GEVG Butterfly Strategy
GEVG (Leverage Shares 2x Long GEV Daily ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Leveraged industry), listed on NASDAQ.
The Leverage Shares 2x Long GEV Daily ETF, trading under the ticker GEVG, is an exchange-traded fund specifically structured for active market participants. This product is designed to provide double (200%) the daily return of the GEV stock, before accounting for any associated fees and operational costs. It is tailored for those seeking to significantly amplify their short-term trading results, betting on a bullish movement.
GEVG (Leverage Shares 2x Long GEV Daily ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Leveraged, with a market capitalization of approximately $11.1M, a beta of 1.60 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 12.07-39.74, average daily share volume of 66K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how GEVG etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.60 indicates GEVG 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 GEVG?
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.
GEVG snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $28.10, ATM IV 94.00%, IV rank 29.06%, expected move 26.95%. The butterfly on GEVG 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 GEVG specifically: GEVG IV at 94.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a GEVG butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 26.95% (roughly $7.57 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 GEVG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on GEVG should anchor to the underlying notional of $28.10 per share and to the trader's directional view on GEVG etf.
GEVG butterfly setup
The GEVG 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 GEVG at $28.10 on that close, the first option leg uses a $27.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed GEVG 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 GEVG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $27.00 | $3.90 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $28.00 | $3.23 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $30.00 | $2.65 |
GEVG butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$10.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $86.38
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$110.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $27.08, $28.90
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.785
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.
GEVG butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on GEVG. 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% | -$10.00 |
| $6.22 | -77.9% | -$10.00 |
| $12.43 | -55.8% | -$10.00 |
| $18.65 | -33.6% | -$10.00 |
| $24.86 | -11.5% | -$10.00 |
| $31.07 | +10.6% | -$110.00 |
| $37.28 | +32.7% | -$110.00 |
| $43.49 | +54.8% | -$110.00 |
| $49.71 | +76.9% | -$110.00 |
| $55.92 | +99.0% | -$110.00 |
When traders use butterfly on GEVG
Butterflies on GEVG are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect GEVG 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.
GEVG thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for GEVG extends from approximately $20.53 on the downside to $35.67 on the upside. A GEVG long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if GEVG settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current GEVG IV rank near 29.06% 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 GEVG at 94.00%. As a Financial Services name, GEVG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to GEVG-specific events.
GEVG 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. GEVG positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move GEVG alongside the broader basket even when GEVG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current GEVG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on GEVG?
- A butterfly on GEVG is the butterfly strategy applied to GEVG (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 GEVG etf at $28.10 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed GEVG chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are GEVG 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 GEVG butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 94.00%), the computed maximum profit is $86.38 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$110.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a GEVG butterfly?
- The breakeven for the GEVG butterfly priced on this page is roughly $27.08 and $28.90 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 GEVG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 26.95%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on GEVG?
- Butterflies on GEVG are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect GEVG 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 GEVG implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- GEVG ATM IV is at 94.00% with IV rank near 29.06%, 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.