EZET Butterfly Strategy

EZET (Franklin Ethereum ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on CBOE.

EZET seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of ether before payment of the fund's expenses.

EZET (Franklin Ethereum ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $61.6M, a beta of 2.74 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 13.68-36.88, average daily share volume of 118K, a public-listing history dating back to 2024. These structural characteristics shape how EZET etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of 2.74 indicates EZET has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.

What is a butterfly on EZET?

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 EZET snapshot

As of May 15, 2026, spot at $16.85, ATM IV 49.80%, expected move 14.28%. The butterfly on EZET 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 34-day expiry.

Why this butterfly structure on EZET specifically: IV rank is unavailable in the current snapshot, so regime-based timing for EZET is inferred from ATM IV at 49.80% alone, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 14.28% (roughly $2.41 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated EZET expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on EZET should anchor to the underlying notional of $16.85 per share and to the trader's directional view on EZET etf.

EZET butterfly setup

The EZET 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 EZET near $16.85, the first option leg uses a $16.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed EZET chain at a 34-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 EZET shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

ActionTypeStrike / BasisPremium (est)
Buy 1Call$16.00$1.60
Sell 2Call$17.00$1.18
Buy 1Call$18.00$0.79

EZET butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit
-$3.00
Max Profit (per contract)
$90.96
Max Loss (per contract)
-$3.00
Breakeven(s)
$15.98, $18.01
Risk / Reward Ratio
30.322

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.

EZET butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on EZET. 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 SpotP&L at Expiration
$0.01-99.9%-$3.00
$3.73-77.8%-$3.00
$7.46-55.7%-$3.00
$11.18-33.6%-$3.00
$14.91-11.5%-$3.00
$18.63+10.6%-$3.00
$22.36+32.7%-$3.00
$26.08+54.8%-$3.00
$29.81+76.9%-$3.00
$33.53+99.0%-$3.00

When traders use butterfly on EZET

Butterflies on EZET are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect EZET 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.

EZET thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for EZET extends from approximately $14.44 on the downside to $19.26 on the upside. A EZET long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if EZET settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. As a Financial Services name, EZET options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to EZET-specific events.

EZET 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. EZET positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move EZET alongside the broader basket even when EZET-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current EZET chain quotes before placing a trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on EZET?
A butterfly on EZET is the butterfly strategy applied to EZET (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 EZET etf trading near $16.85, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed EZET chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
How are EZET 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 EZET butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 49.80%), the computed maximum profit is $90.96 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$3.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a EZET butterfly?
The breakeven for the EZET butterfly priced on this page is roughly $15.98 and $18.01 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 EZET market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 14.28%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on EZET?
Butterflies on EZET are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect EZET 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 EZET implied volatility affect this butterfly?
Current EZET ATM IV is 49.80%; IV rank context is unavailable in the current snapshot.

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