MAGC Butterfly Strategy
MAGC (Roundhill Investments - China Magnificent Seven ETF), in the Financial Services sector, (Asset Management - Global industry), listed on CBOE.
The Roundhill China Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGC) aims to provide investors with uniformly weighted access to the leading and most innovative businesses operating in China, collectively known as the "China Magnificent Seven." Currently, this fund features prominent names like Tencent, PDD Holdings, Alibaba, Meituan, BYD, Xiaomi, and NetEase. Notably, MAGC distinguishes itself as the inaugural ETF offering targeted investment in these key players within China's technology landscape.
MAGC (Roundhill Investments - China Magnificent Seven ETF) trades in the Financial Services sector, specifically Asset Management - Global, with a market capitalization of approximately $14.1M, a beta of -0.07 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 16.28-30, average daily share volume of 6K, a public-listing history dating back to 2024. These structural characteristics shape how MAGC etf options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of -0.07 indicates MAGC has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. MAGC pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a butterfly on MAGC?
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.
MAGC snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $19.46, ATM IV 43.90%, IV rank 4.63%, expected move 12.59%. The butterfly on MAGC 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 MAGC specifically: MAGC IV at 43.90% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a MAGC butterfly, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 12.59% (roughly $2.45 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 MAGC expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on MAGC should anchor to the underlying notional of $19.46 per share and to the trader's directional view on MAGC etf.
MAGC butterfly setup
The MAGC 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 MAGC at $19.46 on that close, the first option leg uses a $18.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed MAGC 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 MAGC shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $18.00 | $2.03 |
| Sell 2 | Call | $19.00 | $1.33 |
| Buy 1 | Call | $20.00 | $0.83 |
MAGC butterfly risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- -$20.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $77.62
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$20.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $18.20, $19.80
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 3.881
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.
MAGC butterfly payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the butterfly on MAGC. 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% | -$20.00 |
| $4.31 | -77.8% | -$20.00 |
| $8.61 | -55.7% | -$20.00 |
| $12.91 | -33.6% | -$20.00 |
| $17.22 | -11.5% | -$20.00 |
| $21.52 | +10.6% | -$20.00 |
| $25.82 | +32.7% | -$20.00 |
| $30.12 | +54.8% | -$20.00 |
| $34.42 | +76.9% | -$20.00 |
| $38.72 | +99.0% | -$20.00 |
When traders use butterfly on MAGC
Butterflies on MAGC are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect MAGC 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.
MAGC thesis for this butterfly
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for MAGC extends from approximately $17.01 on the downside to $21.91 on the upside. A MAGC long call butterfly is a pinning play: it pays maximum at the middle strike if MAGC settles there at expiration, with the wing legs capping both the cost and the maximum loss to the net debit. Current MAGC IV rank near 4.63% 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 MAGC at 43.90%. As a Financial Services name, MAGC options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to MAGC-specific events.
MAGC 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. MAGC positions also carry Financial Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move MAGC alongside the broader basket even when MAGC-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current MAGC chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a butterfly on MAGC?
- A butterfly on MAGC is the butterfly strategy applied to MAGC (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 MAGC etf at $19.46 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed MAGC chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are MAGC 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 MAGC butterfly priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 43.90%), the computed maximum profit is $77.62 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$20.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a MAGC butterfly?
- The breakeven for the MAGC butterfly priced on this page is roughly $18.20 and $19.80 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 MAGC market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 12.59%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a butterfly on MAGC?
- Butterflies on MAGC are pinning bets - traders use them when they expect MAGC 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 MAGC implied volatility affect this butterfly?
- MAGC ATM IV is at 43.90% with IV rank near 4.63%, 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.