IVES Butterfly Strategy
IVES (Dan Ives Wedbush AI Revolution ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The Dan Ives Wedbush AI Revolution ETF (IVES) is structured to mirror the overall investment returns of the Solactive Wedbush Artificial Intelligence Index. Its objective is to replicate this performance before any fees and operational costs are factored in.
IVES (Dan Ives Wedbush AI Revolution ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $955.2M, a beta of 2.12 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 26.751-41.93, average daily share volume of 545K, a public-listing history dating back to 2025. These structural characteristics shape how IVES etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 2.12 indicates IVES has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position. IVES pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on IVES?
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.
IVES snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $39.91, ATM IV 29.20%, IV rank 1.87%, expected move 8.37%. The butterfly on IVES 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 IVES specifically: IVES IV at 29.20% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a IVES butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 8.37% (roughly $3.34 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 IVES expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on IVES should anchor to the underlying notional of $39.91 per share and to the trader's directional view on IVES etf.
IVES butterfly setup
The IVES 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 IVES at $39.91 on that close, the first option leg uses a $38.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed IVES 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 IVES shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $38.00 | $3.15 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $40.00 | $1.55 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $42.00 | $0.68 |
IVES butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$72.50
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $115.95
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$72.50
- Breakeven(s)
- $38.73, $41.28
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 1.599
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.
IVES butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on IVES. 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% | -$72.50 |
| $8.83 | -77.9% | -$72.50 |
| $17.66 | -55.8% | -$72.50 |
| $26.48 | -33.7% | -$72.50 |
| $35.30 | -11.5% | -$72.50 |
| $44.13 | +10.6% | -$72.50 |
| $52.95 | +32.7% | -$72.50 |
| $61.77 | +54.8% | -$72.50 |
| $70.60 | +76.9% | -$72.50 |
| $79.42 | +99.0% | -$72.50 |
When traders use butterfly on IVES
Butterflies on IVES are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect IVES 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.
IVES thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for IVES extends from approximately $36.57 on the downside to $43.25 on the upside. A IVES long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if IVES settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current IVES IV rank near 1.87% 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 IVES at 29.20%. As a Financial Services name, IVES options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to IVES-specific events.
IVES 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. IVES positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move IVES alongside the broader basket even when IVES-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current IVES chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on IVES?
- A butterfly on IVES is the butterfly strategy applied to IVES (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 IVES etf at $39.91 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed IVES chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are IVES 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 IVES butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 29.20%), the computed maximum profit is $115.95 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$72.50 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a IVES butterfly?
- The breakeven for the IVES butterfly priced on this page is roughly $38.73 and $41.28 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 IVES market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 8.37%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on IVES?
- Butterflies on IVES are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect IVES 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 IVES implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- IVES ATM IV is at 29.20% with IV rank near 1.87%, 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.