FELV Butterfly Strategy
FELV (Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Value ETF ), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
This investment approach for U.S. stocks uses a systematic and disciplined methodology. It concentrates on selecting large, well-established companies that are assessed as undervalued, seeking out those businesses exhibiting advantageous financial qualities and prospects.
FELV (Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Value ETF ) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $3.27B, a beta of 0.78 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 32.35-43.14, average daily share volume of 166K, a public-listing history dating back to 2023. These structural characteristics shape how FELV etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.78 places FELV roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. FELV pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on FELV?
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.
FELV snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $43.28, ATM IV 21.30%, IV rank 17.30%, expected move 6.11%. The butterfly on FELV 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 FELV specifically: FELV IV at 21.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a FELV butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 6.11% (roughly $2.64 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 FELV expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FELV should anchor to the underlying notional of $43.28 per share and to the trader's directional view on FELV etf.
FELV butterfly setup
The FELV 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 FELV at $43.28 on that close, the first option leg uses a $41.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FELV 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 FELV shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $41.00 | $2.30 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $43.00 | $1.29 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $45.00 | $0.50 |
FELV butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$22.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $171.25
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$22.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $41.18, $44.78
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 7.784
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.
FELV butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on FELV. 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% | -$22.00 |
| $9.58 | -77.9% | -$22.00 |
| $19.15 | -55.8% | -$22.00 |
| $28.72 | -33.7% | -$22.00 |
| $38.28 | -11.5% | -$22.00 |
| $47.85 | +10.6% | -$22.00 |
| $57.42 | +32.7% | -$22.00 |
| $66.99 | +54.8% | -$22.00 |
| $76.56 | +76.9% | -$22.00 |
| $86.13 | +99.0% | -$22.00 |
When traders use butterfly on FELV
Butterflies on FELV are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect FELV 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.
FELV thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FELV extends from approximately $40.64 on the downside to $45.92 on the upside. A FELV long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if FELV settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current FELV IV rank near 17.30% 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 FELV at 21.30%. As a Financial Services name, FELV options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FELV-specific events.
FELV 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. FELV positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FELV alongside the broader basket even when FELV-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current FELV chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on FELV?
- A butterfly on FELV is the butterfly strategy applied to FELV (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 FELV etf at $43.28 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FELV chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FELV 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 FELV butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 21.30%), the computed maximum profit is $171.25 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$22.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FELV butterfly?
- The breakeven for the FELV butterfly priced on this page is roughly $41.18 and $44.78 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 FELV market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 6.11%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on FELV?
- Butterflies on FELV are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect FELV 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 FELV implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- FELV ATM IV is at 21.30% with IV rank near 17.30%, 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.