KURE Butterfly Strategy
KURE (KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management industry), listed on AMEX.
The fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments in its underlying index or in instruments that have economic characteristics similar to those in the underlying index. The underlying index is a free float adjusted market capitalization weighted index, subject to the 10/40 Constraint, which is designed to measure the equity market performance of Chinese companies in the healthcare sector. The fund is non-diversified.
KURE (KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management, with a market capitalization of approximately $82.7M, a beta of 0.50 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 15.202-21.875, average daily share volume of 21K, a public-listing history dating back to 2018. These structural characteristics shape how KURE etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.50 indicates KURE has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. KURE pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on KURE?
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 KURE snapshot
As of May 13, 2026, spot at $17.46, ATM IV 40.90%, IV rank 8.54%, expected move 11.73%. The butterfly on KURE 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 63-day expiry.
Why this butterfly structure on KURE specifically: KURE IV at 40.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a KURE butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.73% (roughly $2.05 on the underlying). The 63-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated KURE expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on KURE should anchor to the underlying notional of $17.46 per share and to the trader's directional view on KURE etf.
KURE butterfly setup
The KURE 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 KURE near $17.46, the first option leg uses a $17.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed KURE chain at a 63-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 KURE shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $17.00 | $1.15 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $17.00 | $1.15 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $18.00 | $0.78 |
KURE butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$37.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $37.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$63.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $17.37
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.587
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.
KURE butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on KURE. 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 | -99.9% | +$37.00 |
| $3.87 | -77.8% | +$37.00 |
| $7.73 | -55.7% | +$37.00 |
| $11.59 | -33.6% | +$37.00 |
| $15.45 | -11.5% | +$37.00 |
| $19.31 | +10.6% | -$63.00 |
| $23.17 | +32.7% | -$63.00 |
| $27.03 | +54.8% | -$63.00 |
| $30.89 | +76.9% | -$63.00 |
| $34.74 | +99.0% | -$63.00 |
When traders use butterfly on KURE
Butterflies on KURE are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect KURE 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.
KURE thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for KURE extends from approximately $15.41 on the downside to $19.51 on the upside. A KURE long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if KURE settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current KURE IV rank near 8.54% 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 KURE at 40.90%. As a Financial Services name, KURE options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to KURE-specific events.
KURE 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. KURE positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move KURE alongside the broader basket even when KURE-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current KURE chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on KURE?
- A butterfly on KURE is the butterfly strategy applied to KURE (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 KURE etf trading near $17.46, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed KURE chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are KURE 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 KURE butterfly priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 40.90%), the computed maximum profit is $37.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$63.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a KURE butterfly?
- The breakeven for the KURE butterfly priced on this page is roughly $17.37 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 KURE market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.73%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on KURE?
- Butterflies on KURE are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect KURE 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 KURE implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- KURE ATM IV is at 40.90% with IV rank near 8.54%, 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.