How are IGHG 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 IGHG butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.30%), the computed maximum profit is $336.39 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$40.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.

What is the breakeven for a IGHG butterfly?

The breakeven for the IGHG butterfly priced on this page is roughly $74.40 and $81.65 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 IGHG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 5.82%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.

How does current IGHG implied volatility affect this butterfly?

IGHG ATM IV is at 20.30% with IV rank near 7.47%, 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.

IGHG Butterfly Strategy

IGHG (ProShares - Investment Grade - Interest Rate Hedged), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Bonds industry), listed on CBOE.

This index is constructed from a combination of two primary asset types: it holds long positions in high-quality corporate bonds, denominated in U.S. dollars and issued by companies based both in the United States and abroad. Alongside these, it maintains short positions in U.S. government debt instruments, specifically Treasury notes or bonds. The aggregate interest rate sensitivity (duration) of these short Treasury positions is intentionally kept roughly equivalent to that of the investment-grade corporate bonds, serving to hedge against potential interest rate movements. Regarding its investment strategy, the fund is required to allocate at least 80% of its total capital to the constituent securities of this index. Additionally, it ensures that a minimum of 80% of its overall assets are invested in investment-grade bonds.

IGHG (ProShares - Investment Grade - Interest Rate Hedged) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Bonds, with a market capitalization of approximately $318.2M, a beta of -0.02 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 76.83-79.56, average daily share volume of 21K, a public-listing history dating back to 2013. These structural characteristics shape how IGHG etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.

A beta of -0.02 indicates IGHG has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. IGHG pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.

What is a butterfly on IGHG?

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.

IGHG snapshot

As of August 14, 2026, spot at $77.84, ATM IV 20.30%, IV rank 7.47%, expected move 5.82%. The butterfly on IGHG 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 IGHG specifically: IGHG IV at 20.30% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a IGHG butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 5.82% (roughly $4.53 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 IGHG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on IGHG should anchor to the underlying notional of $77.84 per share and to the trader's directional view on IGHG etf.

IGHG butterfly setup

The IGHG 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 IGHG at $77.84 on that close, the first option leg uses a $74.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed IGHG 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 IGHG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).

Action	Type	Strike / Basis	Premium (est)
Buy 1	Call	$74.00	$3.75
Sell 2	Call	$78.00	$1.93
Buy 1	Call	$82.00	$0.51

IGHG butterfly risk and reward

Net Premium / Debit: -$40.00
Max Profit (per contract): $336.39
Max Loss (per contract): -$40.00
Breakeven(s): $74.40, $81.65
Risk / Reward Ratio: 8.410

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.

IGHG butterfly payoff curve

Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on IGHG. 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.

P&L at expiration across the modeled underlying-price range. Green shading marks profitable regions, red shading marks loss regions. Dotted purple verticals mark breakevens; the solid dark vertical marks current spot.

Underlying Price	% From Spot	P&L at Expiration
$0.01	-100.0%	-$40.00
$17.22	-77.9%	-$40.00
$34.43	-55.8%	-$40.00
$51.64	-33.7%	-$40.00
$68.85	-11.6%	-$40.00
$86.06	+10.6%	-$40.00
$103.27	+32.7%	-$40.00
$120.48	+54.8%	-$40.00
$137.69	+76.9%	-$40.00
$154.90	+99.0%	-$40.00

When traders use butterfly on IGHG

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

IGHG thesis for this butterfly

The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for IGHG extends from approximately $73.31 on the downside to $82.37 on the upside. A IGHG long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if IGHG settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current IGHG IV rank near 7.47% 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 IGHG at 20.30%. As a Financial Services name, IGHG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to IGHG-specific events.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a butterfly on IGHG?: A butterfly on IGHG is the butterfly strategy applied to IGHG (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 IGHG etf at $77.84 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed IGHG chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
How are IGHG 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 IGHG butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 20.30%), the computed maximum profit is $336.39 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$40.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
What is the breakeven for a IGHG butterfly?: The breakeven for the IGHG butterfly priced on this page is roughly $74.40 and $81.65 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 IGHG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 5.82%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
When should you consider a butterfly on IGHG?: Butterflies on IGHG are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect IGHG 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 IGHG implied volatility affect this butterfly?: IGHG ATM IV is at 20.30% with IV rank near 7.47%, 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.