeave Incorporated through swap agreements. The objective is to obtain daily inverse exposure equivalent to -200% of the fund's net assets. To maintain this exposure, daily rebalancing is performed to make adjustments in response to CRWV's daily price movements. As a geared product, the fund is intended as a short-term tactical tool, rather than as a long-term investment vehicle. As a result, returns may deviate from the expected -2x if held for longer than a single day due to compounding. This strategy is high-risk and does not include a defensive position as part of its overall process.
CORD (ETF Opportunities Trust - T-Rex 2x Inverse CRWV Daily Target ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $25.5M, a beta of -4.87 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.87-67.545, average daily share volume of 7.8M, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how CORD etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -4.87 indicates CORD has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure.
What is a butterfly on CORD?
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.
CORD snapshot
As of September 29, 2026, spot at $3.02, ATM IV 131.70%, IV rank 30.51%, expected move 37.76%. The butterfly on CORD below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 80-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on CORD specifically: CORD IV at 131.70% is mid-range versus its 1-year history, so strategy selection should anchor more to the directional thesis than to the IV regime, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 37.76% (roughly $1.14 on the underlying). The 80-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CORD expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CORD should anchor to the underlying notional of $3.02 per share and to the trader's directional view on CORD etf.
CORD butterfly setup
The CORD butterfly below is built from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CORD at $3.02 on that close, the first option leg uses a $2.87 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CORD chain at a 80-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 CORD shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $2.87 | N/A |
| Sell 2 | Call | $3.02 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Call | $3.17 | N/A |
CORD butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
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.
CORD butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on CORD. 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.
When traders use butterfly on CORD
Butterflies on CORD are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect CORD 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.
CORD thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CORD extends from approximately $1.88 on the downside to $4.16 on the upside. A CORD long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if CORD settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current CORD IV rank near 30.51% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the butterfly thesis on CORD should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Financial Services name, CORD options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CORD-specific events.
CORD 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. CORD positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CORD alongside the broader basket even when CORD-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CORD chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on CORD?
- A butterfly on CORD is the butterfly strategy applied to CORD (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 CORD etf at $3.02 on the September 29, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CORD chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CORD 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 CORD butterfly priced from the September 29, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 131.70%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CORD butterfly?
- The breakeven for the CORD butterfly priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the September 29, 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 CORD market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 37.76%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on CORD?
- Butterflies on CORD are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect CORD 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 CORD implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- CORD ATM IV is at 131.70% with IV rank near 30.51%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.